Sunday, February 05, 2012  | 
THE ORGANS OF FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

The James Sprunt Memorial Organ, Opus 713, was built in 1928 by the E. M. Skinner Co. of Boston, Massachusetts, and was considered at that time to be one of the most complete organs in the south. The organ is comprised of 34 ranks of pipes divided over three manuals and pedal. It was dedicated in concert on Monday, October 14, 1928 by organ virtuoso Chandler Goldthwaite. The organ was restored by the A. Thompson-Allen Company of New Haven, Connecticut, between the years of 1975 and 1978 and remains in original condition. On the 75th anniversary of the organ in 2003, a 16' pedal trombone was added to the instrument by the A. Thompson-Allen Company. Although new in construction, the stop is an exact replica of a Skinner Pedal Trombone, painstakingly patterned in every detail after the trombone in Opus 793 in the Second Church of Christ, Scientist, in Hartford, Connecticut. The stop was built by A. R. Schopps of Alliance, Ohio, and voiced by the Broome and Company. The organ is used continually as both a service and concert instrument, and the 75th anniversary concert was performed by David Higgs on Sunday, October 12, 2003 at which time the new trombone was inaugurated.

                    Specification                   
  Great  
16' Bourdon (Ped. Ext.) 5 pipes
 8' First Diapason 61 pipes
 8' Second Diapason 61 pipes
 8' Principal Flute 61 pipes
 8' Erzähler 61 pipes
 4' Octave 61 pipes
  Grave Mixture II Rks. (12-15) 122 pipes
 8' Tuba* 73 pipes
 8' French Horn* 73 pipes
  Cathedral Chimes 20 tubes
     *heavy pressure, in Choir box
  Choir  
 8' Concert Flute 73 pipes
 8' Gamba 73 pipes
 8' Dulciana 73 pipes
 4' Flute 73 pipes
 2 2/3' Nazard 61 pipes
 8' Clarinet 73 pipes
  Harp/Celesta 61 bars
  Tremolo
  Swell  
16' Bourdon 73 pipes
 8' Diapason 73 pipes
 8' Rohrflote 73 pipes
 8' Salicional 73 pipes
 8' Voix Celeste CC 73 pipes
 8' Flute Celeste II Rks. 134 pipes
 4' Octave 73 pipes
 4' Flute Triangulaire 73 pipes
 2' Harmonic Piccolo 61 pipes
  Mixture III Rks. 183 pipes
16' Contra Oboe 73 pipes
 8' Cornopean 73 pipes
 8' Oboe (Ext. 16') 12 pipes
 8' Vox Humana 61 pipes
  Tremolo
  Pedal  
16' Diapason 32 pipes
16' Bourdon 32 pipes
16' Echo Bourdon (Swell)
 8' Octave (ext.)
 8' Gedeckt (ext.)
 8' Still Gedeckt (Swell)
 4' Super Octave (ext.)
16' Contra Oboe (Swell)
16' Trombone* 32 pipes
  Cathedral Chimes
  * built by A. R. Shopps, 2003
  voiced by Broome and Company
  installed by A. Thompson-Allen Company

The William R. Kenan, Jr. Memorial Organ, Op. 123, was built by the Noack Organ Company of Georgetown, Massachusetts. It was completed in 1993 and dedicated in concert on June 13, 1993, by John Mitchener. The organ is mechanical (tracker) action throughout and is comprised of nine stops divided over two manuals and pedal. The organ resides in Kenan Chapel and was given in memory of William Rand Kenan, Jr., who, with his sisters, gave the Kenan Chapel in 1927 as a memorial to their parents, William Rand Kenan and Mary H. Kenan.

                    Specification                   
  Manual I  
 8' Principal 44 pipes
 8' Chimney Flute 56 pipes
 4' Octave 56 pipes
  Mixture III Rks. 168 pipes
  Manual II
 8' Gedact 56 pipes
 4' Recorder 56 pipes
 2' Principal 56 pipes
  Cornet III Rks. 168 pipes
  Pedal
16' Subbass 32 pipes
  couplers
  II/I
  I/P
  II/P
 


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