Ernest M. Skinner & Son
1940
First Baptist Church
Sanctuary
Jackson, MS, US
73 Ranks
Instrument ID: 17938 ● Builder ID: 7053 ● Location ID: 16316
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4 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal50 Stops62 RegistersElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop ActionStop Layout: Unknown
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Control System: Unknown or N/A
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Frank Stebbins on June 9th, 2025:
According to this Database, the photo of the console for Instrument ID=9815, located at the Scottish Rite Cathedral in Memphis, TN, is the same original Skinner console that was at one time part of First Baptist Church's 1940 Skinner organ, Instrument ID: 17938.
According to this Database, the photo of the console for Instrument ID=9815, located at the Scottish Rite Cathedral in Memphis, TN, is the same original Skinner console that was at one time part of First Baptist Church's 1940 Skinner organ, Instrument ID: 17938.
Database Manager on April 26th, 2005:
This entry represents the installation of a new instrument. Idntified from the Allen Kinzey/Sand Lawn book. This organ would have been made in the Methuen, Mass. factory. New Moller console and pipework in 1973 as Op. M-5900; some reed stops were revoiced; the contract was via Rive Pipe Organ Co., Metairie, Louisiana.
Related Instrument Entries: Quimby Pipe Organs, Inc. (Opus 60, 2004) , Keates-Geissler Pipe Organs Ltd (1990) , M. P. Möller (Opus M-5900, 1973)
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