Pels
Opus 478, 1961
First Baptist Church / Downtown Baptist Church
120 E. Pine Street
Orlando, FL, US
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CONSOLES
Builder: Unknown
Position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
Design: Traditional With Roll Top
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Features:
4 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal5 Divisions51 Stops71 RegistersElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop Action✓ Combination Thumb Piston(s)✓ Coupler Toe Piston(s)✓ Sforzando Thumb Piston(s)✓ Sforzando Toe Piston(s)Stop Layout: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination Action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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DETAILS
This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location
Updated through online information from Stephen Hall.
Database Manager on August 5th, 2013:
This entry describes an original installation of a new pipe organ.
Updated by Jeff Scofield, based on personal knowledge of the organ.
-- 300 members of First Baptist Church stayed behind when that congregation moved to its vast new facility outside of downtown in 1985; the downtown facility was renamed Downtown Baptist Church; the organ later received a new 4-manual Rodgers console and digital additions and the water-damaged Antiphonal was disconnected.
Database Manager on August 27th, 2007:
Identified through online information from Stephen Hall. -- This organ was built by Pels (prior to becoming Pels & van Leeuwen) for the First Baptist Church of Orlando when it was located downtown. In 1985, the congregation moved to a new campus, and the old building became the home of Downtown Baptist Church. This organ was sold with the building to the new congregation. The Antiphonal division was removed in the 1990s due to water damage from a roof leak; Rodgers organ provided a new console with digital voices to supplement the existing pipe work. The organ is in regular use for services.
Related Instrument Entries: Rodgers Organ Co. (Instrument Corp.) (1990s)
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