Foley-Baker Inc.
2000 & 2007

Originally Skinner Organ Co. (1929)

First Baptist Church in America

75 North Main Street
Providence, RI, US

52 Ranks - 2,843 Pipes

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Builder: Unknown

Position: Console in Fixed Position, Center

Design: Traditional With Roll Top

Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)

Features:

3 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal4 Divisions40 Stops71 RegistersElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop ActionCrescendoSequencerCombination Thumb Piston(s)Combination Toe Piston(s)Coupler 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: Computerized/Digital

Control System: Unknown or N/A

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This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location

Database Manager on June 13th, 2009:

Identified through on-line information from Stephen Hall. -- Hook Opus 11, 1833 - Case, facade pipes retained.
Hilborne L. Roosevelt, Opus 150 1884 rebuild of Hook
Ernest M. Skinner, (no opus number) additions 1920's
Wicks organ, Opus 3801, 1958
Foley-Baker, 2002
(Information from church website, accessed June 12, 2009.)

Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:

Originally 1833 E. & G. G. Hook Op. 11(3-30reg.)(Hook case remains). Rebuilt by Hilborne Roosevelt in 1884. [Charitable Baptist Society, Providence, R. I. is on the Roosevelt list with Op. 150, 1885, 3-30.] Then enlarged and rebuilt by Skinner 1929. [Not on Kinzey & Lawn Skinner List.] Choir and console by Wicks in 1957. [On Wicks list as Op. 3801, 3-31, May 1957, First Baptist Meeting House, Providence, RI.]

Webpage Links: Foly=Baker Organ [Church web site]

Related Instrument Entries: Skinner Organ Co. (1929) , E. & G. G. Hook (Opus 11, 1833)