Ontko & Young Co.
Opus 21, 1992

First Scots Presbyterian Church

53 Meeting Street
Charleston, SC, US

71 Ranks - 4,126 Pipes
Instrument ID: 11133 ● Builder ID: 4683 ● Location ID: 1981
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Builder: Unknown
Position: Movable Console
Design: Non-Traditional Style, As Consoles by Holtkamp, Schlicker, et al
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Features:
4 Manuals (58 Notes)32 Note Pedal6 Divisions48 RegistersElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop Action✓ Crescendo✓ Combination 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: Push-Button Stop Controls/Luminous Pistons
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination Action: Computerized/Digital
Control System: Unknown or N/A

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DETAILS

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This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location

Database Manager on May 29th, 2010:
Updated through online information from Olivia Margaret Ontko. -- Organ is located in front gallery-level chambers with facade pipes visible behind three wrought-iron grilles. Console is located in the rear gallery.

Database Manager on October 9th, 2007:
Updated through online information from Stephen Hall. -- Has been used in the Piccolo Spoleto Festival. The console was relocated to the gallery to provide more room in the choir loft. Organ in regular use for services (2007).

Database Manager on August 13th, 2007:
Updated through online information from William Rowland. -- This organ console is very unusual. There are no stop knobs, nothing that even begins to look like traditional stop pulls or devices. Instead there are push buttons one pushes to bring on or take off a stop. These buttons work in concert with combination actions.

Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
"Previous organs: 1829 Appleton destroyed in 1886 earthquake; 1887 Felgemaker burned in 1945; 1947 Austin, rebuilt by Schantz in 1979, altered in 1938 by Ontko & Young, destroyed in hurricane Hugo 1989;"

Webpage Links: organspecs.pdf [Church web site] , First (Scots) Presbyterian Church, Charleston, SC

Related Instrument Entries: Hall & Labagh (1853) , Austin Organs, Inc. (Opus 2092, 1946)

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