Pipe Organ Database

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(Carl) Barckhoff Church Organ Co. (1886ca.)

Location:

First Baptist Church
246 North Market Street
Wooster, OH 44691 US
Organ ID: 46573

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Baptist Churches
  • The organ is unaltered from its original state.
  • The organ's condition needs attention, but in usable condition.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Slider
  • 9 ranks. 482 pipes. 3 divisions. 2 manuals. 9 stops.
All:
  • Chest Type(s): Slider chests
  • Position: In a case at the front of the room.
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Main:
  • Manuals: 2
  • Divisions: 3
  • Stops: 9
  • Position: Keydesk attached, manuals set into case.
  • Manual Compass: 58
  • Pedal Compass: 27
  • Key Action: Mechanical connection from key to chest (tracker, sticker or mix).
  • Stop Action: Mechanical connection between stop control and chest.
  • Console Style: Traditional style with hinged doors that enclose keyboards.
  • Stop Controls: Drawknobs in horizontal rows on terraced/stepped jambs.
  • Combination Action: No combination action.
  • Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals, not in standard AGO position.
  • Pedalboard Type: Flat straight pedalboard.
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Database Manager on December 07, 2016:

Updated through online information from Eric J. Gastier.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on November 09, 2016:

Updated through online information from Jeffrey Dexter.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on March 15, 2010:

Identified through on-line information from ERIC J. GASTIER.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
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We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

Instrument Images:

Organ Case and Keydesk: Photograph by Jeffrey Dexter. Taken on 2016-10-18

Builder's Nameplate: Photograph by Jeffrey Dexter. Taken on 2016-10-18

Facade Detail: Photograph by Jeffrey Dexter. Taken on 2016-10-18

Swell Pedal: Photograph by Jeffrey Dexter. Taken on 2016-10-18

Pedal Key Action: Photograph by Eric J. Gastier. Taken on 2016-10-28

Swell Pipework: Photograph by Eric J. Gastier. Taken on 2018-10-28

Great Stop Action and Sliders: Photograph by Eric J. Gastier.