Pipe Organ Database

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C. B. Fisk, Inc. (Opus 79, 1981)

Location:

First Presbyterian Church
16 Leon Sullivan Way
Charleston, WV 25301 US
Organ ID: 7225

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Status and Condition:

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

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Slider
  • 57 ranks. 4 divisions. 3 manuals. 34 stops.
All:
  • Chest Type(s): Slider chests
  • Position: In a gallery-level case at the rear of the room.
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Main:
  • Manuals: 3
  • Divisions: 4
  • Stops: 34
  • Position: Keydesk attached, manuals set into case.
  • Manual Compass: 56
  • Pedal Compass: 30
  • 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 vertical rows on flat jambs.
  • Combination Action: Adjustable mechanical system.
  • Has Hitchdown Couplers
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Database Manager on February 28, 2010:

Updated through online information from Stephen Hall. -- Information compiled from Fisk and church web sites, accessed Feb 27, 2010.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on February 21, 2005:

Several compound stops allow 1 rank to sound when the knob is half drawn, and all ranks when the knob is fully drawn. Contains a wind stabilizer. Information from http://www.cbfisk.com/organs/op079_01.html in Feb 2005.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on October 30, 2004:

Uses the case of a 1931 Aeolian-Skinner from Appleton Chapel, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Source not recorded: Open In New Tab From C.B. Fisk website
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

Instrument Images:

Organ in balcony: Photograph by Fisk, submitted by John Roper. Taken approx. 1980

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