Pipe Organ Database

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Dobson Pipe Organ Builders (Opus 71, 1999)

Exhibited in the 2001 OHS convention(s)

Location:

West Market Street United Methodist Church
W. Market Street at Commerce Place
Greensboro, NC 27402 US
Organ ID: 8743

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Methodist Churches
  • The organ is unaltered from its original state.
  • The organ's condition is good, in regular use.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Paul R. Marchesano on April 05, 2022.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Slider
  • 58 ranks. 2,855 pipes. 4 divisions. 3 manuals. 47 stops.
All:
  • Chest Type(s): Slider chests
  • Position: In side chambers at the front of the room. Facade pipes or case front visible.
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Main:
  • Manuals: 3
  • Divisions: 4
  • Stops: 47
  • Position: Keydesk attached.
  • Manual Compass: 58
  • Pedal Compass: 32
  • Key Action: Mechanical connection from key to chest (tracker, sticker or mix).
  • Stop Action: Electric connection between stop control and chest.
  • Stop Controls: Drawknobs.
  • Combination Action: Computerized/Digital system.
  • Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals.
  • Has Tutti Reversible Thumb Pistons
  • Has Tutti Reversible Toe Pistons
  • Has Combination Action Thumb Pistons
  • Has Combination Action Toe Pistons
  • Has a Piston Sequencer
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Database Manager on April 20, 2005:

Updated through information from John Panning, Dobson Pipe Organ Builders.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on April 20, 2005:

Some electric offset chests.

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

Some electric-action offset chests.

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

Built in conjunction with Rosales Organ Builders. Designed & built by Dobson, scaling, voicing and tonal finishing by Rosales.To be finished 1999.

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

Instrument Images:

Chancel and Organ Case: Photograph by William T. Van Pelt. Taken on 2000-05-10

Keydesk: Photograph by William T. Van Pelt. Taken on 2000-05-10

Organ Chamber plan: Photograph from an archival source: 2001 OHS Handbook, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano. Taken on 2001-06-21