Aiken, South Carolina
St. Thaddeus Episcopal Church

John Dower  2003

Stops marked [E] are from the 1955 Estey.

GREAT
16      Gemshorn [E]
 8      Principal
 8      Bourdon  [E]
 8      Gemshorn [E]
 4      Octave
 4      Night Horn [E--originally named Nachthorn]
 2 2/3  Twelfth
 2      Fifteenth
IV      Mixture
 8      Trumpet
 8      Basset Horn (Positiv)
        Great   4
        Swell   16, 8, 4
        Positiv 16, 8, 4


SWELL Enclosed--original Estey shutters and frame)
16      Bourdon (Ext. St. diap. 8)
 8      St. Diapason 
 8      Viole de Gambe [E]
 8      Viole Celeste TC [E]  (Estey went to low G and extended 7 notes above top C--about 58 pipes)
 4      Prestant
 4      Traverse Flute [E]
 2      Piccolo
 1 1/3  Larigot
III-IV  Mixture
16      Bassoon (Ext. 8 Oboe) [E + 24 new pipes]
 8      Trompette [E]
 8      Oboe [E--originally named Hautbois]
        Swell 16, Unison Off, 4
        Tremulant

POSITIV
 8      Gedackt
 4      Principal
 4      Spitzflute
 2 2/3  Nazard
 2      Octave
 1 3/5  Tierce
II      Cymbale
 8      Basset Horn
 8      Tuba Minor (Pipes en chamade on rear balcony rail)
        Choir 16, Unison Off, 4
        Swell 16, 8, 4
        Tremulant
      
        (Dgn. Chimes, Harp, Carillon)
       
        Zimbelstern (Dgn. ?)

PEDAL
32      Untersatz (Dgn.--ext. 16 Principal?)
16      Principal
16      Soubasse [E--originally named Subbass--on its original Estey windchest]
16      Lieb. Gedeckt (Swell)
16      Gemshorn [E--from Great--on its original Estey windchest]
 8      Stopt Bass [E--ext. 16 Soubasse]
 8      Open Bass  (Ext. 16 Principal--some pipes may be E; some pipes are tubed to the pipe fence
                    in the arched opening into the chancel, from the pre-1966 Estey, but not used
                    by Estey;  the pre-1955 Estey was possibly by Morey)
 4      Choral Bass [E (?)]
IV      Mixture
32      Trombone  (Dgn.--ext. Great Trumpet)
16      Trombone  (Ext. Great Trumpet)
16      Bassoon   (Sw.) [partly E]
 8      Trumpet   (Gt.)
 8      Bassoon   (Sw.) [E]
 4      Basset Horn (Ch.)
 8      Tuba Minor(Ch.)

        Great 8, 4
        Swell 8, 4
        Positiv 8
        French Clavier piston to reverse Great and Positive manuals 

All components except pipes labeled E, Estey Gemshorn and Soubasse windchests, and swell shutters and 
frame are new.

The Swell is in box behind Great. The Positiv is over the Great.  The Gemshorn is at the back of the
chamber, with the Subbass and larger Pedal Principals on the sides.

The console is across the divided chancel and faces the choir stalls in front of the organ.  There are also choir stalls to the right of the console.

Windchests, except for Pedal and manual stops using extensions or duplications, are slider.  
  











 

 [Received from John McCraney 2014-11-26.]