Columbus, Indiana

Tabernacle (First) Christian Church


First Christian Church (Columbus, IN)
 
Aeolian-Skinner organ, Op. 993 (1939) in First Christian Church (Columbus, IN)
 
Aeolian-Skinner organ, Op. 993 (1939) in First Christian Church (Columbus, IN)
 
Aeolian-Skinner organ, Op. 993 (1939) in First Christian Church (Columbus, IN)
 
First Christian Church (Columbus, IN)
 
First Christian Church (Columbus, IN)
 
Builder:        Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co., Inc.
Contract Year:  1939
Install Year:   1942
Opus:           993
 
No. manuals:    4
No. stops:      69
No. ranks:      79
No. pipes:      4,720
 
 
 
                GREAT ORGAN (II)                      SWELL ORGAN (III)
            16' Quintaton             61          16' Gemshorn              73
             8' Principal             61           8' Geigen Principal      73
             8' Spitzflöte            61           8' Viole de Gambe        73
             8' Bourdon               61           8' Viole Celeste         73
             4' Octave                61           8' Stopped Diapason      73
             4' Nachthorn             61           8' Salicional            73
         2 2/3' Quint                 61           8' Aeoline               73
             2' Super Octave          61           4' Octave Geigen         73
             2' Blockflöte            61           4' Flute Triangulaire    73
         1 3/5' Terz                  61           2' Fifteenth             61
        III-IV  Fourniture           245         III  Plein Jeu            183
           III  Scharf               183         III  Cymbel               183
            16' Fagot                 61          16' Bombarde              73
             8' Trumpet               61           8' Trompette             73
                Chimes                             8' Oboe                  73
                                                   8' Vox Humana            73
                CHOIR ORGAN (I)                    4' Clairon               73
             8' Diapason              73              Tremulant
             8' Orchestral Flute      73
             8' Dulciana              73              PEDAL ORGAN
             8' Unda Maris            73          16' Principal             32
             8' Dulcet II            146          16' Violone               32
             4' Fugara                73          16' Bourdon               32
             4' Flauto Traverso       73          16' Gemshorn              SW
             2' Zauberflöte           61           8' Octave                32
             8' Clarinet              73           8' Cello                 32
             8' English Horn          73           8' Gedackt Pommer        32
                Tremulant                          8' Gemshorn              SW
             8' Harp (TC)             --       5 1/3' Quint                 32
             4' Celesta               61 bars      4' Choral Bass           32
                                                   4' Nachthorn             32
                POSITIV ORGAN (IV)                 2' Blockflöte            32
             8' Gedackt               61         III  Mixture               96
             8' Quintade              61          II  Cymbel                64
             4' Principal             61          32' Posaune               12
             4' Rohrflöte             61          16' Posaune               32
             2' Octave                61           8' Trumpet               12
         1 3/5' Tierce                61           4' Clarion               12
         1 1/3' Quint                 61              Chimes                GT
             1' Sifflöte              61
           III  Zimbel               183
             8' Krummhorn             61

 

Source: Allen Kinzey

Photos 1, 3-5 Source: Jeff Scofield

Photo 2 Source: John Rust; go to www.siago.org/gallery.html to see and hear

Photo 6 Source: William Van Pelt

Organ Historical Society Database: https://pipeorgandatabase.org/OrganDetails.php?OrganID=25635