Chattanooga, Tennessee

First Baptist Church

Aeolia-Skinner organ, Op. 1476 (1966) in First Baptist Church (Chattanooga, TN)
 
First Baptist Church (Chattanooga, TN)
 
First Baptist Church (Chattanooga, TN)
 
 
 
 
  
Builder:        Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co., Inc.
   Year:        1966
   Opus:        1476
No. manuals:    3
No. stops:      52
No. ranks:      53
No. pipes:      2,843
 
 
 
                GREAT ORGAN                            SWELL ORGAN
            16' Quintaton             61 a         16' Contra Viola          68
             8' Prinzipal             61            8' Geigen Principal      68
             8' Bordun                61            8' Rohrflöte             68
             8' Gemshorn              61            8' Viola Pomposa         12
             4' Oktav                 61            8' Viola Celeste         68
             4' Zauberflöte           61            4' Prestant              68
             2' Waldflöte             61            4' Flute Harmonique      68
            II  Sesquialtera         122            2' Nachthorn             61
            IV  Mixtur               244       III-IV  Plein Jeu            229
            IV  Cymbal               244           II  Carillon             122
                Chimes                             16' Contre Hautbois       61
             8' Trompette en Chamade  49 b          8' Trompette             68
                                                    8' Hautbois              68
                CHOIR ORGAN                         8' Vox Humana            61 a
             8' Gedecktpommer         61            4' Clairon               68
             8' Silver Flute          68               Tremulant
             8' Flute Celeste (TC)    56            8' Trompette en Chamade  GT
             4' Spitzprinzipal        61
             4' Koppelflöte           61               PEDAL ORGAN
             2' Prinzipal             61           32' Resultant             --
         1 1/3' Larigot               61           16' Kontrabass            32
             1' Oktav                 61           16' Bordun                32
             8' Krummhorn             61           16' Contra Viola          SW
                Tremulant                          16' Quintaton             GT
             8' Trompette en Chamade  GT            8' Prinzipal             32
                                                    8' Rohrbordun            SW
                                                    8' Viola                 SW
                                                    4' Choralbass            32
                                                    4' Spillflöte            pf
                                                    2' Blockflöte            pf
                                                  III  Mixture               96
                                                   32' Contre Basson         12 SW
                                                         (enclosed in Swell)
                                                   16' Bombarde              32
                                                   16' Contre Hautbois       SW
                                                    8' Bombarde              12
                                                    8' Krummhorn             CH
                                                    4' Krummhorn             CH

             a  originally prepared-for; added 2002
             b  on 15" wind


Source: Allen Kinzey

Notes: The church plant, designed by Harold Wagoner, was completed in 1968, at which time the organ was installed. The vast nave has a 70-foot ceiling and is cruciform, with narrow stained-glass windows rising up along the nave, the transepts and chancel. The 1800-seat nave has an excellent acoustic, with nearly five seconds reverberation when empty. The organ is installed in vertical chambers to each side of the 50-foot tall chancel window, with the Trompette-en-Chamade and 8' Pedal Principal installed at the base of the window.

Photo Source: Jeff Scofield

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