Schantz Organ Co.
Opus 324, 1957
St. Mary's-on-the-Highlands Episcopal Church
1910 12th Avenue South
Birmingham, AL, US
39 Ranks - 2,421 Pipes
Instrument ID: 18049 ● Builder ID: 7079 ● Location ID: 10231
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Builder: Unknown
Position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
Design: Traditional With Roll Top
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Features:
3 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal4 Divisions43 Stops33 RegistersElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop Action✓ Crescendo✓ Combination Thumb Piston(s)✓ Coupler Toe Piston(s)✓ Sforzando Thumb Piston(s)✓ Sforzando Toe Piston(s)Stop Layout: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination Action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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This instrument is: Not Extant and Not Playable in this location
Database Manager on August 8th, 2008:
Updated through on-line information from Ray Wood. -- I was 14 years old when this organ was originally installed in my church, St. Mary's on the Highlands, Birmingham, AL. It was later moved to Northwest Christian Church, Columbus (Upper Arlington), Ohio. I used to come over every afternoon from school to watch its installation. I have some interesting notes regarding its original installation at St. Mary's. Two stops on the Swell Division are labeled "Fagotta - 8' - " and "Contra Fagotta - 16'-". I was told by one of the pupils of the church organist, Sam Batt Owens, who also designed the organ, that Mr. Owens had the Fagotta and Contra Fagotta replaced with an Oboe and Double Oboe. Supposedly this was because he found the Fagotta/Contra Fagotta too loud. Originally the Great Division had a tremolo stop. However, the tremolo motor was mounted on a wind reservoir that hung vertically so that the tremolo motor was also in a vertical position. In that position, the motor made a sqeaking noise which could not be eliminated, so it was removed. At one point, on a return trip to St. Mary's years later, I noted that the tremolo stop knob had been removed from the console, leaving a hole where it was previously located. As I took my first organ lessons on that instrument, I still have the specifications memorized, knob for knob. It was Birmingham, Alabama's first really good pipe organ, and it spawned something of an organ building "frenzy" over the next few years.
Updated through on-line information from Ray Wood. -- I was 14 years old when this organ was originally installed in my church, St. Mary's on the Highlands, Birmingham, AL. It was later moved to Northwest Christian Church, Columbus (Upper Arlington), Ohio. I used to come over every afternoon from school to watch its installation. I have some interesting notes regarding its original installation at St. Mary's. Two stops on the Swell Division are labeled "Fagotta - 8' - " and "Contra Fagotta - 16'-". I was told by one of the pupils of the church organist, Sam Batt Owens, who also designed the organ, that Mr. Owens had the Fagotta and Contra Fagotta replaced with an Oboe and Double Oboe. Supposedly this was because he found the Fagotta/Contra Fagotta too loud. Originally the Great Division had a tremolo stop. However, the tremolo motor was mounted on a wind reservoir that hung vertically so that the tremolo motor was also in a vertical position. In that position, the motor made a sqeaking noise which could not be eliminated, so it was removed. At one point, on a return trip to St. Mary's years later, I noted that the tremolo stop knob had been removed from the console, leaving a hole where it was previously located. As I took my first organ lessons on that instrument, I still have the specifications memorized, knob for knob. It was Birmingham, Alabama's first really good pipe organ, and it spawned something of an organ building "frenzy" over the next few years.
Database Manager on December 4th, 2006:
Updated through on-line information from James R. Stettner.
Database Manager on November 13th, 2006:
Sold to Peebles-Herzog in 2000 and removed from the church.
Related Instrument Entries: Peebles-Herzog; Peebles-Herzog, Inc. (2000)
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