Ontko Pipe Organs
Opus 18-A, 2011

Originally Skinner Organ Co. (Opus 326, 1920)

First Baptist Church

223 Bull Street
Savannah, GA, US

69 Ranks

Instrument ID: 47879 ● Builder ID: 7741 ● Location ID: 9014

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Builder: Unknown

Position: Keydesk Attached, Manuals Set Into Case

Design: Traditional Without Cover

Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)

Features:

32 Note Pedal8 Divisions53 StopsElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop Action✓ Combination Thumb Piston(s)✓ Combination Toe Piston(s)✓ Coupler 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: Computerized/Digital

Control System: Unknown or N/A

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This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location

Database Manager on May 4th, 2012:

Updated through online information from Olivia Margaret Ontko. -- Work on the Positif and new control system done in collaborration with Thomas Cashen of Jacksonville, FL.

Database Manager on April 26th, 2011:

Identified through on-line information from Olivia Margaret Ontko. -- The 2011 work includes addition of a free-standing encased Positif cantilevered out at the center of the rear gallery. Façade includes speaking 70% tin pipes from the 4' Prestant and 2' Doublette, and the flamed copper horizontally-mounted 8' Trompette de fête. Included is a single manual controlling the Positif and the Echo.

Related Instrument Entries: Ontko & Young Co. (Opus 18, 1990) , Skinner Organ Co. (Opus 326, 1920)