Keates-Geissler Pipe Organs Ltd
1989
Shades Mountain Baptist Church
Worship Center
2017 Columbiana Rd.
Vestavia Hills (Birmingham), AL, US
118 Ranks - 6,903 Pipes
Instrument ID: 24622 ● Builder ID: 3289 ● Location ID: 21856
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IMAGES
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STOPLISTS
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CONSOLES
Builder: Unknown
Position: Movable Console
Design: Traditional With Roll Top
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Features:
5 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal9 Divisions100 Stops72 RegistersElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop Action✓ 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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DETAILS
This instrument is: Not Extant and Not Playable in this location
This 5-manual organ is already professionally removed, crated, and being stored. The price quoted is for the whole instrument and is negotiable. It is 118 pipe ranks and an additional 42 electronic ranks. The pipework is from the church's 1970 Aeolian-Skinner plus new ranks added by Keates-Geissler in 1989. - Information from the church's website, listing the organ for sale. Accessed 27 October 2020
Database Manager on February 12th, 2016:
Updated through online information from joe doe johns.
Not used often and needs to be removed from room.
Database Manager on April 1st, 2011:
Updated through on-line information from Jeff Scofield. -- The organ also has 27 electronic stops, including Ethereal and Ethereal Pedal divisions.
Database Manager on May 28th, 2007:
Updated through on-line information from James R. Stettner. -- Great, Swell, Choir, Positiv, Bombarde, Etherial, Antiphonal, Pedal/Etherial Pedal. Dedicated by Diane Bish on May 14, 1989.
Database Manager on November 15th, 2006:
Incorporates the church's 1970 Aeolian-Skinner (Opus 1520), as well as parts of other instruments.
Related Instrument Entries: Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co. (Opus 1520, 1970)
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