Pipe Organ Database

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Temple Organ Co. (2010)

Originally Casavant Frères Ltée. (Opus 3249, 1975)

Location:

First Baptist Church
Gainesville, FL 32601 US
Organ ID: 49226

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Baptist Churches
  • The organ is unaltered from its original state.
  • The organ's condition is good, used occasionally.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Information unknown or not applicable
  • 44 ranks. 4 divisions. 3 manuals. 32 stops.
All:
  • Position: Pipes exposed (in whole or in part) in a gallery at the rear of the room.
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Main:
  • Manuals: 3
  • Divisions: 4
  • Stops: 32
  • Position: Console in fixed position, right.
  • Manual Compass: 61
  • Pedal Compass: 32
  • Key Action: Electrical connection from key to chest.
  • Stop Action: Electric connection between stop control and chest.
  • Console Style: Traditional style with roll top.
  • Stop Controls: Drawknobs in vertical rows on angled jambs.
  • Combination Action: Adjustable combination pistons.
  • Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals, AGO standard placement.
  • Pedalboard Type: Concave radiating pedalboard meeting AGO Standards.
  • Has Crescendo Pedal
  • Has Tutti Reversible Thumb Pistons
  • Has Tutti Reversible Toe Pistons
  • Has Combination Action Thumb Pistons
  • Has Combination Action Toe Pistons
  • Has Coupler Reversible Toe Pistons
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Database Manager on January 25, 2012:

Identified through online information from Stephen Hall. -- First Baptist moved to a new campus in 2010 and had the organ moved and rebuilt by Temple Organs of St Joseph Missouri. The present worship space is intended as a chapel in the future when a larger sanctuary is built.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Source not recorded: Open In New Tab Stoplist taken from the console April 21, 2013
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

Instrument Images:

Chancel: Photograph by Stephen Hall. Taken on 2013-04-21

Rear Gallery and Facade: Photograph by Stephen Hall. Taken on 2013-04-21

Facade: Photograph by Stephen Hall. Taken on 2013-04-21

Console: Photograph by Stephen Hall. Taken on 2013-04-21

Console - Left Stop Jamb: Photograph by Stephen Hall. Taken on 2013-04-21

Console - Right Stop Jamb: Photograph by Stephen Hall. Taken on 2013-04-21

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