Birmingham, Alabama —Birmingham

Birmingham, Alabama — Birmingham-Southern College
Three manuals and pedals, 36 stops, 53 ranks
Attached drawknob keydesk, compass 58/32
Mechanical key action, electric stop action
Opus 3636, 1987
Photographs: Stanley Scheer
Birmingham-Southern College is a four-year private liberal arts institution
founded in 1856 and affiliated with the United Methodist Church. Recognized for
excellence, it has ranked among the top ten National Liberal Arts Colleges by U.S.
News & World Report for ten consecutive years. In addition to courses leading to
academic degrees, the school operates a Conservatory of Fine and Performing
Arts that serves the community in areas of dance, theater and music for preschool children through adults.
The three manual mechanical action organ at Birmingham-Southern College is
installed in a recital hall where it is used for practice, teaching and performance.
The specification was developed to provide a wide range of registrational
possibilities for use in playing music from different schools and periods of organ
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in the façade. Additional colors of flutes and reeds are found on all three manuals
and pedal. The expressive Récit has the traditional string and céleste plus a
complete chorus of reeds, which are important in the performance of nineteenth
and twentieth century literature.
Grand Orgue
Récit
Bourdon
Montre
Flûte à cheminée
Flûte harmonique (common bass)
Prestant
Doublette
Cornet V (from G2)
Fourniture IV
Trompette
16
8
8
8
4
2
8
1-1/3
8
Positif
Montre
Bourdon
Prestant
Flûte à fuseau
Nazard
Quarte de nazard
Tierce
Cymbale IV
Cromorne
Tremblant
8
8
4
4
2-2/3
2
1-3/5
1
8
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Cor de nuit
Viole de gambe
Voix céleste (TC)
Principal
Flûte octaviante
Octavin
Plein Jeu V
Basson
Trompette harmonique
Hautbois
Clairon
Tremblant
Soubasse
Octavebasse
Flûte bouchée
Octave
Mixture IV
Bombarde
Trompette
Pédale
8
8
8
4
4
2
2
16
8
8
4
16
8
8
4
2-2/3
16
8