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Saint Petersburg FL, USA (Florida) - Fifth Avenue Baptist Church
Municipal: Saint Petersburg FL
Region:Pinellas County
Address: Fifth Avenue, 33710, Saint Petersburg, FL
Website: https://www.5thabc.org/
Description nr.: 2063465.
Built by: Skinner Organ Company (1920) - opus 310
Dismantled (ca. 1995)
Short list of all locations the organ has been
Technical data
Specification
Great Organ (C-c''''): Gemshorn 16', Diapason 8', Rohr Flute 8', Gemshorn 8' - extension, Spitz Flute 8' - from Swell, Spitz Flute Celeste 8' (from c°) - from Swell, Octave 4', Gemshorn 4' - extension, Flute 4' - from Swell, Mixture 3 ranks, Cornopean 8' - from Swell, Clarion 4' - from Swell.
Choir Organ (C-c''''): Concert Flute 8', Dulciana 8', Unda Maris 8', Principal 4', Spill Flute 4', Mixture 2 ranks, Clarinet 8', Orchestral Oboe 8', Harp, Celesta.
Swell Organ (C-c''''): Bourdon 16', Diapason 8', Gedeckt 8', Salicional 8', Voix Celeste 8', Spitz Flute 8', Spitz Flute Celeste 8' (from c°), Octave 4', Flute 4', Flautino 2', Plein Jeu 5 ranks, Posaune 16', Cornopean 8', Flugel Horn 8', Vox Humana 8', Clarion 4'.
Solo Organ (C-c''''): Gamba 8', Gamba Celeste 8', French Horn 8', English Horn 8', Tuba Mirabilis 8', Chimes.
Pedal Organ (C-g'): Resultant 32' - acoustic extension, Diapason 16', Bourdon 16', Gemshorn 16' - from Great, Lieblich Gedeckt 16' - from Swell, Bass Flute 8' - extension, Gemshorn 8' - from Great, Still Gedeckt 8' (`) - from Swell, Super Octave 4', Flute 4' - from Swell, Gemshorn 4' - from Great, Mixture 4 ranks, Tromone 16', Posaune 16' - from Swell, Trumpet 8', Tromba 8' - extension, Tromba-Clarion 4' - extension.
Saint Petersburg FL, USA (Florida) - Fifth Avenue Baptist Church
Municipal: Saint Petersburg FL
Region:Pinellas County
Address: Fifth Avenue, 33710, Saint Petersburg, FL
Website: https://www.5thabc.org/
Description nr.: 2063465.
Built by: Skinner Organ Company (1920) - opus 310
Dismantled (ca. 1995)
| Year | Builder | Opus | Activity | 1920 | Skinner Organ Company | 310 | new organ | 1965 | Toledo Pipe Organ Company | transfer/relocate |
- On November 21st, 1965, a new organ was dedicated in the Fifth Avenue Baptist Church in St. Petersburg, Florida. The instrument was acquired from the Shaker Heights Plymouth Congregational Church in Cleveland, where it was built by Ernest M. Skinner in 1920. The Toledo Pipe Organ Company relocated the organ, but they also rebuilt parts of it. The dedication concert was given by the organist of the church, Helen McClellan Mangen. There were plans to enlarge the organ with an Antiphonal Organ, using parts of the Möller organ that previously stood in the church. It seems that this enlargement was never installed. The organ itself stood in two chambers to the left and the right of the altar, with a freestanding console in the church.
- About 1995 the congregation left the church and the organ was dismantled and stored.
Short list of all locations the organ has been
| 1920 | Cleveland, OH | Plymouth Congregational Church (Shaker Heights) |
| 1965 | Saint Petersburg, FL | Fifth Avenue Baptist Church |
Technical data
| Number of stops per division | |
| - Great Organ | 12 (5) |
| - Choir Organ | 8 |
| - Swell Organ | 15 |
| - Solo Organ | 5 |
| - Pedal Organ | 17 (6) |
| Total number of stops | 57 (39) |
| Key action | Electrical |
| Stop action | Electrical |
| Windchest(s) | Slider chests |
Specification
Great Organ (C-c''''): Gemshorn 16', Diapason 8', Rohr Flute 8', Gemshorn 8' - extension, Spitz Flute 8' - from Swell, Spitz Flute Celeste 8' (from c°) - from Swell, Octave 4', Gemshorn 4' - extension, Flute 4' - from Swell, Mixture 3 ranks, Cornopean 8' - from Swell, Clarion 4' - from Swell.
Choir Organ (C-c''''): Concert Flute 8', Dulciana 8', Unda Maris 8', Principal 4', Spill Flute 4', Mixture 2 ranks, Clarinet 8', Orchestral Oboe 8', Harp, Celesta.
Swell Organ (C-c''''): Bourdon 16', Diapason 8', Gedeckt 8', Salicional 8', Voix Celeste 8', Spitz Flute 8', Spitz Flute Celeste 8' (from c°), Octave 4', Flute 4', Flautino 2', Plein Jeu 5 ranks, Posaune 16', Cornopean 8', Flugel Horn 8', Vox Humana 8', Clarion 4'.
Solo Organ (C-c''''): Gamba 8', Gamba Celeste 8', French Horn 8', English Horn 8', Tuba Mirabilis 8', Chimes.
Pedal Organ (C-g'): Resultant 32' - acoustic extension, Diapason 16', Bourdon 16', Gemshorn 16' - from Great, Lieblich Gedeckt 16' - from Swell, Bass Flute 8' - extension, Gemshorn 8' - from Great, Still Gedeckt 8' (`) - from Swell, Super Octave 4', Flute 4' - from Swell, Gemshorn 4' - from Great, Mixture 4 ranks, Tromone 16', Posaune 16' - from Swell, Trumpet 8', Tromba 8' - extension, Tromba-Clarion 4' - extension.
| Literature |
Organ opening fetes organist's 27 years : Church in St. Petersburg, Fla. : Fifth Avenue Baptist has rebuilt E.M. Skinner - Helen McClellan Mangen is Organist. - In: The Diapason, 57th Year, No. 2, January, 1966. |