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Montgomery AL, USA (Alabama) - First United Methodist Church
Municipal: Montgomery AL
Region:Montgomery County AL
Address: 2416 West Cloverdale Park, 36106, Montgomery, AL
Website: http://www.fumcmontgomery.org/

Description nr.: 2067933.

Built by: Felix F. Schoenstein & Sons (2021) - opus 178


Under the direction of Andrew Risinger, the firm of Schoenstein & Sons will build a new 34-stop organ in 2021 for the First United Methodist Church in Montgomery, Alabama.

Technical data
Number of stops per division
- Great Organ14 (7)
- Choir Organ (enclosed)16 (9)
- Swell Organ (enclosed)16 (13)
- Gallery Organ (floating)5 (4)
- Pedal Organ17 (1)
Total number of stops68 (34)
Key actionElectropneumatic
Stop actionElectropneumatic
Windchest(s)Slider chests

Specification
Great Organ (C-c''''): Double Open Diapason 16', First Open Diapason 8', Second Open Diapason 8' - extension, Harmonic Flute 8', Salicional 8' - from Choir, Lieblich Gedeckt 8' - from Choir, Principal 4', Lieblich Gedeckt 4' - from Choir, Fifteenth 2', Sesquialtera 2 ranks (2 2/3'), Mixture 4 ranks (2'), Ophicleide 16' - from Choir, Tuba 8' - from Choir, Solo Trumpet 8' - from Choir, Chimes - digital.
Choir Organ (enclosed) (C-c''''): Bourdon 16' - extension, Salicional 8' - C-B from Bourdon, Unda-Maris 8' (from c°), Lieblich Gedeckt 8' - C-B from Bourdon, Salicet 4' - extension, Lieblich Gedeckt 4' - extension, Twelfth 2 2/3' (from c°) - extension, Nazard 2 2/3' - extension, Fifteenth 2' - extension, Tierce 1 3/5' (from c°), Nineteenth 1 1/3', Ophicleide 16' - extension, Tuba 8', Solo Trumpet 8' - high pressure, Corno di Bassetto 8', Oboe 8' - from Swell, Tremulant, Cymbelstern.
Swell Organ (enclosed) (C-c''''): Contra Gamba 16' - extension, Open Diapason 8', Stopped Diapason 8', Echo Gamba 8', Vox Celeste 8', Cor Seraphique 8', Voix Angelique 8' (from c°), Gemshorn 4', Harmonic Flute 4', Octavin 2', Mixture 3-5 ranks (2'), Posaune 16', Trumpet 8', Posaune 8' - extension, Oboe 8', Clarion 4' - extension, Tremulant.
Gallery Organ (floating) (C-c''''): Open Diapason 8' - C-B from Chimney Flute, Chimney Flute 8', Dulciana 8' - C-B from Chimney Flute, Principal 4', Chimney Flute 4' - extension.
Pedal Organ (C-g'): Resultant 32' - acoustic extension, Open Metal 16', Diapason 16' - from Great, Gamba 16' - from Swell, Bourdon 16' - from Choir, Principal 8' - extension, Flute 8' - from Great, Stopped Diapason 8' - from Swell, Fifteenth 4' - extension, Flute 4' - from Great, Contra Posaune 32' - extension from Swell, Ophicleide 16' - from Choir, Posaune 16' - from Swell, Tuba 8' - from Choir, Posaune 8' - from Swell, Corno di Bassetto 4' - from Swell, Solo Trumpet 8' - from Choir, Chimes - from Great.
Couplers: Choir to Great, Choir to Great 16', Choir to Great 4', Swell to Great, Swell to Great 16', Swell to Great 4', Great to Choir, Swell to Choir, Swell to Choir 16', Swell to Choir 4', Choir to Swell, Great to Pedal, Great to Pedal 4', Choir to Pedal, Choir to Pedal 4', Swell to Pedal, Swell to Pedal 4', Gallery on Great, Gallery on Choir, Gallery on Swell, Gallery on Pedal.
Accessories: Solid-State Capture Combination Action (5.000 memories), All Swells to Swell.

Literature
  • Here & There : Organbuilders. - In: The Diapason, 112th Year, No. 1, January 2021.
  • Cover Feature : First United Methodist Church, Montgomery, Alabama : Schoenstein & Co., Benicia, California / Bryan Dunnewald. - In: The American Organist, Vol. 56, No. 3, March 2022.
  • New Organs : Schoenstein & Co., Benicia, California : First United Methodist Church, Montgomery, Alabama. - In: The Diapason, 114th Year, No. 10, October 2023.