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Mount Holly NC, USA (North-Carolina) - First Baptist Church
Municipal: Mount Holly NC
Region:Gaston County
Address: 300 South Main Street, 28120, Mount Holly, NC
Website: https://fbcmountholly.org/

Description nr.: 2072974.

Built by: M.P. Möller Company (1969) - opus 10531
Destroyed by fire (2016)


First Baptist Church in Mount Holly, North Carolina, was built in 1924 and expanded in 1954. The M.P Möller Organ Company built a new organ for the church in 1969. This instrument was lost due to a fire in the church on July 21, 2016.

Technical data
Number of stops per division
- Great Organ5 (4)
- Swell Organ7
- Pedal Organ10 (2)
Total number of stops22 (13)
Key actionElectropneumatic
Stop actionElectropneumatic

Specification
Great Organ (C-c''''): Principal 8', Rohrflöte 8', Principal 4', Mixture 3 ranks, Trompette 8' - from Swell, Tremolo.
Swell Organ (C-c''''): Gedackt 8', Viole de Gambe 8', Viole Celeste 8' (from c°), Nachthorn 4', Nasard 2 2/3', Nachthorn 2', Trompette 8', Tremolo.
Pedal Organ (C-g'): Violone 16', Bass Gedackt 16' - extension from Swell, Violone 8' - extension, Gedackt 8' - from Swell, Violone 4' - extension, Gedackt 4' - from Swell, Rauschquinte 2 ranks, Trompette 16' - extension from Swell, Trompette 8' - from Swell, Clarion 4' - from Swell.
Couplers: Swell to Great, Swell to Great 16', Swell to Great 4', Great to Pedal, Great to Pedal 4', Swell to Pedal, Swell to Pedal 4', Great to Great 4', Swell to Swell 16', Swell to Swell 4', Swell Unison Off.
Accessories: Tutti.

Literature Here & There : Organbuilders. - In: The Diapason, 113th Year, No. 3, March 2022.
Links https://pipeorgandatabase.org/organ/64792