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Charlotte NC, USA (North-Carolina) - Pritchard Memorial Baptist Church
Municipal: Charlotte NC
Region:Mecklenburg County
Address: 1117 South Boulevard, 28203, Charlotte, NC
Website: https://pritchardchurch.com/

Description nr.: 2074766.

Built by: Casavant Frères (1969) - opus 3005


Casavant built an organ for Pritchard Memorial Baptist Church in Charlotte, North Carolina in 1968-1969. The instrument was commissioned on October 5, 1969 with a concert by Barbara Ann Coffey.

Technical data
Number of stops per division
- Great Organ7
- Choir Organ (enclosed)10
- Swell Organ (enclosed)10
- Pedal Organ9
Total number of stops36
Key actionElectropneumatic
Stop actionElectropneumatic
Windchest(s)Slider chests

Specification
Great Organ (C-c''''): Quintade 16', Prinzipal 8', Bordun 8', Oktav 4', Rohrgedackt 4', Superoktav 2', Mixtur 6 ranks (1 1/3').
Choir Organ (enclosed) (C-c''''): Gedackt 8', Spitzflöte 8', Spitzflöte Celeste 8' (from G), Gemshorn 4', Nasat 2 2/3', Waldflöte 2', Terz 1 3/5', Quintflöte 1 1/3', Zimbel 3 ranks (1/3'), Krummhorn 8', Tremulant.
Swell Organ (enclosed) (C-c''''): Rohrflöte 8', Salizional 8', Vox Coelestis 8' (from G), Spitzprinzipal 4', Nachthorn 4', Flachflöte 2', Scharf 4 ranks (2/3'), Fagott 16', Trompete 8', Oboe 4', Tremulant.
Pedal Organ (C-g'): Prinzipal 16', Subbass 16', Oktav 8', Gedackt 8', Choralbass 4', Rohrpfeife 4', Mixtur 4 ranks (2'), Posaune 16', Schalmei 4'.
Couplers: Choir to Great, Swell to Great, Swell to Choir, Great to Pedal, Choir to Pedal, Swell to Pedal.

Literature Pipe Organs of Charlotte / John Apple. - Charlotte NC : John Apple, 1985.