Originally installed in 1966 as a 3-manual, 41-rank Schantz pipe organ (Op. 770) in the old Centenary Methodist sanctuary, the congregation merged with First Methodist in 1967 and relocated the instrument into a new Harold Wagoner-designed sanctuary as the First-Centenary United Methodist Church in 1973. 

 

In 1999, the Schantz Organ Company of Orrville, Ohio added a new 3-manual console (Op. 2187) and four years later, 17 additional ranks of pipes were added along with three digital 32’ stops. The traditional style console with roll top is movable and contains a computerized/digital combination action. The three manual keyboards each have 61 notes and the pedalboard compass is 32 notes. 

The current instrument consists of 4 divisions, 71 stops, and 59 ranks of pipes. The 3,514 pipes of this organ are made of wood, tin, brass, and lead, and range in size from 16 feet tall to a fraction of an inch in length. The pipes are placed on electro-pneumatic pitman chests which are located in chambers in the front of the sanctuary.

  

 

Photographs courtesy of Jeff Scofield, 2012.

 

		PEDAL
		32' Contre Bourdon	Digital
SWELLZ		16' Principal	32 pipes
8' Diapason	61 pipes	16' Bordun	32 pipes
8' Rohrflöte	61 pipes	16' Gemshorn	GT
8' Viole de Gambe	61 pipes	16' Erzähler	CH
8' Viole Celeste	54 pipes	10 2/3' Quinte	----
4' Geigen Principal	61 pipes	8' Octav	32 pipes
4' Koppelflöte	61 pipes	8' Bordun	12 pipes
2 2/3' Nasat	61 pipes	8' Gemshorn	GT
2' Waldflöte	61 pipes	8' Erzähler	CH
1 3/5' Tierce	61 pipes	4' Choralbass	32 pipes
IV Plein Jeu	244 pipes	4' Nachthorn	32 pipes
16' Basson	61 pipes	2' Nachthorn	12 pipes
8' Trompette	61 pipes	IV Mixture	128 pipes
8' Hautbois	61 pipes	32' Contre Bombarde	Digital
Voix Humaine	61 pipes	32' Contre Basson	Digital
4' Chalumeau	61 pipes	16' Posaune	32 pipes
Tremulant		16' Basson	SW
Sub		16' Dulzian	GT
Unison Off		8' Posaune	12 pipes
Super		8' Basson	SW
8' Festival Trumpet	CH	4' Klarine	12 pipes
MIDI		4' Hautbois	SW
		8' Festival Trumpet	CH
			MIDI

 

GREAT		CHOIR
16' Gemshorn	61 pipes	16' Erzähler	61 pipes
8' Principal	61 pipes	8' Diapason	61 pipes
8' Bordun	61 pipes	8' Holzgedeckt	61 pipes
8' Harmonic Flute	61 pipes	8' Viola Pomposa	61 pipes
8' Gemshorn	61 pipes	8' Viola Celeste	54 pipes
4' Octave	61 pipes	8' Erzähler	61 pipes
4' Quintade	61 pipes	8' Erzähler Celeste	49 pipes
2 2/3' Twelfth	61 pipes	4' Fugara	61 pipes
2' Super Octave	61 pipes	4' Hohlflöte	61 pipes
1 3/5' Seventeenth	61 pipes	2' Prinzipal	61 pipes
IV Mixture	244 pipes	1 1/3' Quinte	61 pipes
16' Dulzian	12 pipes	IV Scharf	244 pipes
8' Trumpet	61 pipes	8' Krummhorn	61 pipes
8' Dulzian	61 pipes	8' English Horn	61 pipes
8' Festival Trumpet	CH	8' Festival Trumpet	61 pipes
Tremulant		Tremulant
Sub		Sub
Unison Off		Unison Off
Super		Super
Chimes		MIDI
Zimbelstern
MIDI