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81 Ranks of Pipes (nave organ), 4,708 pipes. The pedal division pipes are located horizontally in the ceiling above the nave speaking thru a recessed opening next to the nave skylights. |
| Pedal | Swell | Positiv | Great | Choir |
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32' Subbourdon
16' Principal 16' Bourdon 16' Gemshorn (Swell) 16' Violone 8' Octave 8' Gedackt Pommer 8' Gemshorn (Swell) 8' Cello 4' Choral Bass 4' Nachthorn 2' Blockflute Cymbel II Mixture III 32' Posaune 16' Posaune 16' Fagot 8' Trumpet 4' Clarion |
16' Gemshorn 8' Geigen Principal 8' Stopped Diapason 8' Viole De Gamba 8' Viole Celeste 8' Salicional 8' Aeoline 4' Octave Geigen 4' Koppel Flute 2' Fifteenth Cymbel III Plein Jeu III 16' Bombarde 8' Trompette 8' Hautbois 8' Vox Humana 4' Clarion Swell 4' Swell Unison Off Swell 16' Tremolo |
8' Gedackt
8' Quintade 4' Principal 4' Rohrflote 2' Octave 1 3/5' Tierce 1 1/3' Quint 1' Sifflute Zimbel III 8' Krummhorn Great 4' Great Unison Off Great 16' Tremolo |
16' Quintation
8' Principal 8' Bourdon 4' Octave 4' Spitzflute 4' Nachthorn 2 2/3' Quint 2' Blockflute 2' Super Octave 1 3/5 Terz Sharff III Fourniture III-V 16' Fagot 8' Trumpet Chimes |
8' Diapason
8' Orchestral Flute 8' Unda Maris 8' Dulciana 4' Fugara 4' Flauto Traverso 2' Zauber Flute Dulcet II 8' English Horn 8' Clarinet Harp Choir 4' Choir Unison Off Choir 16' Tremolo |
Console Accessories
| Couplers | Combination Pistons | Toe Pistons |
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Great to Pedal 8'
Swell to Pedal 8' Positiv to Pedal 8' Choir to Pedal 8' Great to Pedal 4' Swell to Pedal 4' Positiv to Pedal 4' Choir to Pedal 4' Positiv to Great 8' Swell to Great 16' Swell to Great 8' Swell to Great 4' Choir to Great 16' Choir to Great 8' Choir to Great 4' Positiv to Choir 8' Swell to Choir 16' Swell to Choir 8' Swell to Choir 4' Great to Choir 8' |
Positiv Pistons: Positiv to Swell 8' Choir to Swell 8' Pos. to Ped. 8 Postive Combination Pistons ON piston (pedal to Man.) Off Piston Coupler Cancel Button Swell Combination Pistons: Sw. to Ped. 8 Swell Combination Pistons ON piston (pedal to Man.) Off Piston 16' Manual Off Piston Great Pistons: 8 GENERAL Combination Pistons Gr. to Ped. 8 Great Combination Pistons Pos. to Gt. Sw. to Gt. Ch. to Gt. ON piston (pedal to Man.) Off Piston SFZ. Choir Pistons: Pedal Combination Pistons 1,2,3,4,12,11,10,9 Ch. to Ped. 8 Choir Combination Pistons Pos. to Ch. Sw. to Ch. Gt. to Ch. ON piston (pedal to Man.) Off Piston General Cancel |
Gt. to Pedal Toe Piston
Posaune 32' Toe Piston Sforz Toe Piston 8 Memory Pedal Toe Pistons Choir to Pedal Toe Piston Pos. to Pedal Toe Piston Swell to Pedal Toe Piston 8 General Toe Pistons General Accessories: Mayland Chimes: Off, 1,2,3,4,5 Indicator Lamps for: 16' Man. Off Crescendo Sforz |
About the Architecture The main building on our campus is the architecturally renowned work of Eliel Saarinen. Completed in 1942, it was the first contemporary building in Columbus and one of the first church buildings of Modern architecture in the United States. At that time, the church was called "Tabernacle Church of Christ." Saarinen had previously resisted the idea of designing a church building, but he and his son Eero were intrigued by the request from Columbus. Here is the architects' response to the building committee's charge: "In accordance with the wishes of the building committee, our endeavor has been to design not a mere church but a church expressing the religious aims of your congregation. Indeed, it is essential to establish such a true relationship between the people themselves and the design of their church. 'Our church is our people.' The building committee expresses the thought. So 'our church is our people' has been the leading thought during the whole process of our design work. "When your fathers and mothers came from different corners of the old world and by various paths in the new to form their communities in Indiana, they brought with them a variety of theological traditions, many of which were already obsolete. In the effort to unite these different denominations into one that would be commonly acceptable, your fathers and mothers, instead of combining many sects, decided to go back to the fundamentals of Christian faith. From this decision, your church has emerged as a brotherhood of simple outer form and of rich inner life." "As we compare this development of your church with that of the new architectural thought, according to which order your church is conceived, we find that they are very much alike, both as to meaning and course of development, for as your church emancipated itself from [formalistic] theology, so the new architectural is endeavoring to build upon the fundamental principles of architecture. As you see then, your form of religion and the design of your church are spiritually related to one another." 
Architects Eliel and Eero Saarinen, 1940 In 2001, the building was designated a National Historic Landmark. According to the National Historic Landmarks Program, "First Christian Church is one of the first Modern religious buildings in America, and an outstanding example of the work of Eliel Saarinen. The building was nationally recognized at the time of its construction, and had an impact on church design in the United States in the post-World War II era. First Christian Church is also important as the first Modern building in Columbus. In 1941, Time magazine described the building as, 'the costliest modern church in the world, planned by Europe's most famous modern architect and his son.' Newsweek, in 1942, noted, the style, the new Tabernacle is utterly unlike the seventeen other churches in Columbus or, for that matter, in almost any other city in the world.'" The sanctuary is 144 long, 46 feet wide, and 45 feet high. It seats approximately 900 people. The Sermon on the Mount tapestry in the sanctuary is approximately 10 feet wide and 35 feet tall. The architect Eliel Saarinen and his wife Loja designed it, and she wove it with her team of skilled weavers. Light fixtures, railings, screens, and furniture were designed by Charles Eames and Eliel's son Eero. In 1940, the pair won two first prizes in the Museum of Modern Art's furniture design competition. click on image for enlarged photograph The tower is 17 feet by 23 feet at the base and 160 feet high. Structural damage necessitated sealing the exterior grill design in 1974. Until that time, chimes were played from inside the sanctuary and broadcast from the tower. The purpose of the sunken terrace is to give all rooms outside light. A reflecting pool (formerly on the north side of the bridge) was drained and filled in 1957. The cross on the east outside wall and on one sanctuary pew is an asymmetrical version of the "Jerusalem Cross." It is also found on the exterior of the Youth Center, built in 1957. source: http://www.fccoc.org/about_us/architecture.html |
Fanfare
by Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens
(1823-1881)
performed at First Christian Church, by
Daniel McKinley
July 14, 2007
Other recordings on the First Christian Church Aeolian-Skinner Pipe Organ:
Toccata in D Minor
- J.S. Bach, Dr. David K. Lamb, Organist
Cortege
- Marcel Dupre, Dr. David K. Lamb, Organist
The Old Rugged Cross
, performed on the Aeolian-Skinner unit organ in the chapel, Dr. David K. Lamb, Organist
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