First United Methodist Church
Paragould, Arkansas
Year Built: 2001
Manuals: 2
Stops: 20
Ranks: 23
Swell Organ (Expressive)
16′ |
Gedeckt |
8′ |
Diapason |
8′ |
Chimney Flute |
8′ |
Salicional |
8′ |
Voix Celeste CC |
4′ |
Principal |
4′ |
Harmonic Flute* |
2′ |
Octavin |
IV |
Plein Jeu |
16′ |
Double Trumpet* |
8′ |
Trompette |
8′ |
Oboe |
4′ |
Clairon* |
|
Tremolo |
|
Swell to Swell 16′ |
|
Swell Unison Off |
|
Swell to Swell 4′ |
Pedal Organ
32′ |
Resultant |
16′ |
Open Wood |
16′ |
Subbass |
16′ |
Gedeckt (SW) |
8′ |
Octave |
8′ |
Bourdon |
8′ |
Chimney Flute (SW) |
4′ |
Choral Bass |
4′ |
Bourdon |
16′ |
Posaune |
16′ |
Double Trumpet* |
8′ |
Trumpet |
8′ |
Double Trumpet* |
4′ |
Clairon* |
Great Organ
16′ |
Violone* |
8′ |
Principal |
8′ |
Bourdon |
8′ |
Violone* |
4′ |
Octave |
4′ |
Nachthorn |
2 2/3′ |
Twelfth |
2′ |
Super Octave |
1 3/5′ |
Seventeenth |
IV |
Fourniture* |
8′ |
Trumpet |
|
Chimes |
|
Tremolo |
|
Great Unison Off |
|
Great to Great 4′ |
Reversibles
|
Great to Pedal (with toe paddle) |
|
Swell to Pedal (with toe paddle) |
|
Swell to Great |
|
Tutti (with toe paddle) |
Couplers
|
Great to Swell 8′ |
|
Swell to Great 16′ 8′ 4′ |
|
Great to Pedal 8′ |
|
Swell to Pedal 8′ 4′ |
Pistons
10 |
General (with toe pistons) |
6 |
Swell |
6 |
Great |
6 |
Pedal (with toe pistons) |
* |
prepared for future addition |
The Nichols & Simpson instrument at First United Methodist Church in Paragould, Arkansas replaces a Möller pipe organ that was originally built in the 1920’s. There had been some subsequent additions made to the instrument by several service technicians. The new Nichols & Simpson pipe organ incorporates some pipework from the Möller and a few ranks of pipes that were added by the service technicians. The new instrument features a new console with manual natural keys of bone and sharps of rosewood, rosewood drawknobs with bone faces inset for engraving, and rosewood expression shoes. The organ also was provided with new Nichols & Simpson pallet-and-slider windchests.
Those who contributed to the realization of the organ include:
C. Joseph Nichols
(engineering, installation, tonal finishing)
Wayne E. Simpson III
(design, voicing, tonal finishing)
Duane Vanderpluym
(construction, installation)
Jorge A. Osorio
(console, construction, installation)
Timothy M. Bovard
(construction, installation)
David C. Scribner
(construction, installation)
Joshua Peden
(voicing assistant)
Bryan K. Gray
(computer-aided drawing and design)
A. R. Schopp’s Sons
(pipework)