THE CHURCHES OF VIRGINIA
Photography by John G. DeMajo

 

GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH
4200 Dover Road, Richmond, VA 23221
 
 
 
 
 
 
ORGAN INFORMATION AND HISTORY

 

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ORGAN HISTORY FOR GRACE (STREET) BAPTIST CHURCH
(submitted by Richmond AGO chapter historian Donald Traser)
This church was originally located on Grace Street. The original name was Grace Street Baptist Church, however, the "Street" was dropped when they moved to their present location in 1949. While still on Grace Street, there were 2 Hook & Hastings organs (the second might actually have been Hook-Hastings).  The first burned in a fire when it was only 2 years old.  Its replacement was in the new church and used for 21 years before the church was demolished.  That organ was then moved to Sharon B-word Church on Leigh Street.  The façade is still there.  The Austin was in a building at Grove Avenue & the Boulevard, catty-corner from Va. Museum of Fine Arts.  It was destroyed in a 1946 fire.  The present church had a Hammond in the current building until the first Allen Electronic organ was installed approximately 30 years ago. .

Grace Street Baptist Church (Street later dropped from name)

Grove Avenue and the Boulevard

Austin organ, 1924, Opus 1287, 3m/14r

GREAT

8    Open Diapason                                   73 pipes, metal

8    Concert Flute                                   73 pipes, wood

8    Dulciana                                        73 pipes, metal

4    Flute d'Amour                                   73 pipes, wood

Chimes                                          20 tubes

SWELL

8    English Diapason                                73 pipes, metal

8    Stopped Flute                                   73 pipes, wood

8    Aeoline                                         73 pipes, metal

8    Viole d'Orchestre                               73 pipes, metal

8    Viole Celeste                                   61 pipes, metal

4    Flute Traverso                                  73 pipes, wood

8    Cornopean                                       73 pipes, reeds

8    Vox Humana (separate chest, box, tremolo)  61 pipes, reeds

Tremolo

CHOIR

8    Violin Diapason                            73 pipes, metal

8    Concert Flute   (Grreat)                        -----

8    Dulciana (Great)                                -----

4    Flute d'Amour (Great)                      -----

8    Unda Maris                                 61 pipes, wood

Tremolo

PEDAL

16   Bourdon (Swell)                            12 pipes, wood

16   Open Diapason                                   32 pipes, wood


8    Bass Flute (OD extension)                  12 pipes, wood

Console to be prepared for the following additions at an additional cost of $5,800:

GREAT

8    Gross Flute

8    Viole d'Amour

8    French Horn

SWELL

16   Bourdon

8    Flute Celeste

8    Oboe

CHOIR

8    Clarinet

Harp Celeste

PEDAL

16   Violone

Echo organ also prepared for, to cost an additional $3,660:

8    Open Diapason

8    Gedeckt

8    Muted Viole

8    Muted Celeste

8    Vox Humana

Tremolo

Info copied from photocopy of contract.