FRONT STREET UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, BURLINGTON
NORTH CAROLINA

The first Methodist church on Front Street was built in 1888. It was replaced in 1912 by a larger building, which was destroyed by fire in 1949. The present colonial-style building was completed in 1952, with seating for about 700.

The organ is placed on either side of the chancel, with two matching cases designed by Didier Grassin. The Great and Choir Organs are on the right-hand side, the Swell Organ is on the left, and the Pedal stops are divided on both sides. The console is detached and mobile. 

     PEDAL ORGAN	
 1.  Open Diapason		      16	
 2.  Sub Bass		              16	
 3.  Violone          (from 28)       16
 4.  Lieblich Bourdon (from 42)       16	
 5.  Quint	      (from 2)	      10 2/3	
 6.  Principal			       8	
 7.  Bass Flute	      (from 2) 	       8	
 8.  Fifteenth	    	               4	
 9.  Flute	                       4
10.  Mixture		              IV	
11.  Trombone			      16	
12.  Double Trumpet   (from 53)       16
13.  Tromba			       8	
14.  Clarion		               4	

	     I  Choir to Pedal
	    II  Great to Pedal
	   III  Swell to Pedal
Front Street UMC, Burlington
Photograph by J Robertson, Westbrook Studios 
     CHOIR ORGAN (enclosed)
15.  Viola			       8
16.  Bourdon		               8	
17.  Unda Maris	      (tenor c)	       8	
18.  Principal			       4	
19.  Open Flute 	               4	
20.  Nazard			       2 2/3	
21.  Fifteenth                         2	
22.  Blockflute	                       2	
23.  Tierce		               1 3/5	
24.  Larigot		               1 1/3	
25.  Mixture		              IV	
26.  Clarinet		               8	

	   IV  Tremulant

27.  Tuba		               8	

     V  Octave    VI Sub Octave
    VII Unison Off  VIII Swell to Choir


     GREAT ORGAN	
28.  Violone                          16	
29.  Open Diapason	               8	
30.  Gamba                             8
31.  Harmonic Flute    (bass from 32)  8	
32.  Stopped Diapason                  8	
33.  Principal	           	       4	
34.  Concert Flute                     4
35.  Twelfth                           2 2/3	
36.  Fifteenth		               2	
37.  Seventeenth	               1 3/5	
38.  Mixture	                      IV	
39.  Trumpet		               8	
40.  Tuba              (from 27)       8
41.  Chimes            (from previous organ)	

		    

	       IX  Choir to Great
		X  Swell to Great



     SWELL ORGAN
42.  Lieblich Bourdon                 16
43.  Geigen Principal	               8	
44.  Lieblich Gedackt	               8	
45.  Salicional	                       8	
46.  Voix Céleste      (low G)	       8	
47.  Octave Geigen	               4	
48.  Stopped Flute	               4	
49.  Super Octave	               2	
50.  Mixture		              IV	
51.  Oboe	                       8
52.  Vox Humana			       8	
              XI Tremulant 
53.  Double Trumpet	              16	
54.  Cornopean	                       8	
55.  Clarion		               4	

   XII Octave   XIII Sub Octave   
         XIV Unison Off
ACCESSORIES
Eight general pistons, duplicated by foot pistons
General cancel piston
Six foot pistons to the Pedal Organ
Six pistons to the Choir Organ
Six pistons to the Great Organ
Eight pistons to the Swell Organ
Reversible pistons: I, II, III, VIII, IX, X
Reversible foot pistons: I, II, III, X; 5
Reversible piston and foot piston to Full Organ
Cymbelstern (drawstop and foot piston)
General Crescendo pedal, with four memories
Manuals I and II exchange (drawstop)
32 piston memories.

Manual compass is 61 notes; pedal 32 notes. The key actions are electro-pneumatic, with slider chests and traditional wind reservoirs; the drawstop and piston actions are electric.

The organ is divided on either side of the chancel, with two matching cases designed by Didier Grassin.

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