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Wicks Pipe Organ Co. Opus 4468 (1965)

St. Ambrose Roman Catholic Church
4213 Magnum Road
Houston, TX

Consoles

Main

2 manuals
20 stops
21 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Remote Pneumatic/Mechanical Capture
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2004-10-30 - Alterations and additions by Wicks in the 1970's. Parish established 1958. -Database Manager

2015-02-20 - Enlarged to 3/46 c.1969 with prepared-for stops and Swell division installed; new church built in 1995. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist courtesy of the Wicks Organ Co. Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

    Houston, Texas
    St. Ambrose R. C. Church

    Wicks   Op. 4468   1965   2/20
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    MANUAL I                   MANUAL II                 PEDAL

16' Quintadena    61        8' Singendgedeckt  61    16' Subbass    32
 8' Prinzipal     61        4' Spitzprinzipal  61    16' Bordun     32
 8' Rohrflöte     61        4' Koppelflöte     61     8' Prinzipal  32
 8' Gemshorn      61        2' Prinzipal       61     4' Choralbass 32
 4' Prinzipal     61    1 1/3' Quintflöte      61   III  Mixtur     96
 4' Blockflöte    61       II  Sesquialtera    pf    16' Posaune    32
 2' Flachflöte    61      III  Zymbel          pf     8' Posaune    12
IV  Mixtur        pf        8' Brass Krummhorn 61     4' Regal      32
 8' Trompette-en-              Tremulant
    Chamade       61

             [Received from Jeff Scofield March 21, 2015]

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