First Presbyterian Church: Sanctuary
709 S. Boston Ave.
Tulsa, OK
Images
2017-07-14 - Sanctuary Interior, Chancel, and Left Organ Case (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)
2017-07-14 - Sanctuary Interior and Chancel (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)
Unknown - Console (Photograph from a company brochure; image courtesy of Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)
Unknown - Chancel, Console, and Organ Case (Photograph from a company brochure; image courtesy of Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)
Unknown - Sanctuary Interior, Chancel, Console, and Organ Case (Photograph from a company brochure; image courtesy of Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)
1991-06-21 - Church exterior (Photo by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)
1991-06-21 - Left organ case (Photo by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)
1991-06-21 - Console (Photo by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
- Console position: Movable Console
- 4 manuals
- 83 stops
- 105 registers
- 9 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
- Has sequencer
- Has combination thumb pistons
- Has combination toe pistons
- Has coupler thumb pistons
- Has coupler toe pistons
- Has tutti thumb pistons
- Has tutti toe pistons
Notes
2005-01-08 - Information identifying this instrument from the Austin Organs, Inc. web site, accessed December 31, 2004: http://www.austinorgans.com/organ-research.htm. -Database Manager
2008-08-14 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager
2015-12-04 - Updated through online information from John Igoe. <br>Article in <i>The American Organist</i>, December 2015 notes that the organ was "recently restored by Foley-Baker, Inc." -Database Manager
2019-09-23 - Updated by Ronald Pearson, who has heard or played the organ. <br> <br>I have been Organist here since September 1, 1974; still active.<br>The organ was renovated and updated (not “restored”)by Foley-Baker, Inc. beginning in Fall of 2013, completed in early 2015. Work included a major console upgrade- new Classic control system with 250 memory levels; new OSI bone manual keyboard; new Syndyne drawknobs, new Harris coupler tabs, four new Walker Technical shoes, several tonal changes; the main organ in the front is augmented by a 19-rank Antiphonal section with independent Great, Swell, and Pedal; and a Trompette en Chamade which was re-located in the FBI project to a much improved placement in front of a stained glass window in the rear gallery. FBI work included a complete cleaning of all pipework and chambers; all new chest actions in the Antiphonal divisions, some re-actioning of the main organ chests; all reservoirs and winkers were completely re-furbished. The main console shell was retained and all wood was refinished; the front to back depth was decreased by about 8”. A second mini-console of two manuals and pedals was provided in the FBI project; it is located in the center of the choir loft, to allow for a combined Organist-Director arrangement. The mini-console has a separate Classic control system also with 250 memory levels, and it controls the entire organ- Main and Antiphonal- via small push button controls with dimmable LED lights to indicate on-off functions. The mini-console also includes a matching set of four shoes, also by Walker Technical. Both consoles are equipped with record-playback by Classic; the main console also has a second record-playback system by Syndyne. As part of the comprehensive renovation/upgrade project, all reed pipes were contracted to Chris Broome, of Broome and Company, East Granby, CT, for cleaning, repairs and revoicing as needed. Three of the 8’ reeds (Bombarde on Solo, Trompette Harmonique on Solo and Choir, and Trompette en Chamade) were re-tongued with thicker brass and heavier loading, to provide more fundamental tone. In the Solo division, a VI Tierce Mixture was changed to a III Chorus Mixture, and the vacant space was re-fitted with a new chest bar which received an E. M. Skinner 8’ Clarinet from Skinner op. 308, originally located in the St. Paul, MN Civic Center. Chris Broome was responsible for acquiring the Skinner pipes, and he carried out all work done on these pipes. The Solo chest modification and new chest bar necessary to add the Clarinet was done by Jim Bennett, FBI staff. -Database Manager
Stoplist
Stoplist from Austin brochure on organ and visit June 21, 1991 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Tulsa, Oklahoma
First Presbyterian Church
Austin Op. 2470 1967 4/114
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GREAT CHOIR
16' Violone 61 16' Erzahler 61
8' Principal 61 8' Holzgedeckt 61
8' Bourdon 61 8' Erzahler 61
8' Gemshorn 61 8' Erzahler Celeste 49
4' Octave 61 4' Prestant 61
4' Nachthorn 61 4' Spillflote 61
2 2/3' Quintflote 61 2 2/3' Nasard 61
2' Super Octave 61 2' Blockflote 61
2' Spitzflote pf 1 3/5' Tierce 61
IV-VI Fourniture 305 III Mixture 183
III Scharf 183 16' Rankett 61
8' Trompete 61 8' Krummhorn 61
Unison Off 4' Rohrschalmei 61
Flemish Bells Tremulant
Sub
SWELL Unison Off
16' Lieblich Gedeckt 12 Super
8' Geigen Principal 61 Harp Bells 61
8' Rohrflote 61 8' Trompette-en-Chamade AG
8' Viole de Gambe 61
8' Voix Celeste 61 PEDAL
8' Flauto Dolce 61 32' Contra Bourdon 32
8' Flute Celeste 49 16' Principal 32
4' Octave Geigen 61 16' Bourdon 12
4' Waldflote 61 16' Violone GT
2' Octavin 61 16' Lieblich Gedeckt SW
II Sesquialtera 122 16' Erzahler CH
III-V Plein Jeu 247 8' Octave 32
16' Contra Fagotto 61 8' Spitzflote 32
8' Trompette 61 8' Bourdon 12
8' Vox Humana 61 8' Rohrflote SW
4' Clairon 61 4' Choralbass 32
Tremulant 4' Blockflote 32
Sub 2' Flote 12
Unison Off IV Mixture 128
Super 32' Contra Posaune 12
16' Posaune 32
SOLO BOMBARDE 16' Fagotto SW
8' Orchestral Flute 61 16' Rankett CH
8' Violonello 61 8' Posaune 12
8' Cello Celeste 61 8' Fagotto SW
4' Octave 61 4' Krummhorn CH
VI Grand Chorus 366
8' Bombarde 61 ANTIPHONAL GREAT
8' French Horn 61 8' Principal 61
8' Cor Anglais 61 8' Spitzflote 61
4' Bombarde Clarion 61 4' Octave 61
Tremulant 4' Rohrpfeife 61
Sub 2' Gemshorn 61
Unison Off IV Mixture 244
Super 8' Trompette-en-Chamade 61
8' Trompette Harmonique 61
ANTIPHONAL SWELL
POSITIV 8' Gedeckt 61
8' Suavial pf 8' Viola 61
8' Nason Flute 61 8' Viola Celeste 49
4' Prinzipal pf 4' Principal 61
4' Koppelflote 61 2' Flageolet 61
2' Oktav 61 1 1/3' Quint 61
1 1/3' Larigot 61 8' Hautbois 61
1' Sifflote 61 Tremulant
IV Scharf 244
III Cymbel 183 ANTIPHONAL PEDAL
8' Regal 61 16' Principal 12 AG
Tremulant 16' Gedeckt 12 AS
Cymbelstern 8' Octave 32
8' Gedeckt SW
4' Super Octave 12
II Rauschquint pf
16' Fagot 12 AS
4' Hautbois pf
[Received online from Jeff Scofield December 4, 2012]
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