Better Pipe Organ Database

Kenneth Jones & Assoc. (1985)

Our Lady of Sorrows Roman Catholic Church
1728 Oxmoor Rd.
Homewood (Birmingham), AL

Images

2022-01-11 - Church exterior (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2022-01-11 - Interior to front (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2022-01-11 - Builder nameplate (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2022-01-11 - Right stopjamb (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2022-01-11 - Left stopjamb (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2022-01-11 - Center of console (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2022-01-11 - Console (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2022-01-11 - Organ from balcony rail (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2022-01-11 - Organ case (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2022-01-11 - Interior to rear and organ (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

1985-03-03 - Organ (Photograph by James R. Stettner; during installation./Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Console position: Keydesk Attached
3 manuals
32 stops
32 registers
4 divisions
Key action Type: Mechanical (Balanced Tracker)
Stop action Type: Mechanical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Flat Jambs
Manual compass: 56 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Details Unknown)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Combination action: None

Notes

2005-04-11 - The Récit is in the style of French Classic organs, playing only in the treble from middle c. -Database Manager

2005-04-11 - Electric stop action was applied to the sliders in the 1990s, resulting in dual action stop controls. -Database Manager

2006-12-04 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist from Birmingham AGO Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Homewood, Alabama (a suburb of Birmingham, Alabama)
Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church

Organ by Kenneth Jones, 1985

GREAT                   SWELL                      RECIT
 16     Bourdon         8     Salicional            8 Flute
  8     Principal       8     Celeste                 Cornet IV
  8     Gamba           8     Gedeckt 
  8     Rohrflute       4     Principal            PEDAL
  4     Octave          4     Rohrflute            16 Subbass
  4     Spitzflute      2     Octave                8 Principal
  2 2/3 Nazard          1 1/3 Larigot               8 Bass Flute
  2     Fifteenth             Scharf IV             4 Choral Bass
  2     Open Flute     16     Double Trumpet          Mixture IV
  1 3/5 Tierce          8     Hautbois             16 Bombarde 
        Mixture IV-V    8     Cromorne              8 Bass Trumpet (ext)
  8     Trumpet               Tremulant               Zimbelstern
        Tremulant
   

 [Received from Jim Cook 2010-09-29.]