Better Pipe Organ Database

Gress-Miles Organ Co. Opus 78 (1981)

Webster Groves Presbyterian Church: Sanctuary
45 W. Lockwood Blvd.
St. Louis (Webster Groves), MO

Images

2022-09-04 - Pipes after repainting (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

1990-05-14 - Church exterior (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

Unknown - Chancel and display pipes (Postcard in collection of Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

1990-05-14 - Console to right (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

1990-05-14 - Console to left (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
4 manuals
70 stops
35 registers
5 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)
Combination action: Remote Pneumatic/Mechanical Capture
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2006-09-25 - Probably replaced a c. 1949 organ, builder unknown. -Database Manager

2010-03-08 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

2012-07-16 - Updated through online information from Carl Scott Zimmerman. -- The console is not fixed in place; its cabling was specifically designed to permit it to be moved. However, it is very rarely moved because it was not equipped with casters or any other device to make movement easy. Status update, July 2012: A contract has just been signed with Colby to replace the console, which has become worn to the point of being nearly unrepairable. The work will also include the addition of some digital voices, primarily to eliminate the borrowing which was implicit in the partially unified tonal design. Further details to be supplied as work proceeds. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist from visit May 14, 1990 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

       St. Louis (Webster Groves), Missouri
       Webster Groves Presbyterian Church

       Gress-Miles   Op. 78   1981   4/54

       GREAT                        SOLO
   16' Montre PED                8' Cor de Nuit
   16' Rohrgedackt PO            8' Salicional
    8' Principal                 8' Flute Conique SW
    8' Harmonic Flute            8' Unda Maris
    8' Rohrfloete                4' Fugara 12
    4' Octave                    4' Spitzfloete
    4' Spielfloete           2 2/3' Nasat
    2' Super Octave              2' Principal 12
    2' Spillpfeife 12            2' Waldfloete 12
 V-VI  Mixture               1 3/5' Tierce
   16' Trumpet tc            1 1/3' Larigot 12
    8' Trumpet                   1' Siffloete 12
    4' Trumpet 12           III-IV  Zimbel
       Carillon                  8' Cromorne
       Chimes                       Tremulant
                                    Octaves Graves
       SWELL                     8' Trompette à Pavillon
    8' Bourdon                   4' Clairon à Pavillon 12
    8' Viole de Gambe
    8' Viole Celeste                PEDAL
    4' Traverse Floete          32' Acoustic Bass --
    4' Octave Viole 12          16' Principal 12
    4' Octave Celeste 12        16' Subbass 12
    2' Piccolo 12                8' Principal
III-V  Plein Jeu                 8' Rohrgedackt GT
   16' Basson 12             5 1/3' Quintfloete --
    8' Trompette                 4' Octave 12
    8' Hautbois                  4' Harmonic Flute GT
    4' Clairon 12                2' Super Octave 12
       Tremulant                 2' Harmonic Flute GT
       Octaves Graves         V-VI  Basse de Cornet --
                                 V  Mixture
       POSITIV                  16' Posaune
   16' Gedecktpommer            16' Basson SW
    8' Montre 12                 8' Trompette 12
    8' Holzgedackt 12            4' Clairon 12
    8' Flute a Cheminee GT
    4' Principal
    4' Rohrfloete
    2' Octave
1 1/3' Quint
   II  Sesquialtera
III-V  Scharf
    8' Cromorne
       Tremulant
       Harp

[Received on line from Jeff Scofield March 08, 2010.]