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Murray M. Harris (Organ Co.) (1901)

Stanford University, Memorial Church: Memorial Church
450 Jane Stanford Way
Stanford, CA

Images


Unknown - Church Interior (Vintage Postcard, courtesy of T. Bradford Willis, DDS (1900s)/Database Manager)

Unknown - Stanford Chapel after 1906 earthquake damage, looking toward organ (Jim Lewis collection, courtesy of Jim Lewis (1906)/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main


Notes

2004-10-30 - Exhibited at the Fifth International Epworth League Convention in 1901. Dedicated at Stanford 9 Mar 1902. Damaged in 1906 earthquake. Stored, then set up in Assembly Hall. Returned to reconstructed chapel by Johnston Organ Co. (of CA) in 1913. 8 stop echo, harp & chimes added by Calfornia Organ Co. 1915. Console replaced with E. M. Skinner console 1925. Later additions by E. M. Skinner (1927), Charles Fisk, John Swinford and G. Donald Harrison (Aeolian-Skinner 1935). Renovation begun by Manuel Rosales (new console), continued by Robert Newton of San Jose. To be completed by John DeCamp and Mark Austin of San Francisco. Shares the gallery with the Fisk organ. -Database Manager

2008-09-21 - Updated through on-line information from James R. Stettner. -Database Manager


Stoplist

Source: Stoplist from 'Murray M. Harris and Organ Building in Los Angeles, 1894-1913' Date not recorded

Palo Alto, California
Stanford University - Stanford Memorial Church

Murray M. Harris Organ Company   1901         3 manuals, 46 stops, 52 ranks
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        GREAT ORGAN                             SWELL ORGAN
    16' Double Open Diapason  61            16' Bourdon               61
     8' First Open Diapason   61             8' Open Diapason         61
     8' Second Open Diapason  61             8' Salicional (tin)      61
     8' Viola di Gamba (tin)  61 *           8' Æoline                61
     8' Viola d'Amour         61 *           8' Vox Celeste (tc)      49
     8' Doppel Flote          61 *           8' Spitz Flote           61
     4' Octave                61             8' Stopped Diapason      61
     4' Rohr Flute            61 *           4' Fugara                61
 2 2/3' Octave Quint          61             4' Harmonic Flute        61
     2' Super Octave          61             2' Flautina              61 
        Mixture IV           244                Dolce Cornet IV-V    293?
     8' Trumpet               61 *          16' Contra Fagotto        61
     4' Clarion               61 *           8' Cornopeon [sic]       61
        * enclosed in Choir box              8' Oboe                  61
                                             8' Vox Humana            61
        CHOIR ORGAN **                          Tremolo
    16' Contra Gamba          61
     8' Geigen Principal      61                PEDAL ORGAN
     8' Dulciana              61            16' Open Diapason         30
     8' Quintadena            61            16' Bourdon               30
     8' Melodia               61            16' Lieblich Gedackt      30
     4' Flute d'Amour         61            16' Gamba                 CH
     4' Violina               61        10 2/3' Quint                 30
     2' Harmonic Piccolo      61             8' Octave                30
     8' Clarinet              61             8' Violincello           30
        Tremolo                              8' Flute                 30
        ** separate enclosure               16' Trombone              30

        COUPLERS                                PEDAL MOVEMENTS
        Great to Pedal 8                        Balanced Swell Pedal
        Swell to Pedal 8                        Balanced Choir Pedal
        Choir to Pedal 8                        Balanced Crescendo
        Pedal to Pedal 4                        Great Organ Forte
        Swell to Great 8                        Great Organ Mezzo
        Swell to Great 4                        Great Organ Piano
        Swell to Choir 8                        Swell Organ Forte
        Swell to Swell 4                        Swell Organ Mezzo
        Choir to Great 16                       Swell Organ Piano
        Choir to Great 8                        Swell Organ Pianissimo
                                                Choir Organ Mezzo
                                                Choir Organ Piano
                                                Reversible FF to P
                                                Reversible Swell Tremolo
                                                Reversible Great to Pedal


[Received from Steven E. Lawson  2014-10-29]


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