Baylor University: Roxy Grove Hall
Waco, TX
Images
2015-07-27 - Console (Photograph by T. Bradford Willis/Database Manager)
2015-07-27 - Console (Photograph by T. Bradford Willis/Database Manager)
2015-07-27 - Couplers and Builder's Name (Photograph by T. Bradford Willis/Database Manager)
2015-07-27 - Left Stop Jamb (Photograph by T. Bradford Willis/Database Manager)
2015-07-27 - Right Stop Jamb (Photograph by T. Bradford Willis/Database Manager)
2023-11-07 - Console and facade (Baylor Univ. Organ Program/Jeff Scofield)
2023-11-07 - Console (Baylor Univ. Organ Program/Jeff Scofield)
Consoles
Main
- 3 manuals
- 39 stops
- 51 registers
- 4 divisions
- Key action Type: Electrical
- Stop action Type: Electrical
- Manual compass: 61 notes
- Pedal compass: 32 notes
- Has combination thumb pistons
- Has coupler toe pistons
- Has tutti thumb pistons
- Has tutti toe pistons
Notes
2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1995. -Database Manager
2010-07-10 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -Database Manager
2010-07-29 - Updated through online information from T. Bradford Willis, DDS. -- The chimes and zymbelstern for the Higginbotham Memorial Organ were given in honor of Robert Alexander Markham, Professor of Organ, Baylor University School of Music 1918-1973 by his former students, colleagues, and friends on March 20, 1973. -Database Manager
2010-08-07 - Updated through online information from T. Bradford Willis, DDS. -- The Higginbotham Memorial Organ was given by Laura Higginbotham Osborne in memory of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Higginbotham. The organ was built by Fratelli Ruffatti and was installed February 1972. -Database Manager
2010-11-30 - Updated through online information from Alan Swartz. -- Roxy Grove Hall is a large recital hall seating about 500. The organ is technically in a chamber, but it is a single chamber that stretches nearly the width of the recital hall stage. Polished tin facade pipes adorn the chamber front wall, whose top is just out of reach from the stage. All pipework is visible, however. Behind the front facade pipes are a section of trebles arranged in a pyramidal shape, centered in the chamber left-to-right. Behind these are the pedal reed resonators in the center, and the two swell boxes in the rear corners of the chamber. It is a very open arrangement both visually and sonically. The console is fully movable on the stage, and at least in its original condition, had an electrical umbilical about three inches in diameter. The console can be stowed in the chamber, under the chests, through a set of double doors in the stage wall, clearing the stage for large ensemble performances. -Database Manager
2015-07-30 - Updated through online information from T. Bradford Willis. -Database Manager
2017-05-21 - Updated by Andy Rose, who has heard or played the organ. -Database Manager
Stoplist
Stoplist from dedication program provided by Brad Willis Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Waco, Texas
Baylor University - Roxy Grove Hall
Fratelli Ruffatti 1972 3 manuals, 39 stops, 57 ranks
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GREAT ORGAN SWELL ORGAN
16' Quintaton 61 16' Rohr Bourdon 12
8' Principal 61 8' Rohr Flute 61
8' Bourdon 61 8' Viola da Gamba 61
4' Prestant 61 8' Viola Celeste 61
4' Flute Harmonique 61 8' Flute Celeste II 110
2' Doublette 61 4' Principal 61
1' Fourniture IV 244 4' Flauto Veneziano 61
1/2' Scharf III 183 2' Octavin 61
8' Trumpet 61 1 1/3' Larigot 61
Tremulant 2' Plein Jeu V 305
Great 16' 16' Basson 12
Unison Off 8' Trompette 61
Great 4' 8' Hautbois 61
Chimes 21 bells 4' Clairon 61
Tremulant
CHOIR ORGAN Swell 16'
8' Holzgedeckt 61 Unison Off
8' Gemshorn 61 Swell 4'
8' Gemshorn Celeste 61
4' Principalino 61 PEDAL ORGAN
4' Koppelflöte 61 32' Flute Acoustique --
2 2/3' Nazard 61 16' Principal 32
2' Piccolo 61 16' Soubass 32
1 3/5' Tierce 61 16' Rohr Bourdon (Sw) --
1' Sifflöte 61 16' Quintaton (Gt) --
2/3' Scharf IV 244 8' Octave 32
16' Dulzian 61 8' Bourdon 12
8' Trompette de Fete 61 4' Choralbass 32
Tremulant 4' Nachthorn 12
Choir 16' 2 2/3' Mixture VI 192
Unison Off 32' Contre Bombarde 12
Choir 4' 16' Bombarde 32
16' Basson (Sw) --
COMBINATION ACTION 8' Trompette 12
Swell 8 & C (thumb) 4' Clairon 12
Great 8 & C (thumb) 4' Cromorne (Ch) --
Choir 8 & C (thumb)
Pedal 8 & C (thumb) COUPLERS
General 12 (thumb & toe) Great to Pedal 8 4
General Cancel (thumb) Swell to Pedal 8 4
Setter (thumb) Choir to Pedal 8 4
Swell to Great 16 8 4
REVERSIBLES Choir to Great 16 8 4
Swell to Great (thumb & toe) Swell to Choir 16 8 4
Choir to Great (thumb & toe)
Swell to Choir (thumb & toe) RAPPELS
Great to Pedal (thumb & toe) Great and Pedal Mixtures
Swell to Pedal (thumb & toe) Swell Mixture
Choir to Pedal (thumb & toe) Choir Mixture
16' Manual Stops (thumb & toe) All Mixtures
16' Couplers Off (thumb & toe) Swell Reeds
4' Couplers Off (thumb & toe) Choir Reeds
Tutti (thumb & toe) Great and Pedal Reeds
32' Flute Acoust. (toe) All Reeds
32' Contre Bomb. (toe)
ACCESSORIES EXPRESSION
Crescendo Indicator Light Swell Expression Pedal
Indicator Lights in all Toe Studs Choir Expression Pedal
and Thumb Pistons Crescendo Pedal
Solid-State, Tilting Tablet,
Movable Console
Adjustable Console Bench
Mahogany wood throughout
Ebonized satin finish for console
Pitman-type chest action
[Received from Steven E. Lawson 2017-11-22]
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