2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1995. -Database Manager
2004-10-30 - In the style of (Z.?) Hildebrandt. -Database Manager
2012-04-11 - Updated through online information from T. Daniel Hancock. -- From "The Diapason," May 2009, "The organ at Christ the King Lutheran Church follows the example of Hildebrandt, thus adding a Bach organ of a new dimension on the North American continent....Noack is an American builder born and trained in Germany...Kristian Wegscheider of Dresden, restorer of improtant Silbermann organs, accepted appointment as a design consultant.; Reinhard Schaebitz of Dresden, voicer in the restorations, assisted in the voicing; and most of the metal pipes were built near Dresden in the workshop of Gunter Lau. The result is a wonderful instrument which not surprisingly, but quite remarkably, evokes the look, feel, and sound of an 18th-century Saxon organ. "This Bach organ possesses attributes commonly found in organs built today in historical style--tracker action; mechanical stop action; keys suspended below the pipe chests; a flexible wind supply provided by bellows; flat rather than radiating pedalboard, narrower, shorter manual keys; no pistons or combinations; and tuning in a historical temperament. The Saxon style imposes a series of additional design characteristics. The entire organ is housed in one case, rather than in compartments for each division according to the Werkprinzip; the case design and beautifully executed carvings employ 18th-century Saxon conventions; and the case is built of pine and pained (blue-green, red, and gold-leaf). The Oberwerk to Hauptwerk coupler is activated by shoving the Oberwerk manual forward, and the Oberwerk does not couple to Pedal. The pipe scalings are taken from Hildebrandt's, and the principal pipes have a high tin content rather than lead." -Database Manager
2016-09-11 - Updated through online information from Chris Holman. -Database Manager
Source: Stoplist provided by Steven E. Lawson Date not recorded
Houston, Texas
Christ the King Lutheran Church
The Noack Organ Company, Inc. Opus 128 1995
2 manuals, 30 stops, 35 ranks
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HAUPTWERK (lower)
1. 16' Bordun 54 (1-18 pine)
2. 8' Principal 54
3. 8' Viola di Gamba 54
4. 8' Rohrflöte 54
5. 4' Octava 54
6. 4' Spitzflöte 54
7. 2 2/3' Quinta 54
8. 2' Octava 54
9. III Mixtur 162
10. II Cymbel 108
11. III Cornet 90 (from c')
12. 8' Trompete 54
13. 8' Vox Humana 54
OBERWERK (upper)
14. 8' Gedackt 54 (1-12 pine)
15. 8' Quintadena 54
16. 4' Principal 54
17. 4' Rohrflöte 54
18. 2 2/3' Nasat 54
19. 2' Octava 54
20. 2' Waldflöte 54
21. 1 3/5' Terz 54
22. 1 1/3' Quinta 54
23. 1' Sifflet 54
24. 8' Krummhorn 54
PEDAL (flat)
25. 16' Principal Baß 30 (1-6 pine, open)
26. 16' Subbaß 30 (pine)
27. 8' Octaven Baß 30 (pine)
28. 4' Octava 30
29. 16' Posaunen Baß 30 (pine)
30. 8' Trompete 30
COUPLERS
Oberwerk to Hauptwerk (shove coupler)
Hauptwerk to Pedal (separate pallets in Hauptwerk)
MECHANICALS AND ACCESSORIES
Tremulant
Zimbelglöcklein
Vogelgesang
Temperament: Neidhardt I
Manual naturals covered with ebony, sharps with bone
Attached keydesk, with doors
Case from Eastern white pine, painted
Carved pipe shades
Mechanical action throughout
One wedge-shaped bellows
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