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Gabriel Kney & Co. Opus 93 (1980)

First Community Church: Sanctuary; front
9120 Ferguson Road
Dallas, TX

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)

Images

2019-11-01 - Keydesk (Photograph by Susan Ferré, original consultant for this organ., submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

2019-11-01 - Swell division in Brustwerk position (Photograph by Susan Ferré, original consultant for this organ., submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

2019-11-01 - Organ case and keydesk (Photograph by Susan Ferré, original consultant for this organ/Susan FERRE)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
Console position: Keydesk Attached
2 manuals
27 stops
27 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
Manual compass: 56 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Combination action: Computerized/Digital
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2004-10-30 - Rear gallery. Kirnberger temperament. -Database Manager

2021-11-15 - The church building may be sold, and the organ put up for sale. -Susan Ferre

2021-12-25 - Updated through online information from Susan Ferré. --* I began talking with Gabriel Kney in 1978, when the church signed the contract. It was delivered in April of 1980, and I played the dedication in December, 1980, following extensive work on the balcony. It cost the church $148,000, has 27 stops, electric solid state stop action, mechanical key action, estimated weight is 8,000 lbs, the case 7 1/2' wide and 4' 11" deep, height 20 '. It definitely has a French classic accent.* -Jim Stettner

2024-10-25 - Updated through online information from Robert Whitaker (October 24, 2024): This organ is now located in the Saint Thomas Aquinas Chapel at Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology, Saint Meinrad, Indiana. -Jim Stettner

Stoplist

FINGER PISTONS: General 1-10, Gt to Ped (rev), Tutti (rev), Set, Cancel; TOE STUDS: General 1-4, Gt.-Ped. (rev), Sw.-Ped. (rev), Tutti (rev); PEDAL MOVEMENTS: Swell Expression (bal.); BLOWER: 1/2 h.p., 110/220 volts, contained within case. Source: Taken from a related Database entry

Great Præstant 8 (From EE 5), Bourdon 16, Rohrflöte 8, Oktav 4, Spitzflöte 4, Mixtur 1 1/3 IV, Oktav 2, Zimbel 1/2 II, Trompete 8, Tremulant

Swell Vox Coelestis (tc) 8, Gedackt 8, Gamba 8, Offenflöte 4, Nasat 2 2/3, Prinzipal 4, Prinzipal 2, Terz 1 3/5, Krummhorn 8, Scharff 1 IV, Tremulant

Pedal Oktav 8, Subbass 16, Mixtur 2 2/3 IV, Gedacktbass 8, Choralbass 4, Posaune 16, Trompete 8

Great to Pedal 8 (Great to Pedal), Swell to Pedal 8 (Swell to Pedal), Swell to Great 8 (Swell to Great)

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