Wright & Ferguson Mortuary: Chapel
350 High Street
Jackson, MS
Note: Not playable. (in this location)
Images
February, 2021 - Builder's nameplate (Photograph by Facility janitor (video still extract), submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
February, 2021 - Console: combination action setter mechanism (Photograph by Facility janitor (video still extract), submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
February, 2021 - Console: Expression, Crescendo, and Reversibles (Photograph by Facility janitor (video still extract), submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
February, 2021 - Console: Swell & Pedal stopjamb (Photograph by Facility Janitor (video still extract), submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
February, 2021 - Console: Great stopjamb (Photograph by Facility Janitor (video still extract), submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
February, 2021 - Console (Photograph by www.govdeals.com, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
ca. October 2014 - Mortuary exterior (Photograph by Google Maps, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
February, 2021 - Pipework (Facility janitor (video still extract), submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
February, 2021 - Moller "Organ Care" label in chamber (Facility janitor (video still extract), submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
- 2 manuals
- 7 stops
- 17 registers
- 3 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)
- Has crescendo
- Combination action: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
- Has combination thumb pistons
- Has coupler toe pistons
- Has tutti toe pistons
Notes
2007-12-06 - This entry represents the installation of a new organ. Identified from factory documents and publications courtesy of Stephen Schnurr. -Database Manager
2015-02-23 - Updated through online information from Zachary Ware. -- Wright & Ferguson closed this location Oct. 2014, the organ has been inoperable several years according to one employee. Organ was still intact as of Feb. 2015. -Database Manager
2021-02-09 - Information provided by Brett Whitman. -- The organ is for sale on www.govdeals.com. The bidding ended on February 12, 2021. Minimum bid was $1.00. -Jim Stettner
Stoplist
Source: Taken from still images from a video March 6, 2021
Finger Pistons Swell & Pedal 1 - 3 (1 - 3), Great & Pedal 1 - 3 (1 - 3)
Foot Levers Gr. to Ped. Reversible (reversible), Sforzando (reversible) (Reversible)
Great Open Diapason 8, Stopped Diapason 8 (Sw), Salicional 8 (Sw), Dulciana 8, Flute Harmonic 4 (Sw), Chimes (2_), Harp 4 (Sw)
Swell Open Diapason 8 (Gt), Stopped Diapason 8, Salicional 8, Dulciana 8 (Gt), Flute Harmonic 4, Vox Humana 8, Tremolo, Chimes (Gt), Harp 4 (??)
Pedal Bourdon 16, Lieblich Gedeckt 16 (Bourdon on soft wind)
Pedal Movements Expression (balanced) (bal.), Crescendo (balanced) (bal.)
Pedal to Pedal 4 (Pedal Octaves), Swell to Pedal 8 (Swell to Pedal), Great to Great 8 (Great Unison On/Off) (Finger pistons atop right keycheek), Great to Great 16 (Great 16'), Swell to Great 16 (Swell to Great 16'), Great to Great 4 (Great 4'), Swell to Great 8 (Swell to Great), Swell to Great 4 (Swell to Great 4'), Swell to Swell 16 (Swell 16'), Swell to Swell 8 (Swell Unison On/Off) (Finger piston atop right keycheek), Swell to Swell 4 (Swell 4'), Great to Pedal 8 (Great to Pedal)
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