Moody Memorial First Methodist Church
2803 53rd Street
Galveston, TX
Images
Unknown - Church Exterior (Vintage Postcard, courtesy of T. Bradford Willis, DDS (1970s)/Database Manager)
1999-06-01 - Console and Organ Case (Image courtesy of Schantz Organ Company; used with permission/Database Manager)
1999-06-01 - Console and Nave (Image courtesy of Schantz Organ Company; used with permission/Database Manager)
2024-10-23 - Console and case (Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2024-10-23 - Console (Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2024-10-23 - Console (Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2024-10-23 - Left stopamb (Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2024-10-23 - Right stopjamb (Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2024-10-23 - Console center (Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2024-10-23 - Left tow studs and expression pedals (Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2024-10-23 - Right toe studs (Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
Consoles
Main
- 4 manuals
- 85 stops
- 114 registers
- 6 divisions
- Key action Type: Electrical
- Stop action Type: Electrical
- Manual compass: 61 notes
- Pedal compass: 32 notes
- Has crescendo
- Has sequencer
- 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
2010-01-11 - Updated through online information from Chad Boorsma. -- The physical layout and facade were designed by Eric J. Gastier. Jeffrey Dexter was the tonal director for the project. The console has 44 blank drawknobs for a future gallery organ. The instrument is in memory of Robert Wright McCormick. -Database Manager
2011-03-23 - Updated through online information from Eric J. Gastier. -- 17 ranks of this instrument were retained from the church's 1962 Reuter op. 1382. -Database Manager
2018-04-30 - Updated by Joanna Whitsett, who has heard or played the organ. -Database Manager
Stoplist
Stoplist from Schantz promotional material Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Galveston, Texas
MOODY MEMORIAL FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
Schantz Organ Company Opus 2123 117 ranks 1999
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GREAT: SWELL:
unenclosed enclosed
manual II manual III
16' Prestant 61 16' Lieblich Gedeckt 61
8' Principal 61 8' Geigenprincipal 61
8' Rohrflöte 61 8' Bourdon 61
8' Spitzgamba 61 8' Flute Traversiere 49
4' Octave 61 8' Viola 61
4' Spitzflöte 61 8' Viola celeste 61
2 2/3' Twelfth 61 8' Voix celeste II 110
2' Fifteenth 61 8' Flauto Dolce 61
2' Spillpfeife 61 8' Flauto celeste [GG] 54
1 3/5' Seventeenth 61 4' Principal 61
IV Mixture 244 4' Flute Octaviante 61
IV Scharf 244 2' Octavin 61
16' Dulzian 61 IV Plein Jeu 244
8' Trompette 61 III Cymbale 183
Tremulant 16' Contre Trompette 61
8' State Trumpet prep 8' Trompette 61
Chimes 25 bells 8' Hautbois 61
Schulmerich Bells 4' Clairon 61
Zimbelstern 5 bells Tremulant
MIDI 8' Voix humaine 61
Voix humaine Tremulant
GRAND CHOEUR: 8' State Trumpet prep
enclosed 8' Trompette en chamade [CG]
manual II 8' Tuba [SOLO]
16' Bourdon 61 MIDI
8' Montre 61
8' Flute Harmonique 61 CHOIR:
4' Prestant 61 enclosed
V-VI Grande Fourniture 57 manual I
IV-V Fourniture 285 16' Gemshorn 73
VII-VIII Tierce Mixture 109 8' Principal 61
V Cornet 195 8' Voce umana [GG] 54
16' Bombarde 61 8' Gemshorn
8' Trompette Harmonique 61 8' Gemshorn celeste [GG] 54
4' Clairon Harmonique 61 8' Holzgedeckt 61
Tremulant 8' Offenflöte 49
16' Trompette en chamade 73 4' Octave 61
8' Trompette en chamade 4' Koppelflöte 61
2 2/3' Nasard 61
PEDAL: 2' Super Octave 61
unenclosed 2' Waldflöte 61
32' Prestant 5 [digital] 1 3/5' Tierce 61
32' Untersatz [digital] 1 1/3' Quintflöte 61
16' Open Wood 32 1 1/7' Septieme 61
16' Principal 32 1' Sifflöte 61
16' Prestant [GT] 8/9' None 61
16' Subbass 32 IV Mixture 244
16' Bourdon [GC] III Zimbel 183
16' Gemshorn [CH] 16' Basson 61
16' Lieblich Gedeckt [SW] 8' Petite Trompette 61
8' Octave 32 8' Cromorne 61
8' Bourdon 32 Tremulant
8' Spitzflöte 32 8' Trompette en chamade [GC]
8' Gemshorn [CH] 8' Tuba [SOLO]
4' Choral Bass 32 MIDI
4' Waldflöte 32
2' Hohlflöte 32 SOLO:
III Sesquialtera 96 enclosed
IV Mixture 64 manual IV
32' Ophicleide 44 8' Double Flute 61
16' Trombone 8' Violoncello 61
16' Bombarde [GC] 8' Violoncello celeste 61
16' Dulzian [GT] 4' Open Flute 61
16' Contre Trompette [SW] 8' French Horn 61
16' Basson [CH] 8' Clarinet 61
8' Trumpet 44 8' Corno de Bassetto 61
8' Trompette Harmonique [GC] Tremulant
4' Clarion 8' Tuba 61
4' Rohrschalmei 32 8' State Trumpet prep
8' Trompette en chamade [GC] 16' Trompette en chamade [GC]
Tremulant 8' Trompette en chamade [GC]
Chimes Chimes [GT]
MIDI Bells [GT]
MIDI
[Received on line from Chad Boorsma January 11, 2010.]
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