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Schantz Organ Co. Opus 2216 (2002)

Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church: Sanctuary
11612 Memorial Drive
Houston, TX

Images

2002 - Church interior and exposed pipes (Photograph by Schantz Organ Co., via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2017-09-21 - Church interior and exposed pipes (Photograph by Houston AGO Chapter, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2022-02-21 - Church exterior (Church Facebook via Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Movable Console
3 manuals
72 stops
4 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: Computerized/Digital
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

2010-05-16 - Identified through online information from Chad Boorsma. -- The console also controls the sanctuary's 1972 Casavant organ in the gallery. Exposed pipes include all of the Great division, as well as parts of both the Choir and Pedal divisions. The console has wooden drawknobs and pistons, and its keyboards are constructed of bone and rosewood. The organ has an adjustable organ bench and 99 levels of memory. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist from Church Website Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Houston, Texas
MEMORIAL DRIVE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Chancel Organ

Schantz Organ Company    Opus 2216    60 ranks    2002
______________________________________________________________

GREAT: (exposed)                 SWELL: (under expression)
   16' Sub Principal 73             16' Lieblich Bourdon 73
    8' Diapason 61                   8' Diapason 61
    8' Principal                     8' Salicional 61
    8' Rohrflöte 61                  8' Voix Celeste [GG] 54
    8' Harmonic Flute 49             8' Bourdon 
    4' Octave 61                     4' Principal 61
    4' Spire Flute 61                4' Traverse Flute 61
2 2/3' Twelfth 61                2 2/3' Nasard 61
    2' Fifteenth 61                  2' Block Flute 61
   IV  Mixture 244               1 3/5' Tierce 61
  III  Cymbale 183                  IV  Plein Jeu 244
    V  Cornet [pf]                  16' Double Trumpet 73
   16' Contra Trumpet 73             8' Harmonic Trumpet
    8' Trumpet                       8' Oboe 61
       Tremulant                     4' Clarion 61
    8' Tuba Major [CH]                  Tremulant
       Chimes 21 bells               8' Vox Humana 61
       MIDI                             Vox Tremulant
                                        MIDI
PEDAL: (partially exposed)      
   32' Contra Geigen †           CHOIR: (partially exposed)   
   32' Contra Bourdon †              8' Principal 61 *
   16' Open Diapason 32 *            8' Holzgedeckt 61
   16' Sub Principal [GT]            8' Gambe 61
   16' Bourdon 56                    8' Gambe Celeste [GG] 54
   16' Lieblich Bourdon [SW]         4' Octave 61 *
    8' Octave 32 *                   4' Spillflöte 61
    8' Principal [GT]                2' Super Octave 61 *
    8' Bourdon                       2' Octavin 61
    8' Lieblich Gedeckt [SW]     1 1/3' Larigot 61
    4' Fifteenth 32 *                1' Fife 61
    4' Open Flute                   IV  Sharp Mixture 244 *
   IV  Mixture 128                  16' Bass Clarinet 73
   32' Ophicleide †                  8' Trumpet 61
   16' Trombone 32                   8' Clarinet
   16' Contra Trumpet [GT]              Zimbelstern 5 bells
   16' Double Trumpet [SW]              Tremulant
   16' Bass Clarinet [CH]           16' Tuba Magna [TC] 
    8' Tromba 44                     8' Tuba Major 73
    8' Trumpet [GT]                  4' Tuba Clarion 
    4' Clarion                          MIDI
    8' Tuba Major [CH]
       MIDI

    * Exposed Choir/Pedal Pipes
    † Digital Stop

[Received on line from Chad Boorsma May 25, 2010.]

Documents

(2003-01-01) Dedication series, via Jeff Scofield -Jeff Scofield

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