Baylor University: Miller Memorial Chapel, Tidwell Bible Building
Waco, TX
Note: Not playable. (in this location)
Images
Unknown - Bible Building Exterior (Vintage Postcard; courtesy of T. Bradford Willis (1950's)/Chad Boorsma)
2015-07-27 - Chapel Exterior (Photograph by T. Bradford Willis/Database Manager)
2015-07-27 - Chapel Interior, Chancel, and Pipe Display (Photograph by T. Bradford Willis/Database Manager)
2015-07-27 - Chamber Grillework (Photograph by T. Bradford Willis/Database Manager)
2015-07-27 - Pipe Display (left side) (Photograph by T. Bradford Willis/Database Manager)
2015-07-27 - Pipe Display (middle) (Photograph by T. Bradford Willis/Database Manager)
2015-07-27 - Pipe Display (right side) (Photograph by T. Bradford Willis/Database Manager)
2015-07-27 - Chapel interior to rear (Photograph by T. Bradford Willis/Database Manager)
2015-07-27 - Stained Glass Window (Photograph by T. Bradford Willis/Database Manager)
Consoles
Main
- Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
- 3 manuals
- Key action Type: Electrical
- Stop action Type: Electrical
- Manual compass: 61 notes
- Pedal compass: 32 notes
- Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
- Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Notes
2010-07-11 - Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -- Information from Dr. T. Bradford Willis confirmed by email with from Matthew Pool (organ faculty at Baylor). -Database Manager
2010-07-12 - Updated through online information from T. Bradford Willis, DDS. -Database Manager
2010-07-15 - Updated through online information from T. Bradford Willis, DDS. -- Known as the Jones Memorial Organ, it was given by Mr. and Mrs. George Jones of McKinney. They were graduates of Baylor University. -Database Manager
2010-11-30 - Updated through online information from Alan Swartz. -- Dr. Markham expended tremendous energy building instruments for his university. This organ resides (or resided) in Miller Chapel, a large but acoustically dry space. The console is located left, facing right. I recall tracker touch manuals. There was a setterboard combination action, composed of a plethora of slide switches mounted in a panel to the organist's right. A limited number of ranks were exposed, centered high on the front wall of the chapel. The remainder were in chambers behind grille cloth. The chambers were accessed through two doors in a second-story classroom behind the chapel. The chambers were well supplied with heating ducts that directed air at only some of the pipework. The organ would go rapidly out of tune when the heat came on. One also soon learned to enter the chapel from the rear of the building. Failing to check the classroom for occupancy could bring a swift but exciting end to your evening practice session. -Database Manager
2015-07-30 - Updated through online information from T. Bradford Willis. -Database Manager
2015-08-13 - Updated through online information from T. Bradford Willis,DDS. -Database Manager
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