Better Pipe Organ Database

Robert L. Sipe, Inc. (1999)

First Presbyterian Church: Sanctuary
404 N. Alamo Street
San Antonio, TX

Images

2019-05-02 - Console (Photograph by T. Bradford Willis/Database Manager)

2019-05-02 - Stained Glass Window (Photograph by T. Bradford Willis/Database Manager)

2019-05-02 - Church Exterior (Photograph by T. Bradford Willis/Database Manager)

2019-05-02 - Organ Case (Facebook, Fischer Pipe Organ Tuning and Service/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
38 stops
51 registers
4 divisions
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 (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

2011-01-16 - Reuses some pipes from preexisting 1968 Holtkamp instrument, but which were rescaled and revoiced. -Database Manager

2014-10-20 - Completed in March 1999 -Database Manager

Stoplist

Typed stoplist Source: Stoplist from builder's website Date not recorded

San Antonio, Texas
First Presbyterian Church

Robert L. Sipe, Inc.   1999                      3 manuals, 38 stops, 51 ranks
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         GREAT ORGAN                             SWELL ORGAN
     16' Bourdon               61             8' Principal             61
      8' Principal             61             8' Viole de Gambe        61
      8' Gedeckt               61             8' Viole Celeste         61
      4' Octave                61             8' Rohrflöte             61
      4' Spitzflöte            61             4' Principal             61
  2 2/3' Quinte                61             4' Flute Ouverte         61
      2' Super Octave          61         2 2/3' Nasard                61
  1 3/5' Tierce                61             2' Blockflöte            61
         Mixture IV-V         293         1 3/5' Tierce                61
     16' Kontre Trompete       61                Fourniture IV        244
      8' Trompete              61            16' Basson                73
         Tremulant                            8' Trompette             73
      8' Festival Trumpet      61             8' Hautbois (fr. Bssn)   --
                                              4' Clairon (fr. Trpt)    --
         CHOIR ORGAN                             Tremulant
      8' Gemshorn              61
      8' Holzgedeckt           61                PEDAL ORGAN
      8' Flute Celeste (TC)    49            32' Bourdon               56
      4' Spitzprincipal        61            16' Principal             44
      4' Spillflöte            61            16' Bourdon (fr. 32')     --
      2' Octave                61            16' Bourdon (Gt)          --
  1 1/3' Larigot               61             8' Principal (fr. 16')   --
         Scharf III-IV        232             8' Bourdon (fr. 32')     --
      8' Cromorne              61             4' Choralbass            32
         Tremulant                               Mixture IV           128
     16' Festival Trumpet (TC) --            32' Kontra Posaune        56
      8' Festival Trumpet (Gt) --            16' Posaune (fr. 32')     --
                                             16' Basson (Sw)           --
                                              8' Trompete (fr. 32')    --
                                              4' Hautbois (Sw)         --
                                              8' Festival Trumpet (Gt) --
                                                 Zimbelstern


[Received from Steven E. Lawson  2017-03-04]