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John T. Fort (1987)

South Main Baptist Church
4100 Main St.
Houston, TX

Images

2015-11-30 - Church Exterior (Photograph by T. Bradford Willis/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
4 manuals
51 stops
70 registers
7 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: Adjustable Combination Pistons
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

2011-03-04 - Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -- Information for this entry is from the church website. The Gallery division was actually added in 1983 - four years before the Fort rebuild and enlargement of 1987. The church website states: "In 1983, prior to the expansion of the Chancel Organ, a new Gallery Organ was added in the balcony and replaced the Echo Organ that was located in one of the balcony chambers and had suffered water damage over the years. The Gallery Organ features a beautiful Baroque-style case and contains a one manual and pedal console." -Database Manager

Stoplist

Typed stoplist Source: Stoplist from the church website Date not recorded

       Houston, Texas
       South Main Street Baptist Church

       Kilgen         1934   3/34
                      1983   1/13
       John T. Fort   1987   4/63
       __________________________________________________

       GREAT                         SWELL

   16' Spitzflöte                16' Lieblich Gedeckt
    8' Principal                  8' Gedeckt
    8' Bourdon                    8' Viole de Gambe
    8' Gemshorn                   8' Viole Celeste
    4' Octave                     4' Principal
    4' Gross Flute                4' Flauto Traverso
2 2/3' Quinte                     2' Flautino
    2' Super Octave             III  Mixture
   IV  Fourniture                16' Contra Trumpet
    8' Trumpet                    8' Trumpet
    8' Trompette-en-Chamade       8' Oboe
                                  8' Vox Humana
       CHOIR                      4' Clarion
                                     Tremolo
    8' Geigen Principal
    8' Melodia                       POSITIV
    8' Dulciana
    8' Unda Maris                 8' Nasongedeckt
    4' Principal                  4' Prestant
    4' Flute d'Amore              4' Spielflöte
    2' Harmonic Piccolo           2' Blockflöte
    8' Clarinet               1 1/3' Quintflöte
       Tremolo                   II  Sesquialtera
    8' Trompette-en-Chamade     III  Cymbale

       GALLERY (1983)                PEDAL

    8' Principal                 16' Principal
    8' Holzgedeckt               16' Bourdon
    4' Principal                 16' Spitzflöte       GT
    4' Koppelflöte               16' Lieblich Gedeckt SW
2 2/3' Nasard                     8' Octave
    2' Flautino                   8' Pommer           12
  III  Mixture                    8' Gedeckt          SW
    8' Regal Chamade              4' Fifteenth
       Zymbelstern                4' Flute            12
                                III  Mixture
       GALLERY PEDAL (1983)      16' Bombarde
                                 16' Contra Trumpet   SW
   16' Bourdon                    8' Trumpet
    8' Octave                     4' Clarion
    8' Gedeckt
    4' Choralbass
   16' Basson

          [Received from Jeff Scofield April 2, 2017]

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