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Parkey OrganBuilders Opus 12 (2011)

St. John Berchmans Roman Catholic Cathedral
939 Jordan Street
Shreveport, LA

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2011-11-11 - Nave, Balcony, and Organ Cases (Photograph by Megan Funk/Database Manager)

2011-11-20 - Organ Case (Photograph by Phil Parkey/Database Manager)

Consoles

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Notes

2011-07-28 - Identified through online information from Stephen Hall. -- Organ retains some components from previous instrument (Visser-Rowland Opus 112 installed in 1993), but is essentially a new instrument. Great, Swell, Choir, and Pedal in two cases in rear gallery, plus 2-rank unenclosed chancel division. -Database Manager

2012-02-11 - Updated through online information from Josh Duncan. -Database Manager


Stoplist

The Diapason, January 2012, Volume 103, No. 1 and Parkey OrganBuilders website Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

GREAT (Unenclosed)

16   Violone (61 pipes) 
8    Principal (61 pipes) 
8    Bourdon (61 pipes)
8    Violone (12 pipes) 
4    Octave (61 pipes)
4    Spitzflöte (61 pipes)
2    Super Octave (61 pipes)
1-1/3’ Mixture IV-V (281 pipes) 
8    Trompete (61 pipes)
8    Pontifical Trumpet (Mounted Horizontal in case) (61 pipes) 
     Chimes (37 Notes/Digital)  
     Cymbelstern (existing)
 
SWELL (Enclosed) 

16   Bourdon (12 pipes)
8    Flute a Cheminee (61 pipes) 
8    Viola Pomposa (61 pipes)
8    Voix Celeste GG (54 pipes) 
4    Principal (61 pipes)
4    Cor de Nuit (61 pipes) 
2    Octavin (61 pipes)
2'   Plein Jeu IV-V (281 pipes) 
16   Basson (12 pipes)
8    Trompette (61 pipes) 
8    Hautbois (61 pipes) 
4    Clairon (61 pipes)
8    Voix Humaine (61 pipes)
     Tremulant  
     Voix Humaine Tremulant  
     Swell 16, Unison Off, 4  
 
CHOIR (Enclosed) 

8    Prinzipal (61 pipes) 
8    Gedeckt (61 pipes)
8    Spitzflöte (61 pipes)
8    Spitzflöte Celeste (49 pipes)
4    Octav (61 pipes)
4    Koppelflöte (61 pipes 
2-2/3 Nazat (61 pipes 
2    Superoctav (61 pipes)
2    Blockflöte (61 pipes) 
1-3/5 Terz (61 pipes) 
1-1/3 Quinte (61 pipes) 
2/3' Zymbel IV (244 pipes)
8    Cromorne (61 pipes) 
8    Pontifical Trompet (Great) 
     Tremulant  
     Harp (Digital) 
     Celesta (Digital) 
     Choir 16, Unison Off, 4  
 
CHANCEL (Unenclosed) 


8    Metal Gedeckt (61 pipes) 
4    Rohrflöte (61 pipes)
 
PEDAL

32   Subbass (12 Notes/Digital) 
16   Principal (32 pipes) 
16   Subbass (32 pipes) 
16   Violone (Great)
16   Bourdon (Swell)
8    Octave (12 pipes)
8    Flötenbass (12 pipes) 
8    Violone (Great)
8    Flute a Cheminee Swell) 
4    Choral Bass (32 pipes) 
4    Flute (32 pipes) 
IV   Rauschquinte 2 2/3' (128 pipes) 
32   Contra Posaune (12 Notes/Digital) 
16   Posaune (32 pipes) 
16   Basson (Swell) 
8    Trompete (12 pipes) 
8    Hautbois (Swell) 
8    Pontifical Trumpet (Great) 
     Chimes (Great)

COUPLERS

Swell to Great 16, 8, 4
Choir to Great 16, 8, 4
Chancel on Great 
Swell to Choir 16, 8, 4
Great to Choir 8
Chancel on Choir 
 
Great to Pedal 8, 4
Swell to Pedal 8, 4
Choir to Pedal 8, 4
Chancel on Pedal 
 
Great/Choir Transfer Moves Divisional Pistons as well)
 
Transposer 
 
Total Stops - 57
Total Ranks - 55


 [Received from T. Daniel Hancock 2012-02-28.]

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