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Wicks Opus Opus4761

Christ Episcopal Church
300 North Main St.
Temple, TX

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)


Images


2018-06-23 - Texas Historical Marker (Photograph by T. Bradford Willis, DDS/Database Manager)

2018-06-23 - Church Exterior (Photograph by T. Bradford Willis, DDS/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main


Notes

2011-12-19 - Identified through online information from Donald Jack Newsom. -- As determined from one photograph taken during installation of the Wicks in the book "Whosoever Believeth . . . A Centennial History of Christ Episcopal Church", the pipes were located at the corner of the chancel and the south transept. -Database Manager

2019-07-12 - Updated by John Dill, who maintains the organ. <br> <br>Great<br>8 Principal - 61 Pipes, 1-12 Zinc, 13-73 Slotted Spotted Metal<br>8 Holtz Gedeckt - 61 Pipes, 1-61 Wood, 62-73 Spotted Metal<br>4 Octave - 12 Pipes<br>4 Flute - 12 Pipes<br>2 Super Octave - 12 Pipes<br>2 Flute - 12 Pipes<br>Tremulant<br>Chimes - 25 Bars<br>Swell to Great - 16, 8, 4<br>Great to Great - 16, Off, 4<br><br>Swell<br>8 Rohr Flute - 61 Pipes, 1-12 Zinc, 13-73 Hoyt Metal and sold for scrap<br>8 Gemshorn TC - 49 Pipes - Common bass with Rohr Flute, 13-73 Slotted Spotted Metal<br>8 Gemshorn Celeste - 49 Pipes, Slotted Spotted Metal<br>4 Flute - 12 Pipes<br>4 Gemshorn - 12 Pipes<br>2 2/3 - Derived from Flute<br>2 Blockflote - 12 Pipes<br>1 1/3 - Quint - 12 Pipes - Derived from Gemshorn and wired back at #55.<br>8 Trumpet - 61 Pipes, Stinkens, Spotted Metal, Replaced a Krumhorn or Oboe - unknown.<br>4 Clarion - 12 Pipes<br>Tremulant<br>Swell to Swell 16, 8, 4<br><br>Pedal <br>16 Subbass - 12 Pipes - Duel Valved and unified with Great Holtz Gedeckt<br>16 Lieblich - Derived - Duel Valved from Subbass and unified with Swell Rohr Flute<br>8 Principal - Great<br>8 Flute - Great<br>4 Choral Bass - Great<br>8 Trumpet - Swell<br>4 Clarion - Swell<br>Great to Pedal 8<br>Swell to Pedal 8<br><br>The organ was removed during a major renovation of the building and was replaced with a digital instrument. The instrument was parted out. The Console was gutted. The Swell Shades were re-used in an organ in Gainesville, Texas - St. Paul\'s Anglican Church. The Great chest made a wonderful voicing machine for direct electric action. Some pipes were scrapped (Hoyt metal flute). The instrument was under a roof leak and was damaged by water on multiple occasions. The Subbass used \"balance\" valves and despite being wet on more than one occasion, never posed a problem. The renovations to the building provided absolutely no space for the instrument so it was decided to go with a digital instrument. The notation from \"Whosoever Believeth\" is incorrect, the organ was located at the corner of the chancel and the North transept. The building faces East. -Database Manager


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