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Paul Fritts & Co., Organbuilders Opus 29 (2009)

St. Philip Presbyterian Church
4807 San Felipe Street
Houston, TX

Images

2020-06-23 - Church exterior (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2020-05-22 - Church interior to front (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2020-03-22 - Church interior to rear and organ case (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2018-04-03 - Keydesk from right (Photograph by Univ. of Houston Music Program, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2018-08-26 - Keydesk (Photograph by Christopher Holman/Christopher Holman)

2018-08-26 - Organ (Photograph by Christopher Holman/Christopher Holman)

2024-10-24 - Left stopamb (Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2024-10-24 - Right stopjamb (Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
Console position: Keydesk Attached
3 manuals
46 stops
Key action Type: Mechanical With Pneumatic Assists
Stop action Type: Mechanical With Pneumatic Assists
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Flat Jambs
Manual compass: 58 notes
Pedal compass: 30 notes
Pedal Type: Flat Straight
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination action: Computerized/Digital
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons

Notes

2012-10-24 - An original installation. Identified by John Igoe, using information from this web site: http://www.frittsorgan.com/opus_pages/galleries/opus_29/specification.html. -- -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from the factory website Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Houston, Texas
St. Philip Presbyterian Church

Paul Fritts & Co., Organbuilders, Opus 29, 2009
 
Great  			        Positive  			Swell 	
Principal*  	16'  		Principal  	8'  		Principal  	8' 
Octave  	8'  		Gedackt  	8'  		Bourdon  	8'
Rohrflöte  	8'  		Quintadena  	8'  		Violdigamba  	8'
Salicional  	8'  		Octave  	4'  		Voix Celeste  	8'
Octave  	4'  		Rohrflöte  	4'  		Octave  	4'
Spitzflöte  	4'  		Larigot  	1 1/3'  	Koppelflöte  	4'
Quint   	2 2/3'  	Octave  	2'  		Nasat  	        2 2/3'
Octave  	2'  		Sesquialtera  	II  		Blockflöte  	2'
Terz    	1 3/5'  	Scharff  	IV-VI  		Tierce  	1 3/5'
Mixture  	IV-VII 		Dulcian  	8'  		Mixture 	IV-V
Cornet (mounted)V  				        	Fagott  	16'
Trompet  	16'  					        Trompet  	8'
Trompet  	8'  					        Hautbois  	8'
Trompet  	4'  						
Baarpfeife  	8'  						
 
Pedal  			Couplers:  	Swell to Great
Principal  	16'  			Positive to Great
Subbaß  	16'  			Swell to Positive
Octave  	8'  			Great to Pedal
Bourdon*  	8'  			Swell to Pedal
Octave  	4'  			Positive to Pedal
Mixture  	VI-VIII  			
Posaune*  	32'  		Other: 	Polished tin front pipes
Posaune  	16'  			Solid wood casework with
Trompet  	8'  			carved pipe shades
Trompet  	4'  			Suspended key action
				Mechanical stop action with
				electric pre-set system
				Variable tremulant
				Wind stabilizer
				Foot pumped option for winding
				
				*some pipes transmitted from
				other stops

 [Received from John Igoe 2012-10-25.]