Christ the King Roman Catholic Cathedral
299 Colony Blvd.
Lexington, KY
Images
2022-05-26 - Cathedral exterior (Photograph by Alan Morrison, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2022-05-26 - Cathedral interior (Photograph by Alan Morrison, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2022-05-26 - Altar and 'dome' (Photograph by Alan Morrison, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2022-05-26 - Console and organ case (Photograph by Alan Morrison, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
Unknown - Façade and console, December 2012. (Photograph by Margaret Adams/Database Manager)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
- Console position: Movable Console
- 3 manuals
- 34 stops
- 4 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)
- Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
- Has combination thumb pistons
- Has coupler toe pistons
- Has tutti toe pistons
Notes
2013-01-22 - Identified through online information from Brian Hunt. -- This is a brand new instrument as of Dec 2012. It incorporates a small number of ranks from the original 1967 Wicks and two windchests from the Wicks. Essentially, it is all a new organ with all new console, chests, facade, mechanical workings, etc. -Database Manager
2013-06-13 - Updated through online information from Stephen Hall. -- Reuses four ranks from previous Wicks organ: Swell Viole & Celeste, Choir Gedeckt, and Pedal Bourdon. -Database Manager
2014-01-14 - Updated through online information from Brian Hunt. -Database Manager
2017-11-08 - Swell 8' Vox Humana added in 2017 -Database Manager
Stoplist
Stoplist copied from the factory specifications Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Lexington, Kentucky
Cathedral of Christ the King (RC)
Randall Dyer and Associates, Inc., Jefferson City, Tennessee, Opus 95, 2012
GREAT
16’ Violone (Ch.)
8’ Principal
8’ Violone (Ch.)
8’ Rohrflöte
8’ Flute Harmonique (Ch.)
4’ Octave
4’ Hohlflöte
2’ Super Octave
IV Mixture
8’ Trumpet (Ch.)
Cymbelstern
Great Unison off
Swell to Great 16
Swell to Great 8
Swell to Great 4
Choir to Great 16
Choir to Great 8
Choir to Great 4
8’ Grand Trumpet (Ch.)
SWELL (expressive)
16’ Bourdon
8’ Geigen Principal
8’ Bourdon
8’ Viole (retained and revoiced from previous Wicks, 1967)
8’ Viole Celeste (retained and revoiced from previous Wicks, 1967)
4’ Octave
4’ Spitzflöte
2 2/3’ Nazard
2’ Blockflöte
1 3/5’ Tierce
III-IV Plein Jeu
16’ Oboe
8’ Trompette
8’ Oboe
8’ Vox Humana (added 2017)
4’ Clarion
Swell 16
Swell Unison off
Swell 4
Choir to Swell 8
CHOIR (expressive)
8’ Violone
8’ Flute Harmonique
8’ Holzgedackt (retained and revoiced from previous Wicks, 1967)
8’ Erzahler
8’ Erzahler Celeste
4’ Principal
4’ Koppleflöte
2’ Octave
1 1/3’ Quinte
III Scharff
8’ Trumpet
8’ Cromorne
Choir 16
Choir unison off
Choir 4
Swell to Choir 16
Swell to Choir 8
Swell to Choir 4
Great to Choir 8
16’ Grand Trumpet
8’ Grand Trumpet
PEDAL
32’ Resultant
16’ Principal (façade)
16’ Subbass (retained and revoiced from previous Wicks, 1967)
16’ Violone (Ch.)
16’ Bourdon (Sw.)
8’ Principal
8’ Subbass
8’ Violone (Ch.)
8’ Bourdon (Sw.)
4’ Choralbass (façade)
4’ Flöte
II Rauschquinte
32’ Trombone (Ch.)
16’ Trombone (Ch.)
16’ Oboe (Sw.)
8’ Trumpet (Ch.)
8’ Grand Trumpet (Ch.)
4’ Oboe (Sw.)
Great to Pedal 8
Swell to Pedal 8
Swell to Pedal 4
Choir to Pedal 8
Choir to Pedal
[Received from Robert Whitaker 2013-09-24.]
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