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Reuter Organ Co. Opus 1997 (2012)

St. Mark's Episcopal Church: church
3816 Bellaire Blvd.
Houston, TX

Images

2016-01-27 - Church Exterior (Photograph by T. Bradford Willis/Database Manager)

2015 - Church interior (Church Facebook via Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2020-07-26 - Church exterior (Church Facebook via Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
3 manuals
25 stops
51 registers
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: Computerized/Digital
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2013-04-14 - Altered and relocated existing organ. Identified by Jeff Scofield, using information found in Factory specifications. -- The contract was for tonal changes and console renovation, as well as reconfiguring the organ for reinstallation in new chambers in the renovated church. -Database Manager

2013-04-15 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

    Houston, Texas
    St. Mark's Episcopal Church

    Reuter   Op. 1997   1979   3/22
    Reuter   Op. 1997   2012   3/32
    _________________________________________________________

    GREAT                               SWELL
16' Spitzflute         12 SW        16' Rohrflute          61
 8' Principal          61            8' Geigen Principal   61 *
 8' Bourdon            61 *          8' Spitzflute         61
 8' Spitzflute         SW            8' Rohrflute          12
 4' Octave             61            8' Viola              61
 4' Spillflute         61            8' Voix Celeste       49
 2' Fifteenth          61 *          4' Principal          61
IV  Fourniture        244            4' Spitzflute         12
 8' Clarinet           61 *      2 2/3' Nasard             61
 8' Oboe               SW            2' Blockflute         24
    Sub                          1 3/5' Tierce             61
    Unison Off                      IV  Plein Jeu         244
    Super                            8' Trompette          61
 8' Festival Trompette 61            8' Oboe               61 *
    Chimes                           4' Clarion            12
                                        Tremolo
    PEDAL                               Sub
32' Resultant          --               Unison Off
16' Principal          32               Super
16' Subbass            32
16' Rohrflute          SW               ANTIPHONAL
16' Lieblich Gedeckt   12 AN         8' Prestant           61 a
 8' Principal          12            8' Gedeckt            61
 8' Subbass            12            8' Spitzflute         SW
 8' Rohrflute          SW            4' Spitz Principal    61
 8' Prestant           AN            4' Flachflute         61 b
 8' Gedeckt            AN            2' Flachflute         12
 4' Choral Bass        32 *             Tremolo
 4' Subbass            12               Super
16' Contre Trompetet   12 SW        16' Festival Trompette tc
 8' Trompette          SW            8' Festival Trompette GT
 4' Clarinet           GT            8' Clarinet           GT
 8' Festival Trompette GT

 *  new pipes
 a  existing pipes from Great
 b  1-12 new pipes; 13-73 existing Great pipes

   [Received online from Jeff Scofield April 14, 2013]

Documents

(2012-05-23) Factory specifications, Reuter Organ Co. via Jeff Scofield -Jeff Scofield

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

#21808 - Reuter Organ Co. Opus 1997 (1978)