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John Dower and Company (1994)

Holy Cross Episcopal Church: Church
150 Melrose Ave.
Tryon, NC

Images

Late 2002 - Case and pipework (Photograph by Jennifer D Packard/Brad Engelland)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
4 manuals
69 stops
5 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 thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2013-07-05 - This is a rebuild of an existing organ. Identified by Jeff Scofield, using information from this web site: http://www.holycrosstryon.org/music/organ. -- This was a rebuild of 1946 3/19 Moller Op. 7260, including tonal changes and a recycled 4-manual Aeolian-Skinner console; some pipework was retained from the Moller. -Database Manager

2013-07-07 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

       Tryon, North Carolina
       Holy Cross Episcopal Church

       John Dower & Co.   1994   4/43
       ___________________________________________________

       GREAT                          SWELL
   16' Lieblich Gedeckt CH        16' Lieblich Gedackt
    8' Principal                   8' Gedeckt
    8' Hohlflöte        CH         8' Viole
    8' Dulciana         CH         8' Viole Celeste
    4' Octave                      8' Quintadena
    4' Flute            CH         4' Geigen Principal    
2 2/3' Twelfth                     4' Flute Harmonique
    2' Super Octave            2 2/3' Nazard
   IV  Mixture                     2' Flute
    8' Trumpet                 1 3/5' Tierce
       Sub                       III  Mixture
       Unison Off                 II  Cymbel
       Super                      16' Fagotto
                                   8' Trompette
       CHOIR                       8' Oboe
   16' Contra Dulciana             8' Vox Humana
    8' Bourdon                     4' Clarion
    8' Viola                          Tremulant
    8' Dulciana                       Sub
    8' Unda Maris                     Unison Off
    4' Flute                          Super
    4' Dulciana
    2' Octavin                        PEDAL
    2' Dulciana                   32' Montre           dg
1 1/3' Larigot                    32' Untersatz
    1' Sifflöte                   32' Resultant
   II  Cornet                     16' Diapason         dg
    8' Cor Anglais                16' Contre Basse
       Tremulant                  16' Bourdon
       Sub                        16' Lieblich Gedackt SW
       Unison Off                 16' Contra Dulciana  CH
       Super                       8' Diapason
                                   8' Flute
       ANTIPHONAL                  8' Viole            SW
   16' Fagotto          SW         8' Lieblich Gedackt SW
    8' Trompette        SW         4' Octave
    8' Oboe             SW         4' Flute            CH
    4' Clarion          SW        IV  Mixture
   16' Double Trumpet             32' Harmonics        dg
    8' Festival Trumpet           32' Contra Fagotto   
    4' Festival Clarion           16' Trombone
       Sub                        16' Fagotto          SW
       Unison Off                  8' Tromba           
       Super                       8' Oboe             SW
                                   4' Clarion   
       Zimbelstern

       EXPRESSION:  Swell, Vox Humana, Choir

      [Received online from Jeff Scofield July 6, 2013]

Websites

Organ - History of the church's organ and specifications of the Dower rebuild. (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

#33709 - M. P. Möller Opus 7260 (1945)