St. Mark's Episcopal Church
3039 Ranch Road 12
San Marcos, TX
Images
2014-11-08 - Swell Pipework and Great Principal (Photograph by Alex Bridges/Database Manager)
2014-11-08 - Church Exterior (Photograph by Alex Bridges/Database Manager)
2014-11-08 - Sanctuary Interior and Chancel (Photograph by Alex Bridges/Database Manager)
2014-11-08 - Sanctuary Interior and Chancel (Photograph by Alex Bridges/Database Manager)
2014-11-08 - Choir Loft and Chamber Grillework (Photograph by Alex Bridges/Database Manager)
2014-11-08 - Console (Photograph by Alex Bridges/Database Manager)
2014-11-08 - Swell and Pedal Stopkeys (Photograph by Alex Bridges/Database Manager)
2014-11-08 - Solo and Great Stopkeys (Photograph by Alex Bridges/Database Manager)
2014-11-08 - Pedalboard, Swell Pedals, and Toe Studs (Photograph by Alex Bridges/Database Manager)
2014-11-08 - Great Pipework (bass end) L to R - Principal, Gedeckt, Octave, Koppelflöte, Spitz Principal, Mixture (Photograph by Alex Bridges/Database Manager)
2014-11-08 - Great Pipework (treble end) (Photograph by Alex Bridges/Database Manager)
2014-11-08 - Swell Pipework (bass end) L to R: Gemshorn, Spitzflöte, Doublette, Tierce, Gemshorn Celeste, Rohrflöte, Trumpet (Photograph by Julius Coyle/Database Manager)
Unknown - Swell Pipework (Trumpet) (Photograph by Julius Coyle/Database Manager)
2014-11-08 - Pedal Pipework (Subbass) (Photograph by Julius Coyle/Database Manager)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
- Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
- 2 manuals
- 47 stops
- 14 registers
- 4 divisions
- Key action Type: Electrical
- Stop action Type: Electrical
- Stop layout Type: Stop Keys Above Top Manual
- 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 sequencer
- 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
2014-04-26 - Rebuild of an existing organ. Identified by Julius Coyle, based on personal knowledge of the organ.
-- -Database Manager
2014-04-27 - Updated through online information from Julius Coyle. -Database Manager
2014-05-05 - Updated through online information from Julius Coyle. -Database Manager
2014-06-07 - Updated through online information from Julius Coyle. -Database Manager
2014-11-26 - Updated through online information from Julius Coyle. -- Contemporary Pipe Organs moved the organ to its new location, added digital stops (including a new Solo division, playable on manuals and pedal), and made a few tonal changes to the organ as well. The console is either brand new, or the refinished and refurbished old console. Tonal changes to the pipes are as follows - 12 pipes were removed from the original IV-V Mixture to make it a IV Mixture. The Swell mixture (a repeating Zimbel) was removed, and a digital III Plein Jeu replaced it. All other pipes are original. These tonal changes had the dual effect of toning down the organ for the new, more acoustically "live" location, and also "de-Baroqueifying" the organ (by removing the repeating Zimbel). A few notes on the stoplist - the Great Spitz Principal, despite the name, produces flute tone. (It was named Spitz Flote on the original console, and the pipes are marked as such.) The top octave of the Swell Tierce breaks back. Finally, the Gemshorn Celeste is *not* TC, but in fact has a lower octave, which is provided by digital sounds. -Database Manager
2016-06-12 - Updated through online information from Julius Coyle. -Database Manager
Stoplist
Stoplist taken from the console Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
San Marcos, Texas
St. Mark's Episcopal Church
Otto Hofmann (1971)
Rebuilt and altered by Contemporary Pipe Organs (2010)
1,044 pipes, 17 ranks, 23 digital ranks
Note: dg = digital
Great
16' Gedeckt (ext. from 8' Gedeckt, 1-12 from Subbass on soft wind)
8' Principal 61
8' Gedeckt 61
4' Octave 61
4' Koppelflöte 61
2' Spitz Principal 61 (tapered cylindrical metal, marked "Sp.F")
IV Mixture 244
8' Trompette dg
Chimes dg
Gt to Gt 16', UO, 4'
Sw to Gt 16', 8', 4'
Swell
8' Rohrflöte 61
8' Gemshorn 61
8' Gemshorn Celeste 49 (TC)
4' Prestant dg
4' Spitzflöte 61
2 2/3' Nazard dg
2' Doublette 61
2' Flute 24 (ext. from 8' Rohrflöte)
1 3/5' Tierce 61
III Plein Jeu dg
16' Bassoon dg
8' Trumpet 61
8' Oboe dg
4' Clarion dg
Tremulant
Sw to Sw 16', UO, 4'
Solo
8' Diapason dg
8' Harmonic Flute dg
8' Viole de Gambe dg
8' Viole Celeste dg
4' Principal dg
2' Fifteenth dg
8' Tuba dg
8' Corno di Basseto dg
8' English Horn dg
8' Orchestral Oboe dg
Tremulant
Solo on Great, Solo on Swell, Solo on Pedal
Pedal
32' Contra Bourdon dg
16' Principal dg
16' Subbass 32 (1-12 stopped wood, rest covered metal)
16' Gedeckt GT (1-12 from Subbass on soft wind)
16' Bourdon Doux dg (SW)
8' Octave dg
8' Subbass 12 (ext. of 16' Subbass)
8' Gedeckt GT
4' Octave GT (from 8' Principal)
4' Gedeckt GT
II Mixture GT (from 8' Principal)
16' Posaune 12 (ext. of SW 8' Trumpet, half-length)
16' Bassoon SW
8' Trumpet SW
4' Clarion SW
Gt to Ped 8', 4'
Sw to Ped 8', 4'
[Received from Julius Coyle 2014-05-02.]
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