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Taylor & Boody Organbuilders Opus 56 (2007)

Images

Unknown - Organ (Photograph by Kevin McGowan (2007)/Database Manager)

2015-11-30 - Church Exterior (Photograph by T. Bradford Willis/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

• Console position: Keydesk Attached
• 1 manuals
• 5 stops
• Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
• Stop action Type: Mechanical
• Stop layout Type: Sliding Stop Controls/Levers
• Manual compass: 51 notes
• Pedal compass: 99 notes
• Pedal Type: No Pedalboard
• Expression Type: No Enclosed Divisions
• Combination action: None

Notes

2015-12-13 - Updated through online information from T. Bradford Willis, DDS. -Database Manager

2016-01-01 - Updated through online information from Stephen Hall. <br>The keyboard has boxwood naturals and ebony sharps. A transposing mechanism allows it to be played at a=392, a=415, or a=440. The case is of Gothic-inspired design built of quarter-sawn white oak with hand carved pipe screens in tracery style. -Database Manager

2016-09-11 - Updated through online information from Christopher Holman. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist provided by Steven E. Lawson Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Houston, Texas
Christ the King Lutheran Church

Taylor and Boody Organbuilders   Opus 56   2007
1 manual, 5 stops, 5 ranks
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           MANUAL (C-d''')
 1.     8' Gedackt         51 (wood)
 2.     4' Rohrflöte       51 (wood)
 3. 2 2/3' Holquinte       27 (metal)
 4.     2' Principal       51 (metal)
 5.     8' Regal           51

           Mechanical key action
           Mechanical stop action
           Compass at a=440 Hz: C-c#'''
           Compass at a=415: C-d'''
           Compass at a=392: C,D-d'''  

[Received from Steven E. Lawson June 9, 2014]  

Websites

• Church Instruments: Christ the King Evangelical Lutheran Church - Photos/descriptions/link to stoplists of organs. (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)
• Bach Society Houston | Bach Harpsichord - Photograph and Stoplist, portativ organ (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)

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