Redeemer Episcopal Church
4411 Dallas Street
Houston, TX
Images
Unknown - Sanctuary Interior ((prior to organ installation) Vintage Postcard; image courtesy of T. Bradford Willis/Database Manager)
2016-06-07 - Great Pipework (Photograph by George Mims/Database Manager)
2016-06-07 - Swell Pipework (Photograph by George Mims/Database Manager)
2016-06-07 - Swell Pipework ((back wall) Photograph by George Mims/Database Manager)
2016-06-07 - Swell Pipework (foreground) and unenclosed Great Pipework (Photograph by George Mims/Database Manager)
2016-06-07 - Positiv Pipework (Photograph by George Mims/Database Manager)
2016-06-07 - Positiv Pipework (Photograph by George Mims/Database Manager)
2016-06-07 - Positiv Pipework (Photograph by George Mims/Database Manager)
2016-06-07 - Relays (Photograph by George Mims/Database Manager)
2016-06-07 - Console (Photograph by George Mims/Database Manager)
2016-06-07 - Blower (Photograph by George Mims/Database Manager)
2016-06-07 - Great Pipework (Photograph by George Mims/Database Manager)
2016-06-07 - Positiv Pipeswork ((back wall) Photograph by George Mims/Database Manager)
1978-11-01 - Chamber Grillework, Pipe Facade, and Console (Photograph in the OHS Library and Archives collection; image courtesy of Bynum Petty/Database Manager)
2016-01-12 - Church Exterior (Photograph by T. Bradford Willis/Database Manager)
2016-01-12 - Church Exterior (Photograph by T. Bradford Willis/Database Manager)
2016-01-12 - Church Exterior (Photograph by T. Bradford Willis/Database Manager)
2016-01-12 - Church Exterior (Photograph by T. Bradford Willis/Database Manager)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
- Console position: Movable Console
- 3 manuals
- 32 stops
- 68 registers
- 4 divisions
- Key action Type: Electrical
- Stop action Type: Electrical
- Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped 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 combination toe pistons
- Has coupler thumb pistons
- Has coupler toe pistons
- Has tutti thumb pistons
- Has tutti toe pistons
Notes
2015-02-17 - An original installation. Identified by T. Bradford Willis, DDS, using information from this web site: http://ago-houston.org/houston-area-pipe-organs/.
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2016-02-21 - Updated through online information from T. Bradford Willis, DDS. -Database Manager
2016-02-21 - Updated through online information from T. Bradford Willis, DDS. <br>The following information was at the end of the stoplist from the Gress-Miles Organ Company: The Church of the Redeemer remains the center of the charismatic movement in the Episcopal Church. Services include a wide range of music from traditional organ literature through Anglican anthems to folk music and newly composed music for the large choir, instruments, and organ, along with enthusiastic congregational singing. The organ required unusual versatility, with a wealth of color and the flexibility of two enclosed divisions. The church is a shell-shaped concrete structure with live acoustics. The organ is located at the Gospel side with a facade of 16', 8' and 4' Principal pipes which extends the lines of a large central mural. -Database Manager
2016-03-16 - Updated through online information from T. Bradford Willis, DDS. George Ellis Mims, D.M. sent the following information concerning the dedication of the Gress-Miles organ at the Church of the Redeemer. Katherine Thomerson played a dedicatory recital and Betty Carr Pulkingham, wife of the rector, composed an anthem "God has gone up with a shout" which was performed by the choir. -Database Manager
2016-06-23 - Updated through online information from T. Bradford Willis, DDS. <br>The original church was known as the Eastwood Community Church and was founded in 1919. According to an article in the Houston Chronicle on February 25, 2011, the current edifice was to be closed in February 2011 due the structure needing $7 million of repairs to bring it up to code. The congregation was then to share the edifice of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Redeemer of Houston. -Database Manager
2016-06-29 - Updated through online information from T. Bradford Willis, DDS. -Database Manager
2016-12-07 - Updated through online information from George Ellis Mims, D.M.. <br>Classic styled Pipe Organ, German Reeds, Plenum on every manual.
<br>This Organ is for sale and due to be removed by April, 2017. Contact George Mims for detailed information: georgeellismims@gmail.com; 713-410-9748 -Database Manager
Stoplist
Stoplist from the Organ Historical Society Archives Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Houston, Texas
CHURCH OF THE REDEEMER, EPISCOPAL
Gress-Miles 47 ranks 1978
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GREAT: (Manual I) POSITIV: (Manual II, enclosed)
16' Rohrgedeckt 12 8' Montre 12
8' Principal 49 (12=PED) 8' Holzgedeckt 61
8' Rohrfloete 61 8' Flauto Dolce 61
8' Harmonic Flute (12 Rfloete) 8' Flute Celeste 49 (TC)
4' Octave 61 4' Principal 61
4' Spitzfloete 61 4' Rohrfloete 61
2' Superoctave 61 4' Flauto Dolce 12
2' Waldfloete 12 4' Flute Celeste 12
IV-VI Mixture 330 2 2/3' Nasat 61
16' Dulzian (POS) 2' Octave 61
8' Trumpet 61 2' Rohrpfeiffe 12
4' Clarion 12 1 3/5' Tierce 61
Tremulant 1 1/3' Quintfloete 12
1' Siffloete 12
PEDAL: I Zimbelfloete
32' Acoustic Bass III-V Scharf 269
16' Principal 12 16' Dulzian 12
16' Subbass 12 8' Cromorne 61
16' Contre Viole (SW) Tremulant
8' Principal 32
8' Rohrgedeckt (GT) SWELL: (Manual III, enclosed)
8' Bourdon (SW) 16' Contre Viole 12
5 1/3' Quintfloete 8' Bourdon 61
4' Octave 12 8' Viole de Gambe 61
4' Harmonic Flute (GT) 8' Voix Celeste 61
2' Superoctave 12 4' Traversefloete 61
2' Harmonic Flute (GT) 4' Octave Viole 12
V-VI Mixture 180 4' Octave Celeste 12
32' Basse de Cornet 2 2/3' Quint 49 (TC)
16' Posaune 12 2' Principal 61
16' Basson (SW) 2' Piccolo
16' Dulzian (POS) 1 3/5' Terz 49 (TC)
8' Trumpet (GT) 1 1/3' Quint 12
8' Basson (SW) 1' Octave
4' Cromorne (POS) III-IV Zimbel 232
16' Basson 12
8' Trompette 61
8' Hautbois 61
4' Clairon 12
Tremulant
Octaves Graves
[Received online from Chad Boorsma • February 3, 2016]
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