Better Pipe Organ Database

Votteler-Holtkamp-Sparling Opus 1648 (1950)

First Church of Christ, Scientist: Sanctuary
501 N Alamo St
San Antonio, TX

Images

2000s - Exposed pipework (Photograph from an archival source: church website, submitted by Chris Gugleta/Chris Gugleta)

2019-05-02 - Church Exterior (Photograph by T. Bradford Willis, DDS/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Non-Traditional Style, As Consoles by Holtkamp, Schlicker, et al
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
3 manuals
24 stops
52 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 (Details Unknown)
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2015-07-31 - This entry describes the first installation of a new organ. Identified through information from HoltkampOrgan.com by John Igoe. -Database Manager

2016-07-25 - Updated through online information from G. Mark Caldwell. <br>The Positiv division was placed in a room on the far left side of the sanctuary in the 1960s. In c. 1995, the sanctuary was renovated, and its curator was asked to return the Positiv to its original cantilevered position in front of the organ gallery in the front of the room. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from <i>The Diapason</i> December 1950 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

       San Antonio, Texas
       First Church of Christ, Scientist

       Votteler-Holtkamp-Sparling   Job 1648   1950   3/35
       ___________________________________________________

       GREAT                      POSITIV

   16' Quintadena    61        8' Gedeckt        61
    8' Principal     61        4' Rohrflöte      61
    8' Chimney Flute 61        2' Octave         61
    4' Octave        61    1 1/3' Larigot        61
    2' Doublette     61      III  Cymbal        183     
   IV  Mixture      244
                                  PEDAL
       SWELL
                              16' Subbass        32
    8' Copula        61       16' Quintadena     GT
    4' Gemshorn      61        8' Violon         32
2 2/3' Nazard        61        8' Flauto Dolce   32
    2' Nachthorn     61        4' Choral Bass    32
   II  Terzian      122      III  Mixture        96
   IV  Plein Jeu    244       16' Stille Posaune 32
    8' Dulzian       61

      [Received from Jeff Scofield January 10, 2016]