First Presbyterian Church
410 West Hutchinson Street
San Marcos, TX
Note: Not playable. (in this location)
Images
2016-03-15 - Pipe Facade and Chamber Grillework (Photograph by Alex Bridges/Database Manager)
2016-03-15 - Great Stoptabs (Photograph by Alex Bridges/Database Manager)
2016-03-15 - Swell Stoptabs (Photograph by Alex Bridges/Database Manager)
2016-03-15 - Pedal Stoptabs (Photograph by Alex Bridges/Database Manager)
2016-03-15 - Pedalboard, Expression Pedals, and Toe Studs (Photograph by Alex Bridges/Database Manager)
2016-03-15 - Great/Pedal Pipework (L to R - Great Hohlflöte, Dulciana, Octav Principal, Pedal Bourdon, III Mixtur) (Photograph by Alex Bridges/Database Manager)
2016-03-15 - Great Pipework including Haskelled Dulciana Basses (Photograph by Alex Bridges/Database Manager)
2016-03-15 - Great Pipework and Swell Shades (Photograph by Alex Bridges/Database Manager)
2016-03-15 - Sanctuary Interior and Chancel (Photograph by Alex Bridges/Database Manager)
2016-03-15 - Rose Window (Photograph by Alex Bridges/Database Manager)
2016-03-15 - Console (Photograph by Alex Bridges/Database Manager)
2016-03-15 - Builder's Nameplate (Photograph by Alex Bridges/Database Manager)
Consoles
Main
- 2 manuals
- 20 stops
- 12 registers
- 3 divisions
- Manual compass: 61 notes
- Pedal compass: 32 notes
- Has combination thumb pistons
- Has coupler toe pistons
- Has tutti toe pistons
Notes
2015-09-13 - This is a rebuild of an existing organ. Identified by Julius Coyle, based on personal knowledge of the organ. -Database Manager
2015-09-22 - Updated through online information from Julius Coyle. -Database Manager
2016-05-16 - Updated through online information from Julius Coyle. <br>The Estey organ at First Presbyterian was rebuilt by Otto Hofmann circa 1956. Hofmann replaced the console, and added some upperwork to the organ - a III Mixtur on the Great, and a 2' Spitz Principal on the Swell. (The Spitz Principal probably replaced an Oboe or Labial Oboe.)<br><br>The Great 8' Prinzipal and Pedal 16' Bourdon are now on unit chests, and in side chambers - each rank is divided. The Bourdon was unified to the Pedal at 8' and 4', and the Prinzipal was unified to the Pedal at 5 1/3', 4', 2 2/3' and 2. The Prinzipal may have been part of a speaking facade at some point, as the pipes are longer than their actual speaking length.<br><br>In October of 2010, Contemporary & Classic Church Organs of Kansas City, Missouri replaced the blower, replaced the tremulant leather, cleaned the pipework, and revoiced the organ, including reducing the volume on the Great Mixtur. -Database Manager
2017-12-01 - Updated by Julius Coyle, who has heard or played the organ. Julius Coyle also listed this individual as a source of information: Jack Wilds, music director.<br>
A leaky roof caused the organ to be damaged by heavy rains from the storms associated with Hurricane Harvey (August-September 2017). The church has elected to replace it with an electronic organ. -Database Manager
2024-01-30 - This organ is no more. It was removed after the damage from Hurricane Harvey. It was removed by Ken Mowell, who installed the Viscount digital organ. I visited with him as he boxed up the pipes, the chests were in very poor condition. We also have a Hoffman organ and I asked about potentially using some ranks to augment ours but he advised against it. I know that there was a fire in his storage and some of these pipes may have been there. Ken died in 2021. -Tim Bauerkemper
Stoplist
Stoplist taken from the console Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
San Marcos, Texas
First Presbyterian Church
Estey Organ Co. (1915)
Rebuilt and altered by Otto Hofmann (ca. 1956)
849 pipes, 14 ranks
Great
8' Prinzipal 61 (divided, in side chambers, on unit chests)
8' Hohlflöte 61 (open wood, Estey Melodia, 1-12 stopped and Haskelled)
8' Dulciana 61 (Estey, slotted, 1-12 Haskelled)
4' Octav Prinzipal 61 (Hofmann)
4' Flute d'Amour 61 (Estey, stopped wood, open metal trebles)
III Mixtur 183 (Hofmann)
Gt to Gt 4'
Sw to Gt 16', 8', 4'
Swell
8' Geigen Prinzipal 61 (Estey Violin Diapason)
8' Stopped Flute 61 (stopped wood, Estey Stopped Diapason)
8' Salicional 61 (Estey)
4' Harmonic Flute 61 (Estey)
2' Spitz Principal 61 (Hofmann, probably replaced an Oboe or Labial Oboe)
Tremulant
Sw to Sw 16', Unison Off, 4'
Pedal
16' Bourdon 32 (stopped wood, divided, in side chambers, on unit chests)
16' Lieblich Gedeckt (from 16' Bourdon, soft wind)
8' Prinzipal GT (from Great 8' Prinzipal)
8' Bourdon 12 (ext.)
5 1/3' Quinte GT (from Great 8' Prinzipal)
4' Prinzipal GT (from Great 8' Prinzipal)
4' Bourdon 12 (ext.)
2 2/3' Quinte GT (from Great 8' Prinzipal)
2' Prinzipal GT (from Great 8' Prinzipal)
Gt to Ped
Sw to Ped
Note: Unsure about Great Mixtur pitch.
[Received from Julius Coyle 2016-04-24.]
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