South Main Baptist Church
4100 Main Street
Houston, TX
Images
2020-03-12 - Church exterior (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2017 - Chambers and organ cases (Photograph by Univ. of Houston Music Program, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2017 - Chancel, console and organ case (Photograph by Nichols & Simpson Website, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2024-10-21 - Antiphonal (Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2024-10-21 - Church interior (Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2024-10-21 - Console (Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2024-10-21 - Left stopamb (Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2024-10-21 - Right stopjamb (Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2024-10-21 - Console center (Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2024-10-21 - Church interior to rear and Antiphonal (Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
- Console position: Movable Console
- 4 manuals
- 64 stops
- 116 registers
- Key action Type: Electrical
- Stop action Type: Electrical
- Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled 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)
- Has crescendo
- 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
Stoplist
Typed specification Source: From builder's website Date not recorded
Houston, Texas
South Main Baptist Church
Nichols & Simpson, Inc. 2017 4 manuals, 64 stops, 85 ranks
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GREAT ORGAN SWELL ORGAN
16' Double Diapason 61 16' Bourdon 61
8' Grand Diapason (SO) -- 8' Diapason 61
8' First Diapason 61 8' Flûte Traversiére 49 **
8' Second Diapason 61 8' Cor de Nuit 61
8' Flauto Mirabilis (SO) -- 8' Viole de Gambe 61
8' Flûte Harmonique 49 * 8' Voix Céleste 61
8' Bourdon 61 8' Flauto Dolce 61
8' Violoncelle 61 8' Flute Céleste 61
4' Octave 61 4' Principal 61
4' Nachthorn 61 4' Flûte Octaviante 61
2 2/3' Twelfth 61 4' Dulcet 61
2' Fifteenth 61 4' Dulcet Céleste 61
1 3/5' Seventeenth 61 2 2/3' Nasard 61
Mixture IV-V 293? 2' Octavin 61
Cymbal IV 244 1 3/5' Tierce 61
16' Trompete 73 Grave Mixture II 122
8' Tromba (SO) -- Sharp Mixture III 183
8' Trompete (fr. 16') -- 16' Double Trumpet 73
Tremolo 8' Trompette Harmonique 61
8' Tuba Major (ST) -- 8' Trumpet (fr. 16') --
8' Silver Trumpet (SO) -- 8' Hautbois 61
Great Unison Off 8' Vox Humana 61
4' Clarion 61
CHOIR ORGAN Slow Tremolo
16' Gemshorn 85 Fast Tremolo
8' Diapason 61 Swell to Swell 16'
8' Diapason Céleste 61 Swell Unison Off
8' Gedeckt 61 Swell to Swell 4'
8' Quintadena 61
8' Gemshorn (fr. 16') -- STRING ORGAN
8' Gemshorn Céleste 61 16' Contra Gamba 73
4' Principal 61 8' Gamba (fr. 16') --
4' Koppelflöte 61 8' Gamba Céleste 61
4' Gemshorn (fr. 16') -- 8' Viole 61
2' Flautino 61 8' Viole Céleste 61
1 1/3' Larigot 61 4' Violina 61
Mixture IV-V 293? 4' Violina Céleste 61
16' Bass Clarinet 73 Tremolo
8' Trumpet 61 16' Contra Tuba (TC, fr. 8') --
8' Clarinet (fr. 16') -- 8' Tuba Major 61
8' Krummhorn 61 String on Great
Tremolo String on Swell
Choir to Choir 16' String on Choir
Choir Unison Off String on Solo
Choir to Choir 4' String on Pedal
8' Tuba Major (ST) -- String Expression on Solo Shoe
8' Silver Trumpet (SO) --
Cymbelstern PEDAL ORGAN
32' Contra Violone dg
SOLO ORGAN 32' Contra Bourdon dg
8' Grand Diapason 61 16' Open Wood 44
8' Flauto Mirabilis 73 16' Double Diapason (GT) --
4' Octave 61 16' Subbass 56
4' Clear Flute (fr. FlMir) -- 16' Bourdon (SW) --
Full Mixture IV-V 293? 16' Contra Gamba (ST) --
Tierce Mixture IV-VII ? 16' Gemshorn (CH) --
8' Silver Trumpet 61 8' Open Wood (fr. 16') --
8' French Horn 61 8' Octave 44
8' English Horn 61 8' Bass Flute (fr. Subbass) --
Tremolo 8' Cor de Nuit (SW) --
Solo to Solo 16' 8' Gamba (ST) --
Solo Unison Off 8' Gemshorn (CH) --
Solo to Solo 4' 4' Super Octave (fr. Oct) --
16' Trombone 85 4' Flute (fr. Subbass) --
8' Tromba (fr. 16') -- 2' Clear Flute (SO) --
4' Tromba Clarion (fr. 16') -- Mixture IV-V (SO) --
Chimes dg 32' Bombarde (SO, 1-12 dg) --
8' Harp dg 32' Contra Posaune 44
4' Celesta dg 16' Trombone (SO) --
8' Tuba Major (ST) -- 16' Posaune (fr. 32') --
8' Clarinet (CH) -- 16' Double Trumpet (SW) --
16' Bass Clarinet (CH) --
* 1-12 common with Bourdon 8' Tuba Major (ST) --
** 1-12 common with Cor de Nuit 8' Silver Trumpet (SO) --
8' Tromba (SO) --
PISTONS 8' Posaune (GT) --
General 12 (thumb & toe) 8' Trumpet (SW) --
Great 8 (thumb) 4' Tromba Clarion (SO) --
Swell 8 (thumb) 4' Clarinet (CH) --
Choir 8 (thumb) Chimes (SO) --
Solo 8 (thumb)
String 6 (thumb) COUPLERS
Pedal 5 (thumb & toe) Great to Pedal 8 4
Coupler Cancel (thumb) Swell to Pedal 8 4
General Cancel (thumb) Choir to Pedal 8 4
Forward (6 thumb, 1 toe) Solo to Pedal 8 4
Reverse (1 thumb, 1 toe) Swell to Great 16 8 4
Memory Level Up (thumb) Choir to Great 16 8 4
Memory Level Down (thumb) Solo to Great 16 8 4
Choir to Swell 8
REVERSIBLES Solo to Swell 16 8 4
Great to Pedal (thumb & paddle) Swell to Choir 16 8 4
Swell to Pedal (thumb & paddle) Solo to Choir 16 8 4
Choir to Pedal (thumb & paddle) Great/Choir Transfer
Solo to Pedal (thumb & paddle)
Swell to Great (thumb) BALANCED PEDALS
Choir to Great (thumb) Swell Expression
Solo to Great (thumb) Choir Expression
Choir to Swell (thumb) Solo Expression
Solo to Swell (thumb) Crescendo
Swell to Choir (thumb)
Solo to Choir (thumb)
Tutti I (thumb & paddle)
Tutti II (thumb & paddle)
Cymbelstern (paddle)
32' Contra Violone (paddle)
32' Contra Bourdon (paddle)
32' Bombarde (paddle)
32' Contra Posaune (paddle)
All Swells to Swell (thumb w ind. light)
Crescendo Enable (thumb w ind. light)
[Received from Steven E. Lawson 2017-09-06]
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