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Alden Organ Services (2018)

First Presbyterian Church: Sanctuary
1100 Austin Ave.
Waco, TX

Images

2015-05-23 - Church Exterior (Photograph by T. Bradford Willis/Chad Boorsma)

2016-07-23 - Chancel and Organ Case (Photograph by T. Bradford Willis/Chad Boorsma)

2019-02-05 - Console (Photograph by T. Bradford Willis/Database Manager)

2019-02-05 - Left Drawknobs (Photograph by T. Bradford Willis/Database Manager)

2019-02-05 - Right Drawknobs (Photograph by T. Bradford Willis/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
3 manuals
53 stops
5 divisions
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 combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2019-02-02 - The organ was originally built by Pilcher in 1924. Three ranks were replaced and a new Reuter console installed by Geisler in 1961. Geisler added additional stops and a zimbelstern in 1973. In 1992, the organ was rebuilt by Range Organ Company, and work included a new organ case built by Denney Organ Works. Range also installed a different, used console (appears to be originally a Schantz console) in 1999. The work by Dr. Jason Alden included replacement of the failing reeds in each division, the addition of 3 ranks to form a new Choir division, and rewiring to allow the organist to select sounds from a variety of divisions. The new pipes were made by A. R. Schopp's. -Database Manager

2019-02-02 - A celebration of the completed organ project was held on October 21, 2018, with Kiyo and Chiemi Watanabe at the console. The concert was given to the Glory of God in memory of Hester Beck Willis, John Todd Willis, Jr., and John W. “Jack” Parnum, former church organist who died in 1918, while serving in World War I. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: Stoplist from Organ Celebration Program Date not recorded

Waco, Texas
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

Alden Organ Services      44 ranks     2018
____________________________________________________________________________________

GREAT:                          SWELL:                           ANTIPHONAL:
   16' Violone                     16' Lieblich Gedeckt            8' Echo Flute
    8' Principal                    8' Stopped Diapason            4' Flute d'Amour
    8' Bourdon                      8' Viole de Gambe              2' Flautino
    8' Violone                      8' Voix Celeste               II  Sesquialtera
    4' Octave                       4' Principal    
    4' Flute Biberon                4' Koppelflote
    2' Super Octave                 2' Octave
   IV  Fourniture               1 1/3' Quinte
    8' Cromhorne                   IV  Mixture
    8' En Chamade                  16' Bassoon
                                    8' Trompette
PEDAL:                              8' Bassoon
   32' Resultant                    4' Clarion
   16' Principal                       Tremulant
   16' Bourdon
   16' Violone                    CHOIR:
    8' Octave                       8' Violone [GT]
    8' Bourdon                      8' Rohrflute
    8' Lieblich Gedeckt             8' Gemshorn
    4' Choral Bass                  8' Celeste
    4' Nachthorn                    4' Spitz Principal
  III  Mixture                     16' Bassoon [SW]
   16' Trombone                     8' Trompette [SW]
   16' Bassoon                      8' Bassoon [SW]
    8' Trompette                    4' Clairon [SW]
    8' Bassoon                      8' En Chamade
    4' Krummhorn                       Tremulant

[Received online from Chad Boorsma • February 2, 2019]

Documents

Organ Celebration Program Photographs, stoplist, program, and history of the organ -Database Manager
Articles in The Tower (church newsletter) and letter regarding repairs/expansion of the church organ by Dr. Jason Alden. -Database Manager

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