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Red River Organ Company (2019)

St. Gregory's Abbey
1900 W. MacArthur St.
Shawnee, OK

Images

2023-05-31 - Chapel exterior (Photograph by Noah Pierson/Noah Pierson)

Unknown - Chapel exterior (Photograph by Noah Pierson/Noah Pierson)

2023-05-31 - Exposed Great pipework (Photograph by Noah Pierson/Noah Pierson)

2023-05-31 - Great stop tabs (Photograph by Noah Pierson/Noah Pierson)

2023-05-31 - Swell stop tabs (Photograph by Noah Pierson/Noah Pierson)

2023-05-31 - Pedal stop tabs (Photograph by Noah Pierson/Noah Pierson)

2023-05-31 - Console (Photograph by Noah Pierson/Noah Pierson)

2023-05-31 - Chapel interior towards the rear (Photograph by Noah Pierson/Noah Pierson)

2023-05-31 - Chapel interior (Photograph by Noah Pierson/Noah Pierson)

Unknown - Great Pipework (Photograph by Noah Pierson (2019)/Database Manager)

Unknown - Console (Photograph by Noah Pierson (2019)/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
2 manuals
32 stops
3 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Tilting/Rocking Tablets 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)
Has crescendo
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

2019-05-20 - Identified through online information from Noah Pierson. -- Updated by Noah Pierson, who has heard or played the organ. <br> <br>As a former student of the organist here, and as someone who practices here on a regular basis, I am somewhat familiar with this organ, but not too terribly so. What I do know, from what the organist has told me, is the abbey organ was originally put in the church in the 40's, by Wicks. At that time, it was a smaller instrument: the exposed pipework you see in the attached pictures, did not exist, and it was entirely within the single swell box.<br>After the present organist arrived at the abbey, some 30odd years later, the organ was rebuilt, by the local (now retired) rep for Reuter, Roger Banks. From what I seem to remember being told, the organ retains quite a few of the original Wicks ranks, but sounds totally different from before. The Wicks, as it was originally, was a rather warm, orchestral sound. The organ NOW, while certainly isn't "glass shatteringly" shrill, is a much brighter sound. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: Taken from console

Great Diapason 8, Principal 8 (Unenclosed), Rohrflöte 8 (Unenclosed), Gedeckt 8, Gemshorn 8, Octave 4 (Unenclosed ), Rohrflöte 4 (Unenclosed ), Gemshorn 4, Twelfth 2 2/3 (Unenclosed ), Fifteenth 2 (Unenclosed ), Ninteenth 1 1/3 (Unenclosed ), Trumpet 8, Oboe 8

Swell Gedeckt 16, Geigen Principal 8 , Gedeckt 8, Salicional 8, Voix Celeste 8 , Gemshorn 8, Gemshorn Celeste 8, Octave 4, Gedeckt 4, Salicets II 4, Gemshorns II 4 , Gedeckt Quint 2 2/3, Gedeckt 2, Oboe 16 (Tenor C), Trumpet 8, Oboe 8, Oboe 4

Pedal Resultant 32, Subbass 16, Gedeckt 16, Principal 8, Gedeckt 8, Gemshorn 8, Principal 4, Gedeckt 4, Trumpet 8, Oboe 8, Trumpet 4, Oboe 4

Source: From Console; Updated/Corrected from Submitted Pictures 2019-08-07

Shawnee, Oklahoma
St. Gregory's Abbey

Wicks Organ Co., Opus 2315, 1941
Banks Ogan Co., 1970's - Refurbishing & Additions
Red River Organ co., 2019


       GREAT
8'     Diapason            (Sw)  --
8'     Principal   [unenclosed]
8'     Rohrflöte   [unenclosed]
8'     Gedeckt             (Sw)  --
8'     Gemshorn            (Sw)  --
4'     Octave      [unenclosed]
4'     Rohrflöte   [unenclosed]
4'     Gemshorn            (Sw)  --
2 2/3' Twelfth     [unenclosed]
2'     Fifteenth   [unenclosed]
1 1/3' Nineteenth  [unenclosed]
8'     Trumpet             (Sw)  --
8'     Oboe                (Sw)  --


       SWELL (Expressive)
8'     Geigen Principal
8'     Gedeckt
8'     Salicional
8'     Vox Celeste
8'     Gemshorn
8'     Gemshorn Celeste
4'     Octave
4'     Gedeckt
4'     Salicets II
4'     Gemshorns II
2 2/3' Gedeckt Quint
2'     Gedeckt
16'    Oboe                (tc)  -- 
8'     Trumpet
8'     Oboe
4'     Oboe


       PEDAL
32'    Resultant                 --
16'    Subbass                   32
16'    Gedeckt             (Sw)  12
8'     Principal           (Sw)  --
8'     Gedeckt             (Sw)  --
8'     Gemshorn            (Sw)  --
4'     Principal           (Sw)  --
4'     Gedeckt             (Sw)  --
8'     Trumpet             (Sw)  --
8'     Oboe                (Sw)  --
4'     Trumpet             (Sw)  --
4'     Oboe                (Sw)  --


       COUPLERS
Swell to Pedal                  8
Great to Pedal                  8

Swell to Great                  8,4


       FINGER PISTONS
General                      1 - 10
Swell                         1 - 6
  Sw  Ped                     (rev)
Great                         1 - 6
  Gt  Ped                     (rev)
[illegible]
[illegible; black]
[illegible; black]
[illegible; black]
Full Organ                    (rev)
Set
Gen Can


       TOE STUDS
Undocumented


       PEDAL MOVEMENTS
Swell Expression             (bal.)
Crescendo                    (bal.)


[Submitted by Noah Pierson  2019-08-07.]
[Updated/Corrected by James R. Stettner  2023-05-31.]

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