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Richard Houghten (2012)

Images

2012 - Console (Photograph by Jeff Grass, submitted by Daryl Robinson/Daryl Robinson)

2024-10-20 - Cathedral interior (Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2024-10-20 - Cathedral interior and console (Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2024-10-24 - Organ chamber and pipework (Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2024-10-20 - Console in normal location (Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2024-10-20 - Console in concert position (Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2024-10-20 - Left stopamb (Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2024-10-20 - Right stopjamb (Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2024-10-20 - Console center (Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2024-10-20 - Toe stud terrace (Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2024-10-20 - Coupler rail (Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2024-10-20 - Interior to rear, en-Chamade and Antiphonal (Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2024-10-20 - En-Chamade and Antiphonal (Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2024-10-20 - Antiphonal case (Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2024-10-20 - Cathedral exterior (Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

• Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
• Console position: Movable Console
• 4 manuals
• 7 divisions
• 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

Source: Taken from the console

Houston, Texas
Christ Church Cathedral, Episcopal

Edwin Robinson Spotts Memorial Organ
-Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co., Opus 976, 1938
-Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co., Opus 976B, 1968
-Schantz Organ Co., Opus 1990, 1992 - Added Echo
-John Hendriksen, 1998 - Tonal Revisions and Additions
-Schantz Organ Co., 2010 - William N. Barnard Memorial Antiphonal Organ
-Richard Houghten, 2012 - Console


       GREAT (II)
16     Violon
8      Principal
8      Viola Pomposa (Ch.)
8      Flûte octaviante
8      Bourdon
4      Octave
4      Rohrflöte
2      Super Octave
IV     Fourniture 1-1/3
IV     Cymbel 1
16     Contra Tromba
8      Tromba
4      Tromba Clarion
       Tremulant
8      Trompette en-Chamade (Solo)
              Chimes (enclosed in Choir)


       SWELL (III - Expressive)
16     Bourdon  *
8      Geigen Principal
8      Stopped Diapason
8      Viole de gambe
8      Viole céleste
4      Octave Geigen
4      Flûte harmonique
2 2/3  Nasard
2      Doublette
1 3/5  Tierce
1 1/3  Larigot
III-IV Plein jeu 2
IV     Mixture 1-1/3
16     Contre Trompette
8      Trompette
8      Hautbois
8      Voix humaine
4      Clairon
       Tremulant
8      Trompette en-Chamade (Solo)


       CHOIR (I - Expressive)
16     Quintaton *
8      English Diapason
8      Viola Pomposa
8      Viola Celeste
8      Concert Flute
8      Dolcan
8      Dolcan Celeste
4      Octave
4      Zauberflöte
2      Flageolet
IV     Mixture 1-1/3
8      Trompette Harmonique
8      Cromorne
8      Corno di Bassetto
       Tremulant
8      Trompette en-Chamade (Solo)


       POSITIV (I)
8      Gedeckt
4      Prestant
4      Nachthorn
2      Blockflöte
1      Sifflöte
II     Sesquialtera 2-2/3
III    Scharff


       SOLO (IV)
8      Trompette en-Chamade (located with Antiphonal) 
16     Contra Tromba  (Gr.)
8      Tromba (Gr.)
8      Trompette Harmonique (Ch.)
4      Tromba Clarion (Gr.)
8      Cromorne (Ch.)


       ANTIPHONAL 
16     Bourdon
8      Principal 
8      Bourdon
4      Octave
4      Flute
2      Fifteenth
IV     Mixture 1-1/3

       PEDAL
32     Violon *
32     Soubasse *
16     Diapason *
16     Principal
16     Violon (Gr.)
16     Bourdon
16     Bourdon (Ant.)
16     Flûte conique *
8      Principal
8      Flûte conique
8      Violoncello (Gr.)
5 1/3  Quinte
4      Choralbass
4      Nachthorn
3 1/5  Tierce
2      Blockflöte
IV     Fourniture 2-2/3
32     Bombarde
16     Bombarde
16     Posaune
16     Contra Tromba (Gr.)
8      Trompette
8      Tromba (Gr.)
8      Cromorne (Ch.)
4      Clairon
4      Tromba (Gr.)
4      Cromorne (Ch.)
8      Trompette en-Chamade (Solo)
       Chimes


* indicates digital stop provided by Walker Technical Co.  

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