Better Pipe Organ Database

B. L. McCrary (Pipe Organ Service) (1968)

First Christian Church
3001 Wolflin Ave.
Amarillo, TX

Images

2019-11-18 - Church exterior (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2019-03-13 - Church interior to front (Photograph by Amarillo Chapter AGO, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2019-03-13 - Console (Photograph by Amarillo Chapter AGO, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2019-03-13 - Church interior and organ chambers (Photograph by Amarillo Chapter AGO, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
30 registers
4 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: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
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: Courtesy of the Organ Historical Society Archives

       Amarillo, Texas
       First Christian Church

       Ester    Op.  756   1910
       Möller   Op M-101   1964  Console 

              CONSOLE SPECIFICATIONS
       ____________________________________

       GREAT               SWELL
    8' Principal       16' Bourdon       tc
    8' Gemshorn         8' Stopped Flute
    4' Octave           8' Viola
2 2/3' Twelfth          8' Salicional
    2' Fifteenth        8' Viol Celeste
  III  Mixture          4' Principal
       Tremolo          4' Flute Harmonic
       Sub          2 2/3' Nazard
       Unison Off       8' Trumpet
       Super            4' Clarion
       Chimes              Tremolo
       Blank               Sub
                           Unison Off
       CHOIR               Super
    8' Melodia             Blank
    8' Dulciana            Blank
    8' Unda Maris
    4' Nachthorn           PEDAL
    2' Blockflöte      16' Bourdon
       Tremolo         16' Lieblich Gedeckt
       Sub              8' Diapason
       Unison Off       8' Bourdon
       Super            8' Gedeckt
       Blank            4' Octave
       Blank            4' Gedeckt
       Blank            8' Trumpet
                        4' Clarion

 [Received from Jeff Scofield June 7, 2021]

Documents

(1964-02-04) Factory Specifications via the OHS Archives Factory console specifications -Jeff Scofield