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C. B. Fisk, Inc. Opus 85 (1984)

Images

1984 - Organ case (Photograph by Fisk, submitted by John Roper/John Roper)

2019-03-27 - Church Exterior (Photograph by Todd Hochstatter/Database Manager)

2019-03-27 - Memorial Stone (Photograph by Todd Hochstatter/Database Manager)

2019-03-27 - Balcony and Organ Case (Photograph by Dr. John Spencer Baskin/Database Manager)

2024-07-04 - Organ in gallery (Jason Farris/Jeff Scofield)

2024-07-04 - Windows (Jason Farris/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

• Organ type: Non-Traditional Style, As Consoles by Holtkamp, Schlicker, et al
• Console position: Keydesk Attached, Manuals Set Into Case
• 4 manuals
• 59 stops
• Key action Type: Mechanical (Suspended Tracker)
• Stop action Type: Mechanical
• Stop layout Type: Sliding Stop Controls/Levers
• Manual compass: 54 notes
• Pedal compass: 30 notes
• Pedal Type: Flat Straight
• Expression Type: No Enclosed Divisions
• Combination action: None
• Has hitchdown couplers

Notes

2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1988 -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - Brustwerk tuned in Meantone. Rest has device that allows it to be played either in a well-temperament or one-fifth comma meantone. Pitch A-440. -Database Manager

2010-02-07 - Updated through online information from Jim Black-Downes. -- This organ can switch the main three keyboards from well-tempered (notice, NOT equal-tempered) to one-fifth comma meantone. The Brustwerk is in meantone only and has split keys for g-sharp and a-flat and d-sharp and e-flat. -Database Manager

2010-02-08 - Updated through online information from Jim Black-Downes. -- This organ is not floor level. It is in the balcony at the rear. -Database Manager

2017-05-07 - Brustpositiv has 52 keys -Database Manager

Stoplist

From C.B. Fisk website Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Memorial Church, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
1984 C.B. Fisk, Inc. Opus 85

Werk (Man. II):
16' Prestant
16' Quintadehn
8' Octava
8' Spillpfeife
8' Violon
5 1/3' Quinta
4' Octava
2' Superoctava
2 2/3' Quinta
III Cornet
VIII-XIV Mixture
16' Trommeten
8' Trommeten
8' Trompette
4' Clarion II

Ruckpositiv (Man. I):
8' Prestant
8' Gedackt
8' Quintadena
4' Octava
4' Rohrflote
2 2/3' Quinta
II Sesquialter
2' Superoctava
V-IX Mixture
16' Dulcian
8' Cromorne
8' Trechterregal

Seitenwerk (Man. III):
8' Principal Schwiegel
8' Rohrflote
4' Holzoctava
2' Doublette
III Cornet
1' Sifflote
IV Mixture
8' Vox humana

Brustpositiv (Man. IV):
8' Gedackt
4' Quintadehn
2' Waldflote
II Doppelt Cimbel
8' Regal
4' Schalmey

Brustpedalia:
4' Jungfrauenregal
2' Cornett
1' Bauernflote

Pedal:
32' Contra Bourdon
16' Subbass
16' Prestant (from Werk)
16' Quintadehn
8' Octava
8' Spillpfeife
8' Violon
5 1/3' Quinta
4' Octava
2' Superoctava
32' Contraposaune
16' Posaune (from 32')
8' Trompete (from 32')
8' Trommeten
8' Trompette
4' Clarion II

 [Received from Connor Annable 2011-08-10.]

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