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Visser-Rowland Associates Opus 7 (1977)

Memorial Drive United Methodist Church
12955 Memorial Drive
Houston, TX

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
3 manuals
32 stops
38 registers
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: 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

2005-09-19 - Online update from Randy Elkins -- All pedal reeds are installed horizontally in the case...very different even for Visser-Rowland! -Database Manager

2017-03-10 - Dr. Robert Lynn of the University of Houston was the consultant. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Typed stoplist Source: Stoplist from church website Date not recorded

Houston, Texas
Memorial Drive United Methodist Church

Visser-Rowland Associates   Opus 7   1977       3 manuals, 32 stops, 50 ranks
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         II. HAUPTWERK                          III. SCHWELLWERK (enclosed)
      8' Prinzipal             61            8' Gedeckt               61
      8' Rohrflöte             61            8' Salizional            61
      4' Oktav                 61            8' Celeste (TC)          49
      4' Koppelflöte           61            4' Prinzipal             61
      2' Waldflöte             61            4' Nachthorn             61
      8' Cornet V (TG)        210            2' Oktav                 61
  1 1/3' Mixtur V             305        1 1/3' Quinte                61
      8' Trompete              61            1' Scharff V            305
         Tremulant                          16' Fagott                61
                                             8' Trompete              61
         I. POSITIV (enclosed)               4' Klarine               61
      8' Singend Gedeckt       61               Tremulant
      4' Prestant              61
      4' Kleingedeckt          61               PEDAL
      2' Oktav                 61           32' Resultant             --
  1 1/3' Larigot               61           16' Prinzipal             56
      1' Sifflöte              61           16' Subbass               44
  2 2/3' Sesquialtera II (TC)  98            8' Oktav (fr. Prinz.)    --
      1' Kleinmixtur IV       244            8' Gedeckt (fr. Sub.)    --
      8' Krummhorn             61            4' Choralbass (Prinz.)   --
         Tremulant                       2 2/3' Mixtur III            96
                                            16' Posaune               56
                                             8' Trompete (fr. Posn.)  --
                                             4' Kleintrompete (Posn.) --


[Received from Steven E. Lawson  2017-03-06]

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