Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co.
Opus 976, 1938
Christ Church Cathedral, Episcopal
Sanctuary
1117 Texas Ave.
Houston, TX, US
62 Ranks - 3,703 Pipes
Instrument ID: 7785 ● Builder ID: 52 ● Location ID: 7338
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STOPLISTS
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CONSOLES
Builder: Unknown
Position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
Design: Traditional Without Cover
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Features:
3 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal5 Divisions51 Stops58 RegistersElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop Action✓ Crescendo✓ Combination Thumb Piston(s)✓ Combination Toe Piston(s)✓ Coupler Thumb Piston(s)✓ Coupler Toe Piston(s)✓ Sforzando Thumb Piston(s)✓ Sforzando Toe Piston(s)Stop Layout: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination Action: Computerized/Digital
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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DETAILS
This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location
Updated through information adapted from E. M. Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner Opus List, by Sand Lawn and Allen Kinzey (Organ Historical Society, 1997), and included here through the kind permission of Sand Lawn:
Altered in 1954 (976-A) and 1968 (976-B); renovated by Charles Moseley in 1968; Antiphonal division added by Schantz in 1992. [See Aeolian-Skinner Opus 3013 for Chapel organ]
Database Manager on October 28th, 2006:
Updated through online information from Bruce Power. -- New pipework is Schantz (an antiphonal organ) and John Hendrikson.
Database Manager on September 19th, 2005:
Online update from Randy Elkins -- Organ had some work done by Visser Rowland, Schoenstein and an antiphonal division added by Schantz.
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
Rebuild of Skinner Op. 976
Webpage Links: Organs of Christ Church Cathedral , Opus 976: Christ Church Cathedral
Related Instrument Entries: Charles Mosely (1968) , Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co. (Opus 976-B, 1968) , Schantz Organ Co. (Opus 1990, 1992) , John Hendriksen (1998) , Richard Houghten (2012)
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