Schoenstein & Co.
1993
Originally Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co. (1949)
First Presbyterian Church
Sanctuary
5300 Main Street
Houston, TX, US
72 Ranks
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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 Pedal4 Divisions60 StopsElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop ActionSequencerCombination 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: Unknown
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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DETAILS
This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location
Updated by Emory Glover
Database Manager on December 4th, 2013:
Updated through online information from Emory Glover.
Database Manager on November 18th, 2013:
Updated through online information from Emory Glover. -- Opus # 912 was built and installed in 1933 for temporary use in the basement Fellowship Hall used for worship after the downtown Sanctuary burned. Opus # 912A was built from scratch for Sanctuary of the new edifice farther out Main Street in the Museum District in 1949, and the 1933 Opus # 912 was moved and installed in the Chapel.
Database Manager on July 2nd, 2013:
Updated through online information from David McCrary. -- Console is located in the choir loft on the right hand side, not in view of the congregation. Some pipes are exposed and located across the chancel area on the left-hand side of the choir loft.
Database Manager on September 18th, 2011:
Updated through online information from Stephen Hall. -- Schoenstein renovated the organ in 1992/93 and added nine ranks of pipes plus two digital 32' stops for the pedal.
Database Manager on November 17th, 2006:
Identified 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:
Restoration of and additions (four stops) to Aeolian-Skinner Opus 912-A (1933).
Webpage Links: [PDF document, church web site]
Related Instrument Entries: Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co. (Opus 912-A, 1946)
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