Alden Organ Services
2018
Originally Henry Pilcher's Sons (Opus 1229, 1924)
First Presbyterian Church
Sanctuary
1100 Austin Ave.
Waco, TX, US
44 Ranks - 2,385 Pipes
Instrument ID: 63600 ● Builder ID: 2018 ● Location ID: 55229
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STOPLISTS
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CONSOLES
Builder: Unknown
Position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
Design: Traditional With Roll Top
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Features:
3 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal5 Divisions53 Stops✓ 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
The organ was originally built by Pilcher in 1924. Three ranks were replaced and a new Reuter console installed by Geisler in 1961. Geisler added additional stops and a zimbelstern in 1973. In 1992, the organ was rebuilt by Range Organ Company, and work included a new organ case built by Denney Organ Works. Range also installed a different, used console (appears to be originally a Schantz console) in 1999. The work by Dr. Jason Alden included replacement of the failing reeds in each division, the addition of 3 ranks to form a new Choir division, and rewiring to allow the organist to select sounds from a variety of divisions. The new pipes were made by A. R. Schopp's.
Database Manager on February 2nd, 2019:
A celebration of the completed organ project was held on October 21, 2018, with Kiyo and Chiemi Watanabe at the console. The concert was given to the Glory of God in memory of Hester Beck Willis, John Todd Willis, Jr., and John W. “Jack” Parnum, former church organist who died in 1918, while serving in World War I.
Related Instrument Entries: Henry Pilcher's Sons (Opus 1229, 1924) , R. A. Geisler & Co. (1961) , R. A. Geisler & Co. (1973) , Range Organ Co. (1999)
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