Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co.
Opus 1393, 1962

Central Presbyterian Church

Houston, TX, US

31 Ranks - 1,865 Pipes
Instrument ID: 35648 ● Builder ID: 52 ● Location ID: 31502
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Builder: Unknown
Position: Unknown
Design: Traditional With Roll Top
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Features:
3 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal4 Divisions22 Stops35 RegistersElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop Action✓ 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: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Control System: Unknown or N/A

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This instrument is: Not Extant and Not Playable in this location

Database Manager on September 3rd, 2018:
The church was quite attractive for a church of the early 1960's - a very creative design and a large spectacular window at the rear of the high nave; the choir and console were in an elevated loft above and behind the altar; the organ was functionally displayed on a level above that - all behind a very open floor-to-ceiling reredos; the church was demolished in September 2011.

Database Manager on September 18th, 2011:
Updated through online information from Stephen Hall. -- Central Presbyterian merged with St Phillip's Presbyterian some time after 2000. The organ was sold to the University of Texas at Austin. The organ was removed circa 2010 by Robert Coulter, to be installed in Jessen Auditorium, Butler School of Music, University of Texas at Austin. Coulter is releathering the chests and updating the console and wiring to solid-state electrical switching, but intends to keep the voicing as left by Roy Perry, who finished the organ.

Database Manager on June 28th, 2008:
Identified through information adapted from <i>E. M. Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner Opus List</i>, by Sand Lawn and Allen Kinzey (Organ Historical Society, 1997), and included here through the kind permission of Sand Lawn: <br><i> Installed in 1962; no information.</i>

Webpage Links: Opus 1393: Central Presbyterian Church

Related Instrument Entries: Robert I. Coulter - Organbuilder (2012)

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