Pipe Organ Database

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C. B. Fisk, Inc. (Opus 100, 1991)

Location:

Meyerson Symphony Center
2301 Flora Street
Dallas, TX 75201 US
McDermott Hall
Organ ID: 4881

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Auditoriums and Concert Halls
  • The organ is unaltered from its original state.
  • The organ's condition is good, in regular use.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Database Manager on July 31, 2018.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Slider
  • 84 ranks. 6 divisions. 4 manuals. 65 stops.
All:
  • Chest Type(s): Slider chests
  • Position: In a case at the front of the room.
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on July 31, 2018.
Main:
  • Manuals: 4
  • Divisions: 6
  • Stops: 65
  • Position: Keydesk attached, manuals set into case.
  • Manual Compass: 61
  • Pedal Compass: 30
  • Key Action: Mechanical connection from key to chest (tracker, sticker or mix).
  • Stop Action: Electric connection between stop control and chest.
  • Stop Controls: Drawknobs in vertical rows on flat jambs.
  • Combination Action: Adjustable combination pistons.
  • Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals, AGO standard placement.
  • Pedalboard Type: Concave radiating pedalboard not meeting AGO standards.
  • Has Tutti Reversible Toe Pistons
  • Has Combination Action Thumb Pistons
  • Has Hitchdown Couplers
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on July 31, 2018.
Database Manager on September 01, 2015:

Updated through online information from Andrew Larson. -- After a considerable period of little to no use in solo recitals, the Dallas Symphony Orchestra has restarted its organ recital series under the name Opus 100 Organ Series.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on August 28, 2014:

Updated through online information from Gregory Hamilton.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on February 26, 2012:

Updated through online information from Stephen Hall. -- Organ is in regular use for the symphony and monthly recitals (source: Meyerson Symphony Center website accessed Feb 25, 2012)

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on October 30, 2004:

Status Note: There 1995

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on October 30, 2004:

Inaugurated 2 Sep 1992. SS comb. List of recordings in TAO 5/1994:50.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Source not recorded: Open In New Tab From C.B. Fisk website
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

Instrument Images:

Organ case and front of room: Photograph by Photograph courtesy of Fisk, submitted by John Roper, submitted by Jeff Scofield. Taken approx. 1992

Organ case and room: Photograph by Photograph courtesy of Fisk, submitted by John Roper, submitted by Jeff Scofield. Taken approx. 1992

Organ case, stage and room: Photograph by Photograph courtesy of Fisk, submitted by John Roper, submitted by Jeff Scofield. Taken approx. 1992

Console: Photograph by Photograph courtesy of Fisk, submitted by John Roper, submitted by Jeff Scofield. Taken approx. 1992