Pipe Organ Database

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C. B. Fisk, Inc. (Opus 99, 1991)

Location:

Palmer Memorial Episcopal Church
6221 Main Street
Houston, TX 77030 US
Organ ID: 52662

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Episcopal and Anglican Churches
  • The organ has been renovated with changes 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 May 13, 2018.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Slider
  • 62 ranks. 3,003 pipes. 3 manuals. 41 stops.
All:
  • Chest Type(s): Slider chests
  • Position: In a gallery-level case at the rear of the room.
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Main:
  • Manuals: 3
  • Stops: 41
  • Position: Keydesk attached, manuals set into case.
  • Manual Compass: 58
  • Pedal Compass: 30
  • Key Action: Mechanical connection from key to chest (tracker, sticker or mix).
  • Stop Action: Mechanical connection between stop control and chest.
  • Console Style: Traditional style without cover.
  • Stop Controls: Drawknobs in vertical rows on flat jambs.
  • Pedalboard Type: Flat straight pedalboard.
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Database Manager on June 12, 2016:

Updated through online information from Ronald E. Grames.
Restored/tweaked organ can be heard on CD: Gothic G-49299

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on May 01, 2014:

This entry describes an original installation of a new pipe organ. Identified by John Igoe, using information from this web site: http://www.cbfisk.com/sites/default/files/instruments/specifications/099_spec.pdf. --

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Source not recorded: Open In New Tab Specification from builder's web site
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

Instrument Images:

Church Exterior: Photograph by T. Bradford Willis. Taken on 2015-11-30

Organ Cases: Photograph by T. Bradford Willis. Taken on 2015-11-30

Console: Photograph by T. Bradford Willis. Taken on 2015-11-30

Manuals and Builder's Nameplate: Photograph by T. Bradford Willis. Taken on 2015-11-30

Pedalboard, Foot Levers, and Expression Pedal: Photograph by T. Bradford Willis. Taken on 2015-11-30

Organ in room: Photograph by Fisk, submitted by John Roper. Taken approx. 1991

Console: Photograph by Fisk, submitted by John Roper. Taken approx. 1991

Case detail: Photograph by Fisk, submitted by John Roper. Taken approx. 1991