A. E. Schlueter Pipe Organ Company (2015)

Originally Hook & Hastings Co. (Opus 1707, 1896)

Location:

First Presbyterian Church
1903 Church Street
Galveston, TX 77550 US
Organ ID: 72884

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Presbyterian Churches
  • The organ has been rebuilt or substantially revised.
  • The organ's condition is good, in regular use.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Corbin Sturch on March 05, 2023.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Slider
  • 54 ranks. 4 divisions. 3 manuals. 78 stops. 114 registers.
Great:
  • Chest Type(s): Slider chests
  • Position: Pipes exposed (in whole or in part) at the front of the room.
  • Built by A. E. Schlueter Pipe Organ Company
  • Slider Motors: Solenoids.
We received the most recent update for this division from Corbin Sturch on March 05, 2023.

Swell:
  • Chest Type(s): Slider chests
  • Position: In a case at the front of the room.
  • Built by A. E. Schlueter Pipe Organ Company
  • Slider Motors: Solenoids.
We received the most recent update for this division from Corbin Sturch on March 05, 2023.

Choir:
  • Chest Type(s): Slider chests
  • Position: In a case at the front of the room.
  • Built by A. E. Schlueter Pipe Organ Company
  • Slider Motors: Solenoids.
We received the most recent update for this division from Corbin Sturch on March 05, 2023.

Pedal:
  • Chest Type(s): Slider chests
  • Position: Pipes exposed (in whole or in part) at the front of the room.
  • Built by A. E. Schlueter Pipe Organ Company
  • Slider Motors: Solenoids.
We received the most recent update for this division from Corbin Sturch on March 05, 2023.
Main:
  • Built by A. E. Schlueter Pipe Organ Company
  • Manuals: 3
  • Divisions: 4
  • Stops: 78
  • Registers: 114
  • Position: Console in fixed position, right.
  • Manual Compass: 61
  • Pedal Compass: 32
  • Key Action: Electrical connection from key to chest.
  • Stop Action: Electric connection between stop control and chest.
  • Console Style: Traditional style without cover.
  • Stop Controls: Drawknobs in vertical rows on angled jambs.
  • Combination Action: Computerized/Digital system.
  • Combination Action Name: Syndyne
  • Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals, AGO standard placement.
  • Pedalboard Type: Concave radiating pedalboard meeting AGO Standards.
  • Has Crescendo Pedal
  • Has Tutti Reversible Thumb Pistons
  • Has Tutti Reversible Toe Pistons
  • Has Combination Action Thumb Pistons
  • Has Combination Action Toe Pistons
  • Has Combination Action Foot Trundles
  • Has Coupler Reversible Thumb Pistons
  • Has Coupler Reversible Toe Pistons
  • Has a Piston Sequencer
We received the most recent update for this console from Corbin Sturch on March 05, 2023.
Corbin Sturch: Open In New Tab Originally published 3/04/2023
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Corbin Sturch on March 06, 2023.

Specification from builder's web site: Open In New Tab
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Jim Stettner on March 08, 2023.
Reprint of cover article of The Diapason - May 2016: Open In New Tab Reprint of cover article of The Diapason - May 2016
Document created on 2016-05-01
We received the most recent update for this document from Patricia Conley on March 14, 2023.

Instrument Images:

Console: Photograph by Corbin Sturch. Taken on 2022-08-01

Console and façade: Photograph by Corbin Sturch. Taken on 2022-10-29

Main Case and Console: Photograph by Schlueter Organ Company, submitted by Corbin Sturch. Taken on 2016-03-06

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