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Galveston, USA (Texas) - Saint Mary's Cathedral Basilica
Municipal: Galveston
Region:Galveston County
Address: 2011 Church Street, 77550, Galveston, TX
Website: http://www.holyfamilygb.com/
Description nr.: 2003071.
Built by: Henry Pilcher's Sons (1928) - opus 1089
Het Pilchers-orgel in Galveston, Texas uit 1929 was lange tijd nauwelijks meer te bespelen. Het Echo Organ (een Fernwerk) was al jaren niet meer te gebruiken. Door Paul Jernigan & Shawn Sanders is het orgel in 1994 volledig gereviseerd. Enkele registers werden vervangen.
Technical data
Specification
Great: Diapason 16', First Diapason 8', Second Diapason 8', Gamba 8', Bourdon 8', Gemshorn 8', Octave 4' - 1994, Gedeckt 4', Fifteenth 2' - 1994, Mixture 3 ranks - 1994, Harmonic Trumpet 8', Tremolo.
Choir: English Diapason 8', Concert Flute 8', Flute Celeste 8', Dulciana 8', Flute d'Amour 4', Nazard 2 2/3' - 1994, Blockflute 2' - 1994, Tierce 1 3/5' - 1994, Clarinet 8', Tremolo.
Swell: Gedeckt 16', Open Diapason 8', Stopped Diapason 8', Salicional 8', Voix Celeste 8', Aeoline 8', Harmonic Flute 4', Flautino 2', Orchestral Oboe 8', French Horn 8', Vox Humana 8', Tremolo.
Echo: Fern Flute 8', Vox Seraphique 8', Vox Angelique 8', Vox Aetheria 8', Flute 4', Vox Humana 8', Tremolo.
Pedal: Open Diapason 16', Violone 16' - from Great, Bourdon 16', Lieblich Gedeckt 16' - from Swell, Quint 10 2/3' - extension, Bassflute 8' - extension, Diapason 8' - from Great, Bourdon 8' - extension, Octave 4' - from Great, Posaune 16' - extension, Trompette 8' - from Great.
Galveston, USA (Texas) - Saint Mary's Cathedral Basilica
Municipal: Galveston
Region:Galveston County
Address: 2011 Church Street, 77550, Galveston, TX
Website: http://www.holyfamilygb.com/
Description nr.: 2003071.
Built by: Henry Pilcher's Sons (1928) - opus 1089
| Year | Builder | Opus | Activity | 1928 | Henry Pilcher's Sons | 1089 | new organ | 1994 | Paul Jernigan & Shawn Sanders |
Het Pilchers-orgel in Galveston, Texas uit 1929 was lange tijd nauwelijks meer te bespelen. Het Echo Organ (een Fernwerk) was al jaren niet meer te gebruiken. Door Paul Jernigan & Shawn Sanders is het orgel in 1994 volledig gereviseerd. Enkele registers werden vervangen.
Technical data
| Number of stops per division | |
| - Great | 11 |
| - Choir | 9 |
| - Swell | 11 |
| - Echo | 6 |
| - Pedal | 11 (2) |
| Total number of stops | 48 (39) |
| Key action | Electropneumatic |
| Stop action | Electropneumatic |
| Windchest(s) | Cone chests |
Specification
Great: Diapason 16', First Diapason 8', Second Diapason 8', Gamba 8', Bourdon 8', Gemshorn 8', Octave 4' - 1994, Gedeckt 4', Fifteenth 2' - 1994, Mixture 3 ranks - 1994, Harmonic Trumpet 8', Tremolo.
Choir: English Diapason 8', Concert Flute 8', Flute Celeste 8', Dulciana 8', Flute d'Amour 4', Nazard 2 2/3' - 1994, Blockflute 2' - 1994, Tierce 1 3/5' - 1994, Clarinet 8', Tremolo.
Swell: Gedeckt 16', Open Diapason 8', Stopped Diapason 8', Salicional 8', Voix Celeste 8', Aeoline 8', Harmonic Flute 4', Flautino 2', Orchestral Oboe 8', French Horn 8', Vox Humana 8', Tremolo.
Echo: Fern Flute 8', Vox Seraphique 8', Vox Angelique 8', Vox Aetheria 8', Flute 4', Vox Humana 8', Tremolo.
Pedal: Open Diapason 16', Violone 16' - from Great, Bourdon 16', Lieblich Gedeckt 16' - from Swell, Quint 10 2/3' - extension, Bassflute 8' - extension, Diapason 8' - from Great, Bourdon 8' - extension, Octave 4' - from Great, Posaune 16' - extension, Trompette 8' - from Great.