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Shreveport, USA (Louisiana) - Cathedral of Saint John Berchmans
Municipal: Shreveport
Region:Caddo County
Address: 939 Jordan Street, 71101, Shreveport
Website: http://www.sjbcathedral.org/
Description nr.: 2028622.
Built by: Visser-Rowland Association (1993) - opus 105
Replaced with new organ (2011)
The Visser-Rowland Association built a new organ for the Cathedral of Saint John Berchmans, Shreveport, Louisiana, in 1993. The organ was designed as a three-manual organ with 24 stops. However, it has never been completed. Only Great and Pedal were installed. In 2011, a new organ was constructed in the cathedral by Parkey Organs, re-using parts of the material of Visser.
Technical data
Specification
Great (C-c''''): Prinzipal 8', Gedeckt 8', Oktav 4', Flute 4', Oktav 2', Mixtur 4 ranks (1 1/3'), Trompete 8'.
Pedal (C-g'): Subbass 16', Prinzipal 8' - from Great, Gedeckt 8', Choralbass 4', Posaune 16'.
Other stops: Zimbelstern.
Shreveport, USA (Louisiana) - Cathedral of Saint John Berchmans
Municipal: Shreveport
Region:Caddo County
Address: 939 Jordan Street, 71101, Shreveport
Website: http://www.sjbcathedral.org/
Description nr.: 2028622.
Built by: Visser-Rowland Association (1993) - opus 105
Replaced with new organ (2011)
The Visser-Rowland Association built a new organ for the Cathedral of Saint John Berchmans, Shreveport, Louisiana, in 1993. The organ was designed as a three-manual organ with 24 stops. However, it has never been completed. Only Great and Pedal were installed. In 2011, a new organ was constructed in the cathedral by Parkey Organs, re-using parts of the material of Visser.
Technical data
| Number of stops per division | |
| - Great | 7 |
| - Pedal | 5 |
| Total number of stops | 12 |
| Key action | Electrical |
| Stop action | Electrical |
| Windchest(s) | Slider chests |
Specification
Great (C-c''''): Prinzipal 8', Gedeckt 8', Oktav 4', Flute 4', Oktav 2', Mixtur 4 ranks (1 1/3'), Trompete 8'.
Pedal (C-g'): Subbass 16', Prinzipal 8' - from Great, Gedeckt 8', Choralbass 4', Posaune 16'.
Other stops: Zimbelstern.
| Literature |
Pieter A. Visser, Organ Builder : His Life, Work and Rejuvenation of Principles of Classical Organ Building / Jon Allan Stuber. - Austin : The University of Texas, 2001. - (Treatise). |