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Houston TX, USA (Texas) - Immaculate Heart of Mary Church
Municipal: Houston TX
Region:Harris County
Address: 7539 Avenue K, 77012, Houston, TX
Website: https://www.immaculateheartofmary.org/

Description nr.: 2067478.

Built by: Visser-Rowland Association (ca. 1997) - opus 113 R


The roman catholic Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in Houston, Texas, was dedicated on January 29, 1950. The pipe organ of the church has been rebuilt by the Visser-Rowland Association as opus 113 R, around 1997.

Technical data
Number of stops per division
- Hauptwerk11
- Positiv8
- Schwellwerk12
- Pedal11
Total number of stops42
Key actionMechanical
Stop actionElectrical
Windchest(s)Slider chests

Specification
Hauptwerk (C-c''''): Quintaton 16', Prinzipal 8', Harmonique Flöte 8', Rohrflöte 8', Oktav 4', Nachthorn 4', Waldflöte 2', Cornet 5 ranks (8') (from g°), Mixtur 5 ranks (1 1/3'), Trompete 8', Trompete Real 8'.
Positiv (C-c''''): Prinzipal 8', Rohrgedeckt 8', Oktav 4', Quinte 2 2/3', Oktav 2', Terz 1 3/5', Mixtur 4 ranks (1'), Krummhorn 8'.
Schwellwerk (C-c''''): Gemshorn 8', Celeste 8', Holzgedeckt 8', Prinzipal 4', Rohrflöte 4', Spitzflöte 2', Sesquialtera 2 ranks (2 2/3') (from c°), Mixtur 5 ranks (2'), Bombarde 16', Trompete 8', Hautbois 8', Klarine 4', Tremulant.
Pedal (C-g'): Bourdon 32', Prinzipal 16', Subbass 16', Oktavbass 8', Gedeckt 8', Choralbass 4', Bombarde 32', Posaune 16', Fagotte 16', Trompete 8', Schalmey 4'.
Couplers: Hauptwerk - Positiv, Hauptwerk - Schwellwerk, Positiv - Schwellwerk, Pedal - Hauptwerk, Pedal - Positiv, Pedal - Schwellwerk.

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).