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The Joseph W. Schreiber Memorial Organ
Independent Presbyterian Church
Birmingham, Alabama

Opus 90, 2012

  

Specifications

GREAT (II)
1.
16'
 Principal partly in façade 61 pipes
2.
8'
 Open Diapason 61 pipes
8'
 Principal ext. Principal 16' 12 pipes
3.
8'
 Harmonic Flute 61 pipes
4.
8'
 Chimney Flute 61 pipes
5.
8'
 Gamba 61 pipes
6.
4'
 Octave 61 pipes
7.
4'
 Spire Flute 61 pipes
8.
2-2/3'
 Twelfth 61 pipes
9.
2'
 Fifteenth 61 pipes
10.
III
 Cornet 2-2/3'' mounted, g20-g56 111 pipes
11.
IV
 Mixture 1-1/3' 244 pipes
12.
16'
 Posaune 61 pipes
13.
8'
 Trumpet 61 pipes
8'
 Posaune ext. Posaune 16' 12 pipes
14.
4'
 Clarion 61 pipes
Tremolo
8'
 Tuba Mirabilis from Solo — pipes
8'
 Major Trumpet from Solo — pipes
Swell to Great 16'
Swell to Great 8'
Swell to Great 4'
Choir to Great 16'
Choir to Great 8'
Choir to Great 4'
Solo to Great 16'
Solo to Great 8'
Solo to Great 4'
Pedal to Great 8'
Antiphonal to Great 8'
 
SWELL (III; enclosed)
15.
16'
 Bourdon EMS 61 pipes
16.
8'
 Diapason 61 pipes
17.
8'
 Bourdon EMS 61 pipes
18.
8'
 Viole 61 pipes
19.
8'
 Viole Celeste CC 61 pipes
20.
8'
 Flauto Dolce EMS 61 pipes
21.
8'
 Flute Celeste TC, EMS 49 pipes
22.
4'
 Octave 61 pipes
23.
4'
 Harmonic Flute 61 pipes
24.
2-2/3'
 Quinte 61 pipes
25.
2'
 Doublette 61 pipes
26.
1-3/5'
 Tierce 61 pipes
27.
IV
 Plein jeu 2' 244 pipes
28.
16'
 Basson 61 pipes
29.
8'
 Trompette 61 pipes
30.
8'
 Hautbois 61 pipes
31.
8'
 Voix Humaine EMS 61 pipes
32.
4'
 Clairon 61 pipes
Swell 16
Swell 4
Swell Unison Off
Tremolo
8'
 Tuba Mirabilis from Solo — pipes
8'
 Major Trumpet from Solo — pipes
Solo to Swell 16'
Solo to Swell 8'
Solo to Swell 4'
Antiphonal to Swell 8'
 
CHOIR (I; enclosed)
16'
 Gemshorn ext. Gemshorn 8', A-S 12 pipes
33.
8'
 Principal 61 pipes
34.
8'
 Salicional 61 pipes
35.
8'
 Gedeckt 61 pipes
36.
8'
 Gemshorn EMS 61 pipes
37.
8'
 Unda Maris FF 56 pipes
38.
4'
 Octave 61 pipes
39.
4'
 Chimney Flute 61 pipes
40.
2-2/3'
 Nazard 61 pipes
41.
2'
 Super Octave 61 pipes
42.
2'
 Recorder 61 pipes
43.
1-3/5'
 Tierce 61 pipes
44.
1-1/3'
 Larigot 61 pipes
45.
1'
 Piccolo 61 pipes
46.
IV
 Mixture 1' 244 pipes
47.
II
 Sharp Mixture 2/5' 122 pipes
16'
 Corno di Basso ext. Corno d’Amore 8' 12 pipes
48.
8'
 Trumpet EMS 61 pipes
49.
8'
 Corno d’Amore EMS 61 pipes
Choir 16'
Choir 4'
Choir Unison Off
Tremolo
Swell to Choir 16'
Swell to Choir 8'
Swell to Choir 4'
Antiphonal to Choir 8'
 
SOLO (I; separately enclosed within Choir)
50.
8'
 Viole d’Orchestre 73 pipes
51.
8'
 Viole Celeste 61 pipes
52.
4'
 Orchestral Flute 73 pipes
53.
8'
 French Horn existing 61 pipes
54.
8'
 Clarinet EMS 61 pipes
Tremolo
55.
16'
 Trombone EMS 61 pipes
56.
8'
 Tuba Mirabilis 73 pipes
8'
 Tuba ext. Trombone 16' 12 pipes
4'
 Tuba Clarion ext. Trombone 16' 12 pipes
16'
 Major Trumpet TC ext. — pipes
8'
 Major Trumpet located in Antiphonal 61 pipes
Chimes 25 tubes
Harp existing digital 61 notes
Solo 16'
Solo 4'
Solo Unison Off
   
ANTIPHONAL
57.
8'
 Spitzprincipal existing 61 pipes
58.
4'
 Prestant existing 61 pipes
59.
2'
 Super Octave existing 61 pipes
60.
IV
 Plein Jeu existing 244 pipes
 
PEDAL
61.
32'
 Contra Diapason 32 pipes
32'
 Contra Bourdon existing digital 32 notes
16'
 Open Diapason ext. Contra Diap. 32' 12 pipes
62.
16'
 Octave partly in façade 32 pipes
16'
 Principal Great — pipes
16'
 Spitzprincipal ext. of Ant. 8' 12 pipes
63.
16'
 Subbass 32 pipes
16'
 Gemshorn Choir — pipes
16'
 Bourdon Swell — pipes
8'
 Octave ext. of Octave 16' 12 pipes
8'
 Bass Flute ext. Contra Diap. 32' 12 pipes
8'
 Bourdon ext. Subbass 12 pipes
8'
 Gemshorn Choir — pipes
8'
 Gedeckt ext. Swell Bourdon 16' — pipes
64.
4'
 Super Octave 32 pipes
4'
 Flute Solo — pipes
65.
IV
 Mixture 2-2/3' existing 128 pipes
66.
32'
 Contre Bombarde 32 pipes
32'
 Grand Harmonics various — pipes
16'
 Bombarde ext. 32' 12 pipes
16'
 Posaune Great — pipes
16'
 Trombone Solo — pipes
67.
8'
 Trumpet 32 pipes
8'
 Posaune Great — pipes
4'
 Clarion ext. Ped. Trumpet 8' 12 pipes
4'
 Clarinet Solo — pipes
8'
 Tuba Solo — pipes
8'
 Major Trumpet Solo — pipes
Chimes Solo — notes
  
Great to Pedal 8'
Swell to Pedal 8'
Swell to Pedal 4'
Choir to Pedal 8'
Choir to Pedal 4'
Solo to Pedal 8'
Solo to Pedal 4'
Antiphonal to Pedal 8'
  
ACCESSORIES
Bell Star in Choir box
All Swells to Swell
Pedal Divide
Great/Choir Manual Transfer
Transposer

  

DETAILS OF CONSTRUCTION

• New cases on chamber fronts with speaking pipes of burnished tin
• Electric slider windchests for Great, Swell and Choir,
   with electro-pneumatic windchests for Solo, Pedal and offsets
• Three manual console with drawknobs in angled vertical jambs
• Manual keyboards have bone naturals with ebony sharps
• Pedalboard has hard maple naturals and rosewood sharps
• Rosewood drawknobs with bone-colored faces and black engraving
• Rosewood Swell, Choir, Solo and Crescendo shoes
• Music rack and pedal lights
• Bench with crank-type height adjustment
• Console mirrors (removable)
• Electric key and stop actions
• 300 level Solid State Logic combination action retained from
   existing organ and reconfigured as follows:
   24 General thumb pistons with 1–12 duplicated as toe pistons
     8 Great divisional thumb pistons
     8 Swell divisional thumb pistons
     8 Choir divisional thumb pistons
     5 Pedal divisional toe pistons
     Great to Pedal reversible thumb & toe piston
     Swell to Pedal reversible thumb & toe piston
     Choir to Pedal reversible thumb & toe piston
     General Cancel thumb piston
     Tutti reversible thumb & toe piston
     Set and Scope thumb pistons
     All Pistons Next reversible thumb piston with signal lamp
     Bone-colored thumb pistons with black engraving
     Toe pistons of polished brass with inset black rubber surfaces
     Simple (natural order) piston sequencer with Next and Previous
     thumb & toe pistons

Several ranks are retained from Skinner Organ Co. Op. 516 and Æolian-Skinner Op. 516-A, as well as the Antiphonal added by M.P. Möller.

  

  

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