Houston, Texas

Christ Church Cathedral, Episcopal

Builder:         Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co., Inc.
   Year:         1939 / 1954 / 1968
   Opus:         976, 976-A, 976-B

No. manuals:     3
No. stops:       55
No. ranks:       62
No. pipes:       3,843
 
 
 
                 GREAT ORGAN (II)                        SWELL ORGAN (III)
             16' Violon               61              8' Geigen Principal     73
              8' Principal            61              8' Stopped Diapason     73
              8' Holzgedeckt          61 a            8' Viole de Gambe       73
              4' Principal            61              8' Viole Celeste        73
              4' Rohrflöte            61              4' Octave Geigen        73
              2' Super Octave         61              4' Flute Harmonique     73
             IV  Fourniture          244          2 2/3' Nasard               61
                 Chimes                               2' Doublette            61
                                                     II  Grave Mixture       122 b
                 CHOIR ORGAN (I)                 II-III  Kleine Mixture      144 a
             16' Quintaton            73            III  Plein Jeu           183
              8' Viola Pomposa        73             16' Fagotto              73
              8' Viola Celeste        73 a            8' Trompette            73
              8' Concert Flute        73              8' Hautbois             73
              8' Dolcan               73              8' Voix Humaine         73
              8' Dolcan Celeste (GG)  66              4' Clairon              73
              4' Zauberflöte          73                 Tremulant
              2' Flageolet            61
              8' Cromorne             73 a               PEDAL ORGAN
              8' Corno di Bassetto    73             16' Principal            32
                 Tremulant                           16' Bourdon              32
              8' Trompette Harmonique 61             16' Violon               GT
                   (unenclosed)                      16' Quintaton            CH
                                                      8' Principal            32
                 POSITIV (I)                          8' Flute Conique        32
              8' Gedeckt              61              8' Quintaton            CH
              4' Nachthorn            61              8' Violoncello          GT
              2' Blockflöte           61          5 1/3' Quint                32
              1' Sifflöte             61              4' Choralbass           32
            III  Zimbel              183              4' Nachthorn            32
                 Tremulant                            2' Blockflöte           32
                                                     IV  Fourniture          128
                                                     16' Bombarde             32
                                                      8' Trompette            12
              a  added 1954, Op. 976-A                4' Clairon              12
              b  added 1968, Op. 976-B                   Chimes               GT

Source: Allen Kinzey

Notes: The specification was drawn up by Ned Gammons, then Cathedral organist, and G. Donald Harrison. It is said to be one of the first organs in the country to include a Positiv division. Additions were made in 1957 and 1967; Schantz added an Antiphonal division in 1992.

Organ Historical Society Database: https://pipeorgandatabase.org/OrganDetails.php?OrganID=25606