Pipe Organ Database

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(Carl) Barckhoff Church Organ Co. (1903ca.)

Location:

St. Michael's Lutheran Church
Winchester, TX 78964 US
Organ ID: 2211

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Lutheran Churches
  • The organ has an unknown or unreported status.
  • The organ's condition is unknown.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Slider
  • 8 ranks. 3 divisions. 2 manuals. 8 stops. 8 registers.
All:
  • Chest Type(s): Slider chests
  • Position: In a gallery-level case at the rear of the room.
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Main:
  • Manuals: 2
  • Divisions: 3
  • Stops: 8
  • Registers: 8
  • Position: Keydesk attached.
  • Manual Compass: 61
  • Pedal Compass: 27
  • Key Action: Mechanical connection from key to chest (tracker, sticker or mix).
  • Stop Action: Mechanical connection between stop control and chest.
  • Console Style: Traditional style with a keyboard cover that can be lifted to form a music rack.
  • Stop Controls: Drawknobs in horizontal rows on terraced/stepped jambs.
  • Combination Action: Fixed mechanical system.
  • Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals.
  • Pedalboard Type: Flat straight pedalboard.
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Database Manager on August 26, 2014:

Updated through online information from James R. Stettner.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on October 30, 2004:

Stop list.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

Instrument Images:

Nave, Balcony, and Organ Case: Photograph by Mark McClain. Taken on 2014-08-05

Organ Case and Keydesk: Photograph by Mark McClain. Taken on 2014-08-05

Keydesk: Photograph by Mark McClain. Taken on 2014-08-05

Keydesk: Photograph by Mark McClain. Taken on 2014-08-05

Manuals and Thumb Pistons: Photograph by Mark McClain. Taken on 2014-08-05

Builder's Name Stencil: Photograph by Mark McClain. Taken on 2014-08-05

Left Drawknobs: Photograph by Mark McClain. Taken on 2014-08-05

Right Drawknobs: Photograph by Mark McClain. Taken on 2014-08-05

Pedalboard, Swell Pedal, and Foot Levers: Photograph by Mark McClain. Taken on 2014-08-05

Inside the Organ Case: Photograph by Mark McClain. Taken on 2014-08-05

Left Side of Case Interior: Photograph by Mark McClain. Taken on 2014-08-05

Right Side of Case Interior: Photograph by Mark McClain. Taken on 2014-08-05

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