Organ Specification

Margarite B. Parker Chapel
Trinity University
San Antonio, Texas

Builder:                    Otto Hoffman; 1966
Additions, tonal finishing: Ballard Pipe Organs (John Ballard); 1988

5 Divisions, 90 stops, 106 ranks, 5724 pipes

Action:      Electropneumatic 
Tuning:      a' = 440 Hz
Temperment:  Equitempered

5 Manuals: 61 keys each  C to c''''
  Pedal:   32 keys       C to g'


I:      Positiv Division
        18 stops + tremulant, 23 ranks, 1355 pipes
        2 3/4" pressure, under expression

     8  Principal               61
     8  Concert Flute           61
     8  Bourdon                 61
     8  Gemshorn                61
     8  Unda Maris              49      from c2
     8  Flute Dolce             61
     8  Flute Celeste           49      from c2
     4  Octave                  61
     4  Fl�te D'amour           61
 2 2/3  Nazard                  61
     2  Fifteenth               61
     2  Flute                   61
 1 3/5  Tierce                  61
    IV  Mixture                 244     1 1/3'
III-IV  Cymbale                 220     2/3'
    16  Dulzian                 61
     8  Cromorne                61
        Tremulant
     8  Pos. Festival Trumpet   --      Bombarde Division

II:     Great Division
        16 stops, 23 ranks, 1366 pipes
        3 1/4" pressure, screened in
        
    16  Sub Principal           61
    16  Bourdon                 61
     8  Principal               61
     8  Fl�te Harmonique        61
     8  Bourdon                 61
     4  Octave                  61
     4  Fl�te                   61
 2 2/3  Quint                   61
     2  Fifteenth               61
     2  Spire Flute             61
  IV-V  Fourniture              281     2'
   III  Cymbale                 183     1'
II-III  Tertian                 159     1 3/5'
    16  Bombarde                72     
     8  Trompette               --      16' Bombarde
     4  Clarion                 61


III:    Swell Division
        20 stops + tremulant, 23 ranks, 1354 pipes
        2 3/4" pressure, under expression

    16  Bourdon                 97
     8  Principal               61
     8  Chiminey Flute          61
     8  Viole de Gambe          61
     8  Voix C�leste            49      from c2
     4  Octave                  61
     4  Koppel Flute            61
 2 2/3  Nazard                  --      16' Bourdon
     2  Fifteenth               61
     2  Flute                   61
 1 1/3  Larigot                 61     
     1  Sifflute                --      16' Bourdon
 III-V  Plein-Jeu               244     1 1/3'
II-III  Sesquialtera            159     2 2/3'
    16  Fagot                   73
     8  Trompette               61
     8  Fagot                   --      16'
     8  Oboe                    61
     8  Voix Humaine Regal      61
     4  Clarion                 61
        Tremulant

IV:     Bombarde Division
        11 stops, 18 ranks, 1025 pipes
        3 1/2" pressure, unenclosed (facade)

     8  Open Diapason           61
     4  Octave                  61
     V  Grand Fourniture        305     2 2/3'; marked IV-VI
     V  Grand Cornet            245     8'; from tenor c; marked III-V
    16  Bombarde                37      1-24 from 16' Trompette un Chamade
    16  Trompette en Chamade    72     
     8  Trompette Harmonique    61           
     8  Trompette en Chamade    --      ext. 16' 
     4  Clarion Harmonique      61
     4  Clarion de Roi          61
     8  Bomb. Festival Trumpet  61      antiphonal; 5 1/2" Pressure


        Pedal Division
        25 stops, 19 ranks, 624 pipes
        3 1/2" pressure, screened in

    32  Contre Bourdon          12      ext. 16' Soubasse; 5?" pressure
   [16  Open Wood Diapason      --      [in preparation]
    16  Principal Basse         32
    16  Sub Principal           --      Great
    16  Soubasse                44
    16  Violone                 32
    16  Bourdon                 --      Swell
     8  Octave                  32
     8  Fl�te                   32
     8  Soubasse                --      16'
     8  Bourdon                 --      Swell
     4  Choral Bass             32
     4  Nachthorn               32
     2  Principal               32
    IV  Mixture                 128     2'
    32  Reed Cornet             --      derived (see below)
    32  Contre Bombarde         32      1/2 Length; 8" pressure
    16  Bombarde                56      8" pressure
    16  Posaune                 32
    16  Fagot                   --      Swell
     8  Trompette Harmonique    --      16' Bombarde
     8  Trompette               32
     8  Fagot                   --      Swell
     4  Clarion Harmonique      --      16' Bombarde
     4  Chalumeau               32
     2  Cornet                  32

                                        32' Reed Cornet: 1-12 derived from
                                        the 16' Soubasse and Violone; 13-32
                                        from 16' Posaune. 


Tablet Couplers:

        Great    to Pedal    8 
        Swell    to Pedal    8
        Swell    to Pedal    4
        Positiv  to Pedal    8
        Positiv  to Pedal    4
        Bombarde to Pedal    8

        Swell    to Great   16
        Swell    to Great    8
        Swell    to Great    4
        Positiv  to Great   16
        Positiv  to Great    8
        Bombarde to Great    8

        Swell    to Positiv 16
        Swell    to Positiv  8
        Swell    to Positiv  4
        Bombarde to Positiv  8
        Positiv             16
        Positiv              4
        Positiv  Unison Off

        Positiv  to Swell    8
        Bombarde to Swell    8
        Swell               16
        Swell                4
        Swell    Unison Off

        Manual I & II Reverse


Reversables:  Pistons and Toe Studs
              (Couplers under appropriate manual)

        Zimbelstern         under IV to the left

        Bombarde to Ped
        Swell    to Ped     marked "Recit to Ped"
        Great    to Ped     marked "Grand to Ped"
        Positiv  to Ped
        
        Sfortzando          under II to the right
                            with indicator light


Expression:

        Swell
        Positiv
        Crescendo           with indicator light


Memories:

        Levels:       32
        General:      1-12 (Toe and Thumb), 0 (Thumb only)
        Great:        1-6  (Thumb only)
        Positiv:      1-6  (Thumb only)
        Swell:        1-6  (Thumb only)
        Bombarde:     1-6  (Thumb only)
        Pedal:        1-7  (Toe and Thumb), 8 (Thumb only)


Other:

        Rear Blower Switch for Festival Trumpet
        Rear Blower Indicator Light


Compiled by Rick Kimpel, Jr.
April 19, 2000


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