House of Hope Presbyterian Church
Sanctuary Organ
797 Summit Avenue
St Paul, MN 55105
Builder: C.B. Fisk (Opus 78, 1979)
Manuals: IV
Ranks: 97
Stops: 63
Action: Mechanical
--Information from the church. Photos by Richard Rasch.
Last Update: 2009
GREAT ORGAN
*16 Prestant
8 Octave
8 Gambe
8 Flute Harmonique
8 Bourdon
4 Octave
4 Rohrflöte
2 Superoctave
II Grave Mixture
V Cornet
VIII_XII Mixture
16 Double Trumpet
8 German Trumpet
8 French Trumpet
I-IV Orlos
SWELL ORGAN
16 Stillgedackt (Skinner bass)
8 Diapason
8 Viola da Gamba
8 Voix Céleste
8 Chimney Flute
4 Italian Principal
2-2/3 Qunita
II Sesquialter
2 Fifteenth
IV-VI Fourniture
16 Contra Hautboy
8 Trumpet
8 Oboe
4 Cliron
BRUSTWERK
8 Gedackt
4 Quintadena
2 Waldflöte
1-3/5 Tierce
III Echo Cornet
1-1/3 Quinta
III Cymbal
8 Regal
4 Schalmey
RUCKPOSITIV
*16 Holzquintadehn (Skinner)
8 Prestant
8 Bourdon
4 Octave
4 Baarpijp
3-1/5 Grosse Tierce
2-2/3 Nazard
II Sesquialtera
2 Night Horn
2 Doublet
V-VIII Sharp
16 Dulcian
8 Trechterregal
8 Cromorne
Noyes Memorial Carillon
The House of Hope was one of the first churches in North America to have a carillon when the bells were installed in the tower in 1923. House of Hope's carillon is a four-octave, fully chromatic instrument with 49 bells ranging in weight from 11 pounds to 5,280 pounds. It operates entirely by mechanical means; that is, each key is connected directly to a bell by means of wires and transmission bars, and the instrument is thereby under the player's complete expressive control.
PEDAL ORGAN
*32 Contra Bourdon (Skinner basses)
16 Prestant
*16 Subbass (Skinner)
8 Octave
8 Gedackt
4 Superoctave
V Mixture
32 Contra Bassoon
16 Trombone 16
8 Cornopean
4 Shawn
*Pipes retained from the E.M. Skinner organ.
Additional information and corrections to this organ profile are gratefully received by:
Richard C Greene, Organ list manager
739 Como Ave
Saint Paul, MN 55103
Positiv -- Treble end of Positiv. Left to right: 8' Prestant (facade), 16' Quintadena, 8' Gedackt, 4' flute, 4' Octave, mutations, Scharf, 16' Dulzian, 8' Trechterregal, 8' Cromorne --Photo from David Engen
Servopneumatic -- Pneumatic coupler to assist with coupling to the Great --Photo from David Engen
Swell -- Shutters in the background, reeds in foreground
--Photo from David Engen
Ladder -- yes, it's curved -- reflecting the Fisk ship building heritage of Gloucester
--Photo from David Engen
