THE CHURCHES OF RICHMOND
Photography by John G. DeMajo

 

SAINT JAMES'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH
1205 West Franklin Street, Richmond, VA
 
Sanctuary of St. James's Episcopal Church as the church prepared for a concert by the Westminster Schola Cantorum
 
Ceiling Detail
 
Rear gallery showing the The C.B. Fisk organ Opus 112
 
Partial view of side gallery
 
The Westminster Schola Cantorum with Dr. James Jordan, conductor
 
View of the Fisk console
 
Westminster accompanist Derrick Goff at the Fisk console
 
Fisk Organ

C. B. Fisk Organ Specification OPUS 112
SPECIFICATIONS

GREAT

 SWELL

POSITIVE

PEDAL

Prestant 16

Bourdon 16    

Violone 16

Contre Bourdon 32

Octave 8

Viole de Gambe 8

Principal 8

Contrebasse 16

Octave 4

Voix Céleste 8

Unda maris 8

Prestant 16

Quinte 2-2/3

Flute Traversiére 8

Salicional 8

Violoine 16

Doublette 2

Cor de Nuit 8

Bourdon 8

Bourdon 16

Tierce 1-3/5

Prestant 4

Octave 4

Posaune 16

Mixture IV-VI
Flute Octivante 4
Rhorflöte 4
Trommeten 8
Violoncelle 8
Octavin 2
Nasard 2-2/3
Contra Bombarde 32
Flute Harmonique 8
Plein Jeu IV
Doublette 2
Bombarde 16
Spillpfeife 8
Basson 16
Quarte de Nasard 2
Trompette 8
Flute 4
Trompette 8
Tierce 1-3/5
Clarion 4
Cornet V
Clarion 4
Mixture IV
 
Bombarde 16
Hautbois 8
Clochettes
 
Trompette 8
Viox Humaine 8
Cor Anglais 15
 
Clarion 4
Tremolo Rapide
Cromorne 8
 
Trommeten 8
 
Basson 8
 
       
COUPLERS
Great to Pedal
Swell to Great
Positive to Pedal
 
 
Swell to Positive
Positive Super to Pedal
 
   
Positive to Great
 
OTHER CONTROLS
Octaves Gravea
Tremulant
Balanced Swell Pedal Kowalshyn Servo-pneumatic Lever
Great Ventil
Tremolo Rapide
Balanced Positive Pedal Mechanical key action
Machine on
Flexible Wind
Crescendo Pedal Electric stop action
61 Note Manuals - 32 note pedal    
 
ORGAN HISTORY

Saint James's Episcopal Church
Fifth and Marshall streets

Ergen organ, 1839, 2m/13r (?)

GREAT

Open Diapason Gr.
(Stopped Diapason)
(Principal)
Flute a' chiminee
Twelfth
(Fifteenth)
Mixture
Trumpet

SWELL


Violine Diapason Sw.**
(St'd Diapason)
St'd Diapason Bass Sw.
(Principal)
Principal Bass Sw.
Aeoline**
(blank)

PEDAL
Open Diapason Ped.

The above list was compiled by James Baird, owner of the organ after the 1970s, from stop labels and his memory (organ was in storage).  Stops marked ** are presumably 1875 replacements.  Stops in parens are missing labels.

1201 West Franklin Street, 23220

Austin organ, 1912, Op. 418, 4m/33r

GREAT

16    Tibia Clausa                              61 pipes wood
8      Principal Diapason (leathered)      61 pipes metal
8     Small Diapason                            61 pipes metal
8     Viole d'Amour                             61 pipes       metal
8     Doppel Flute                         61 pipes       wood
4     Octave                                    61 pipes metal
4      Harmonic Flute                            61 pipes metal
Chimes (in Solo & Echo box)         25 tubes

SWELL

16      Bourdon                                   73 pipes Wood
8     Open Diapason                            73 pipes metal
8     Viole d'Orchestre                   73 pipes tin
8     Fohr Flute                         73 pipes       wood
8     Echo Salicional                    73 pipes metal
4     Flauto Traverso                      73 pipes wood
4      Violina                                   73 pipes metal
8      Cornopean                                 73 pipes reed
8     Oboe                                      73 pipes reed
Tremulant

CHOIR

8     Geigen Principal                     73 pipes metal
8      Dulciana                                  73 pipes       metal
8      Concert Flute                             73 pipes wood
4     Flute d'Amour                             73 pipes wood & metal
2      Piccolo                                   61 pipes metal
8      clarinet                                  73 pipes reed
Tremulant

SOLO (in Solo & Echo box)

8     Grand Diapason                            73 pipes       metal
8     Flauto Major                         73 pipes wood


8     Gross Gamba                         73 pipes       metal
8      Harmonic Tuba                             73 pipes reed

ECHO

8     Wald Flute                         73 pipes wood
8     Muted Viole                         73 pipes tin
8     Unda Maris                         61 pipes wood
4     Fern Flute                         73 pipes wood
8     Vox Humana                              61 pipes reed
(on separate chest with special valve tremulant)
Tremulant

PEDAL

32      Resultant Bass                            32 notes wood
16    Open Diapason (contract says notes)32 pipes wood
16      Violone (contract says notes)       32 pipes       wood & metal
16      Bourdon (from Great)                  32 notes wood
16      Lieblich Gedackt (from Swell)            32 notes wood
8     Gross Flute (from Open)             32 notes wood
8      Violoncello (from Violone)          32 notes wood & metal

 

COUPLERS

Swell to Great; Swell to Great Sub; Swell to Great Octave; Choir to Great; Choir to Great Sub; Choir to Great Octave; Solo & Echo to Great Unison; Solo & Echo to Great Octave; Swell Sub; Swell Unison Off; Swell Octave; Choir Sub; Choir Unison Off; Choir Octave; Swell to Choir Sub; Swell to Choir Unison; Swell to Choir Octave; Solo & Echo to Choir Unison; Great Manual of Sunday School Organ On and Off; Solo & Echo Sub; Solo & Echo Unison Off; Solo & Echo Octave; Solo On Echo Off; Echo On Solo Off; Echo and Solo On; Swell to Pedal; Swell to Pedal Octave; Great to Pedal; Great to Pedal Octave; Cohir to Pedal; Solo & Echo to Pedal

PISTONS
1-6 Great, Pedal stops & couplers
1-6 Swell, Pedal stops & couplers
1-6 Choir, Pedal stops & couplers
1-6 Solo & Echo, Pedal stops & couplers
1-4 Pedal stops & couplers (toe only)

Sunday School organ is to be blown from the main organ blower, as well as from its own separate blower, a trap valve to be provided.

Church opened 1913.  Organ was in one chamber on the left side of the chancel, with Solo & Echo divisions in the tower (behind balcony).  In 1913 church member and organ technician Burgess Ramos combined the church and Sunday School organs by placing the two Sunday School organ manuals atop the four-manual church console.  Austin rebuilt the whole thing in 1953.  The main part of the Austin remained in place, minus console, when a Reiger organ was installed in the balcony in 1974.  Both were destroyed by fire in 1994.

Sunday School organ, Op. 417, 1912, 2m/10r

8     Open Diapason                            73 pipes metal


8      Clarabella                          73 pipes wood
8      Dulciana                                  73 pipes metal


SWELL

8      English Diapason                    73 pipes metal
8     Rohr Flote                         73 pipes wood
8      Salicional                          73 pipes metal
8     Oboe Gamba                         73 pipes metal
4      Harmonic Flute                            73 pipes metal
Tremulant

PEDAL

16      Bourdon                                   73 pipes wood
16      Lieblich Gedackt                    73 pipes wood

COUPLERS
Great Sub; Great Unison Off; Great Octave; Swell to Great Sub; Swell to Great Unison; Swell to Great Octave; Swell Sub; Swell Unison Off; Swell Octave; Great to Pedal Unison; Swell to Pedal Unison; Swell to Pedal Octave

PISTONS
1-6 Great, Pedal stops & couplers
1-6 Swell, Pedal stops & couplers
1-3 Pedal stops & couplers (toe)

Great manual and stop action to be operated from main organ (pencil notation).

Information for both organs from same contract.

Austin organ, rebuilt 1953, 3m/51r

GREAT

8     First Diapason                            73 pipes
8     Second Diapason                      73 pipes
8     Viole D'Amour                             73 pipes
8      Doppelflute                         73 pipes
4     Octave                                    73 pipes
4      Harmonic Flute                            73 pipes
2 2/3 Twelfth                                   73 pipes
2      Fifteenth                                 73 pipes
8      Processional                              73 pipes
Chimes     

SWELL

16      Lieblich Gedeckt                    73 pipes
8     Open Diapason                            73 pipes
8      Stopped Flute                             73 pipes
8     Viole D'Orchestre                   73 pipes
8      Celeste                                   61 pipes
8     Echo Salicional                    73 pipes
4     Flauto Traverso                      73 pipes
4      Violina                                   73 pipes
8      Trumpet                                   73 pipes
8     Oboe                                      73 pipes
4      Clarion                                   73 pipes


Tremulant

CHOIR--SOLO

8      English Diapason                    73 pipes
8      Concert Flute                             73 pipes
8      Dulciana                                  73 pipes
8     Unda Maris                         61 pipes
4      Chimneyfulte                              73 pipes
2 2/3 Nazard                                    61 pipes
2      Piccolo                                   61 pipes
1 3/5 Tierce                                    61 pipes
1 1/3 Larigot                                   61 pipes
8      Clarinet                                  73 pipes
Tremulant

8      Principal Flute                     73 pipes
8     Gross Gamba                         73 pipes
8      Celeste                                   61 pipes
8      Harmonic Tuba                             73 pipes
Tremolo

ECHO--ANTIPHONAL (Choir Manual)

8      Clarabella                          73 pipes
8      Wardflute (sic)                     73 pipes
8     Flute Celeste                             61 pipes
8     Muted Viole                         73 pipes
4      Fernflute                                 73 pipes
8     Vox Humana                              61 pipes

8      Prestant                                  73 pipes
4      Spitzprincipal                            73 pipes
III   Plein Jeu                                 183 pipes

PEDAL

32      Resultant                                 -----
16    Open Diapason                            32 pipes
16      Violone                                   32 pipes
16      Bourdon                                   32 pipes
16      Lieblich Gedeckt                    32 pipes
16    Echo Dolce Gedeckt                       32 pipes
8     Gross Flute                         12 pipes
8      Violoncello                         32 pipes
8     Octave (prep.)
4     Super Octave (prep.)
16      Bombarde (prep.)
8      Bombarde (prep.)
4      Clarion (prep.)  

Information from dedication program, April 21, 1953

 

Rieger organ, 1974, 3m/80r

HAUPTWERK


16      Gemshorn
8      Principal
8      Holzflote
4     Octav
4      Nachthorn
II-IV Sesquialter (2 2/3)
2      Superoctav
II    Quarte (1 1/3)
VI      Mixture (1/3)
8      Trompete
4      Trompete
Tremulant

SCHWELLWERK

16    Pommer
8      Bleigedackt
8     Gamba
8      Schwebung
4      Holzprincipal
4      Rohrflote
2      Blockflote
1      Sifflet
V-VII Mixture (2)
IV    Cimbel (1/3)
V     Cornet (franz; 8)
16      Dulzian
8      Musette
4      Chalmei
8      Chamade
Tremulant

RUCKPOSITIV

8      Salicional
8      Rohrflote
4      Principal
4      Koppelflote
2 2/3 Nasat
2      Gemshorn
1 3/5 Terz
1 1/3 Quintlein
IV      Scharff (1)
16      Barpfeife
8      Krummhorn
Cymbelstern
Tremulant

PEDAL

16      Principalbass
16      Subbass
10 2/3 Grossnassat (ext. Basszink)
8      Octavbass (ext. 16)
8      Gedackt
4      Choralbass
2      Nachthorn
IV      Basszink (5 1/3)


VI      Rauschpfeife (2 2/3)
32    Sordun
16    Fagott
8      Posaune
 
56-note manuals, 30-note pedal.  Mechanical key action, electric stop action.
Information from dedication program, March 3, 1974.
Organ and choir were moved to rear gallery for this installation, which was in a free-standing case.  Contract signed January 2, 1973.  Original cost $130,260.  Final cost $140,000 due to two devaluations in dollar.  Revisions by Mann & Trupiano, 1993.  Destroyed by fire July 13, 1994.

 

1993 revisions as indicated, plus new console.

HAUPTWERK

16      Gemshorn (regulated)
8      Principal (rescaled and revoiced)
8      Traversflote (new)
8     Cello (new)
4     Octave (revoiced)
2 2/3 Quinte (revoiced)

2      Superoctave (revoiced)
1 3/5 Terz (new)
VI      Mixture (revoiced)
16      Dulcian (moved from Schwellwerk)
8      Trompete
Tremulant

SCHWELLWERK

16    Pommer
8      Bleigedeckt (revoiced)
8     Gamba (revoiced; 10 Quintadena basses replaced by Haskell           basses)
8      Schwebung (originally tuned flat, now tuned sharp)
4      Principal (new)
4      Rohrflote (revoiced; new trebles)
2      Blockflote
1      Sifflet (revoiced)
V      Mixture (reconstituted, revoiced)
V      Cornett
8      Trompete (Hawptwerk Trompete 4 with new bottom octave)
8     Oboe (TC; new)
4      Clarion (new)
8      Chamade
Tremulant

RUCKPOSITIV

16      Rankett (Barpfeife renamed)

PEDAL

16      Subbass (to be revoiced)


 

 

Fisk organ, 1999, Op. 112, 3m/62r

GREAT

16      Prestant                                        61 pipes, metal
8     Octave                                          61 pipes, metal
8      Violoncelle                               61 pipes, metal
8      Spillfeife                                61 pipes, metal
8     Flute harmonique (bass fr. Spillfeife)      45 pipes, metal
4     Octave                                          61 pipes, metal
4     Flute                                     61 pipes, metal
2 2/3 Quinte                                          61 pipes, metal
2      Doublette                                       61 pipes, metal
1 3/5 Tierce                                          54 pipes, metal
IV-VI Mixture                                         306 pipes, metal
V     Cornet                                          ????
16      Bombarde                                        ????
8      Trompette                                       61 pipes, metal
8      Trommeten                                       61 pipes, metal
4      Clairon                                         ????

SWELL

16      Bourdon                                        
8     Viole de gambe
8     Voix celeste
8     Flute traversiere
8     Cor de Nuit (prepared)
4      Prestant
4     Flute octaviante
2      Octavin
IV    Plein Jeu
16    Basson
8      Trompette
8      Hautbois
8     Voix humaine
4      Clairon

POSITIVE (enclosed)

16      Violone
8      Principal
8      Salicional
8     Unda maris
8      Bourdon
4     Octave
4      Rohrflote
2 2/3 Nasard
2      Doublette
2     Quarte de Nasard (prepared)
1 3/5 Tierce
IV      Mixture
16    Cor anglais
8     Basson
8      Cromorne


PEDAL

32    Contre Bourdon (ext.)
16      Contrebasse
16      Prestant (Great)
16      Violone (Positive)
16      Bourdon (Swell)
10 2/3 Quinte (ext.)
8     Octave
8      Violoncelle (Great)
8      Spillpfeife (Great
4     Octave
IV      Mixture (prepared)
32    Contre Bombarde (ext.)
16      Bombarde (Great)
16      Posaune
8      Trompette (Great)
8      Trometten (Great)
4      Clairon (Great)

Rear gallery installation with free-standing case.  Information from dedication program