Cathedral of Saint Andrew the Apostle

Little Rock, Arkansas

Year Built: 1992
Manuals: 4
Stops: 49
Ranks: 66

Swell Organ (Expressive)

16′ Lieblich Gedeckt
8′ Open Diapason
8′ Chimney Flute
8′ Salicional
8′ Voix Celeste EE
8′ Lieblich Gedeckt
4′ Principal
4′ Harmonic Flute
2 2/3 Nasard
2′ Harmonic Piccolo
1 3/5 Tierce
V Mixture
16′ Double Trumpet
8′ Cornopean
8′ Trumpet
8′ Oboe
8′ Vox Humana
4+8′ Clarion
Tremulant
Swell to Swell 16′
Swell Unison Off
Swell to Swell 4′

Great Organ

16′ Double Open Diapason
8′ Open Diapason
8′ Second Diapason
8′ Harmonic Flute1
8′ Stopped Diapason
8′ Viola de Gamba
4′ Octave
4′ Wald Flute
2 2/3 Twelfth
2′ Super Octave
1 3/5 Seventeenth
IV Full Mixture
III Sharp Mixture
8′ Harmonic Trumpet
Chimes
Tremulant
Great Unison Off

Solo Organ (Expressive)

8′ Flute
8′ Viole d′Orchestra
8′ Orchestral Celeste CC
4′ Flute
16′ Contra Tuba
8′ Harmonic Tuba
8′ French Horn
4′ Tuba Clarion
Tremulant
Solo to Solo 16′
Solo Unison Off
Solo to Solo 4′

Choir Organ (Expressive)

16′ Contra Viole
8′ Open Diapason
8′ Flauto Traverso
8′ Viole
8′ Dulciana
8′ Unda Maris TC
4′ Principal
4′ Chimney Flute
2′ Flautino
IV-V Mixture
8′ Clarinet
Tremulant
Harp
Cymbelstern
Choir to Choir 16′
Choir Unison Off
Choir to Choir 4′

Pedal Organ

32′ Sub Bourdon*
16′ Open Wood (SO)
16′ Double Open Diapason (GT)
16′ Bourdon
16′ Contre Viole (CH)
16′ Lieblich Gedeckt (SW)
8′ Flute (SO)
8′ Octave
8′ Stopped Diapason
8′ Viole (CH)
8′ Lieblich Gedeckt (SW)
4′ Super Octave
4′ Flute (SO)
II Quartane
IV Mixture
32′ Ophicleide*
16′ Bombarde
16′ Double Trumpet (SW)
8′ Harmonic Tuba (SO)
8′ Trumpet (SW)
4′ Tuba Clarion (SO)
4′ Clarion (SW)
Chimes

Couplers

Great to Pedal 8′
Swell to Pedal 8′ 4′
Choir to Pedal 8′ 4′
Solo to Pedal 8′ 4′
Swell to Great 16′ 8′ 4′
Choir to Great 16′ 8′ 4′
Solo to Great 16′ 8′ 4′
Choir to Swell 8′
Solo to Swell 8′
Swell to Choir 16′ 8′ 4′
Solo to Choir 16′ 8′ 4′
Great to Choir 8′

Pistons

12 General (with toe pistons)
7 Swell
7 Great
7 Choir
4 Solo
6 Pedal (with toe pistons)
4 Couplers
* digital voices
1 1-12 common bass with Stopped Diapason

The Nichols & Simpson organ at the Cathedral of St. Andrew in Little Rock, Arkansas was completed in 1992 and replaces an instrument constructed by M.P. Möller Company in 1932. The new organ was designed to retain much of the character of the Möller organ, replacing the large electro-pneumatic chests with new pallet and slider chests, allowing the exposure of the rose window depicting St. Cecilia, patron saint of musicians, which had been hidden for the sixty-year history of the Möller instrument. The console features keys of polished cow-bone and rosewood. The drawknobs are of turned rosewood with bone inset for the engraving. The interior of the console is constructed of burl oak. The solid state control system allows the organist 99 levels of combination action memory and four levels of crescendo with two adjustable Tuttis.

Those who contributed to the realization of the organ include:

C. Joseph Nichols
(engineering, installation, tonal finishing)

Wayne E. Simpson III
(design, voicing, installation, tonal finishing)

Robert Bartram
(windchest construction, installation)

Paul V. Scott
(windchest construction, installation)

Michael P. Snoddy
(windchest construction, installation)

Woodunique
(facade case work)

R. A. Colby, Inc.
(console)