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Austin Organ Co. Opus 952 (1920)

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)

Images

2020-09-19 - Building exterior (Photograph by Universal Preservation hall, via Wikipedia, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Unknown - Church interior and Austin organ case (Photograph from an archival source: Courtesy of University Preservation Hall, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

• 4 manuals
• 44 stops
• 56 registers
• 6 divisions
• Key action Type: Tubular Pneumatic (Details Unknown)

Notes

2004-10-30 - Building sold 1976. Organ may still [in 1997] be in the building. -Database Manager

2006-06-15 - Removed and dispersed in 2004. See the article referenced below. -Database Manager

2022-06-27 - Built in 1871 as the First Methodist Episcopal Church, which was designed by Elbridge Boyden in the High Victorian Gothic style. It was sold to the Universal Baptist Church in 1976. The church fell into disrepair and was condemned in 2000. A volunteer rescue effort – helped by a strategic alliance with Proctors Collaborative in Schenectady, New York begin in 2015 – began in 2018 to turn the church into a performance venue which hosted its first public event in 2020. -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

Stoplist from 2006 OHS Organ Atlas Source: From THE DIAPASON May 1920 Date not recorded

METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH

Austin Organs Inc. Opus 952 (1920)
IV Manuals

* - Enclosed in Choir Box

GREAT:
16' Open Diapason     61
8' Principal Diapason 61
8' Small Diapason     61
8' Doppel Flute       61
*8' Clarabella        61
*8' Violoncello       61
*4' Octave            61
*4' Flute             61
*8' Trumpet           61
Chimes                EC
Swell to Great 16'-8-4'
Choir to Great 16'-8-4'
Solo & Echo to Great 16'-8-4'

SWELL:
16' Bourdon           73
8' Open Diapason      73
8' Rohr Flute         73
8' Viole d'Orchestre  73
8' Viole Celeste      73
8' Echo Salicional    73
4' Flute              73
4' Violina            73
2' Flautina           61
16' Contra Fagotto    73
8' Cornopean          73
8' Oboe               73
8' Vox Humana         61
Tremolo
Swell 16'
Swell 4'
Swell Unison Off
Solo to Swell 8'

CHOIR:
16' Contre Viole      73
8' Geigen Principal   73
8' Concert Flute      73
8' Dolce              73
8' Unda Maris         61
8' Quintadena         73
4' Flute d'Amour      73
2' Piccolo            61
8' Clarinet           73
Celestial Harp        61
Tremulant
Choir 16'
Choir 4'
Choir Unison Off
Swell to Choir 16'-8-4'
Solo and Echo to Choir 8'

SOLO:
8' Stentorphone       73
8' Flauto Major       41 PD
8' Gamba              73
8' Gamba Celeste      61
4' Flute O(u)verte    73
8' Harmonic Tuba      73 (unenclosed)
Solo and Echo Unison Off
Solo and Echo 16'
Solo and Echo 4'
Great to Solo 8'

ECHO:
8' Lieblich Gedeckt   61
8' Echo Viole         61
8' Vox Angelica       61
4' Fern Flute         61
8' Vox Humana         61
Cathedral Chimes      20
Tremulant
Echo "On", Solo "Off"
Solo "On", Echo "Off"
Solo and Echo "On"

PEDAL:
32' Resultant           --
16' Great Open Diapason  32
16' Second Open Diapason GT
16' Violone              12 GT
16' Bourdon              32
16' Contre Viole         CH
16' Gedeckt              SW
8' Gross Flute           12
8' Violoncello           GT
8' Flute Dolce           12
32' Bombarde             12
16' Trombone             32
16' Contra Fagotto       SW
8' Harmonic Tuba         SO
Swell to Pedal 8'
Swell to Pedal 4'
Great to Pedal 8'
Great to Pedal 4'
Choir to Pedal 8'
Solo and Echo to Pedal 8'

 [Received from Sam Cherubin 2013-09-08.]

Documents

• Write-up from THE DIAPASON May 1920 Stoplist and commentary -Jeff Scofield

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