Better Pipe Organ Database

Austin Organ Co. Opus 1568 (1928)

First Baptist Church: Sanctuary
235 S. Fifth St.
Gadsden, AL

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

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
3 manuals
20 stops
30 registers
5 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Stop Keys Above Top Manual
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2004-12-15 - Information identifying this instrument from the Austin Organs, Inc. web site, accessed December 15, 2004: http://www.austinorgans.com/organ-research.htm. -Database Manager

2005-06-17 - Echo Division located in an attic chamber with a trapdoor as the chamber opening; the Echo was retained when the Austin was replaced in 1982 by the 3/52 Schantz. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from <i>The Diapason</i> October 1927 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

    Gadsden, Alabama
    First Baptist Church

    Austin   Op. 1568   1928   3/20
    __________________________________________________

    GREAT (*encl w/CH)             CHOIR
 8' Open Diapason     73        8' Gemshorn         GT
 8' Grossflöte        41 PD     8' Melodia          GT
 8' Gemshorn          73 *      8' Dulciana         GT
 8' Melodia           73 *      4' Harmonic Flute   GT
 8' Dulciana          73 *      8' Clarinet         73
 4' Harmonic Flute    73 *         Tremolo
 8' Tuba              73 *         Sub
    Sub                            Unison Off
    Unison Off                     Super
    Super                          Harp Celesta     61

    SWELL                          ECHO
16' Bourdon           61        8' Flauto Dolce     73
 8' Open Diapason     73        8' Muted Viole      73
 8' Stopped Flute     12        8' Vox Angelica     61
 8' Viole d'Orchestre 73        4' Chimney Flute    73
 8' Viole Celeste     61        8' Vox Humana       61
 8' Aeoline           73           Chimes           25
 4' Flute d'Amour     12
 2' Flageolet         12           PEDAL
 8' Oboe              73       32' Resultant Bass   --
    Tremolo                    16' Open Diapason    32
    Sub                        16' Bourdon          32
    Unison Off                 16' Lieblich Gedeckt SW
    Super                       8' Flute (Bourdon)  12

   [Received online from Jeff Scofield July 17, 2014]

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