Better Pipe Organ Database

Austin Organ Co. Opus 2447 (1967)

Riviera Presbyterian Church: Sanctuary
5275 Sunset Dr.
Miami, FL

Images

2020-05-13 - Pipework (Photograph by Seth Carlson/Seth Carlson)

2020-05-13 - Console (Photograph by Seth Carlson/Seth Carlson)

1967-09-01 - Nave, Balcony, Console, and Organ Case (Photograph courtesy of Austin Organs, Inc./Database Manager)

1967-09-01 - Balcony and Organ Case (Photograph courtesy of Austin Organs, Inc./Database Manager)

2013-12-24 - Church interior (Church Facebook via Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2011-03-20 - Church interior to front (Church Facebook via Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
24 stops
31 registers
4 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)
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2004-12-16 - Information identifying this instrument from the Austin Organs, Inc. web site, accessed December 15, 2004: http://www.austinorgans.com/organ-research.htm. -Database Manager

2007-08-21 - Updated through online information from Douglas W. Craw. -Database Manager

2007-08-22 - Sanctuary damaged in 2005 by Hurricanes Katrina and Wilma; sanctuary gutted and rebuilt and rededicated in 2009. -Database Manager

2015-08-03 - Updated through online information from Robert Moncrief. -- While the sanctuary was damaged by hurricanes c. 10 years ago (and subsequently repaired/renovated), the organ was not damaged. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist from Austin brochure featuring the organ Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

     Riviera Presbyterian Church
     Miami, Florida

     Austin   Op. 2447   1967   3/30
     _______________________________________________

     GREAT                         CHOIR
  8' Principal        61        8' Nason Flute    61
  8' Bourdon          61        8' Flauto Dolce   61
  4' Octave           61        8' Flute Celeste  49
  4' Nachthorn        61        4' Koppelflöte    61
  2' Spitz Fifteenth  61        2' Principal      61
 IV  Fourniture      244    1 1/3' Larigot        61
     Unison Off                 8' Krummhorn      61
     Chimes           pf           Tremulant
                                   Sub
     SWELL                         Unison Off
  8' Rohrflöte        61           Super
  8' Viola            61
  8' Viola Celeste    49           PEDAL
  4' Principal        61       32' Resultant Bass --
  2' Blockflöte       61       16' Principal      32
III  Plein Jeu       183       16' Viola          12 SW
  8' Trompette        61       16' Gedeckt        12 CH
  4' Hautbois         61        8' Octave         32
     Tremulant                  8' Gedeckt        CH
     Sub                        4' Super Octave   12
     Unison Off                II  Mixture        64
     Super                     16' Trompette      12 SW
                                4' Krummhorn      CH

  [Received online from Jeff Scofield March 25, 2014]

Documents

(1967-04-30) Dedication program, via Jeff Scofield -Jeff Scofield
Austin sales brochure -Jeff Scofield