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Austin Organ Co. Opus 2022 (1939)

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

Images

2016-07-03 - Church exterior (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

• Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
• Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
• 3 manuals
• Key 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 toe pistons
• Has tutti toe pistons

Main

• Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
• 3 manuals
• 22 stops
• 25 registers
• 4 divisions
• Stop layout Type: Stop Keys Above Top Manual

Notes

2004-12-16 - Identified through information on the Austin Organs, Inc. web site, accessed December 16, 2004 -Database Manager

2007-03-14 - Updated through on-line information from Louis Playford. -- Replaced by Dobson, 2003. Tonal modernization by Austin in 1974. 28 ranks after modernization. I took lessons on this organ from 1982-1985. I played the last recital on it before its removal. The stoplist was taken down from the console. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: From THE DIAPASON April 1939

       Augusta, Georgia
       St. John United Methodist Church

       Austin   Op. 2022   1939   3/26
       _________________________________________________
       
       GREAT                       SWELL
    8' Open Diapason      73   16' Bourdon            73
    8' Viole d'Gamba      73    8' Open Diapason      73
    8' Grossflöte    * PD 41    8' Salicional         73
    4' Octave Diapason    73    8' Voix Celeste       61
  III  Diapason Mixture  183    8' Gedeckt            73
       Tubular Chimes   prep    4' Flute              73
                              III  Harmonic Aetheria 183
       CHOIR                    8' Cornopean          73
    8' Geigen Principal   73    8' Oboe Horn          73
    8' Melodia            73    8' Vox Humana         61
    8' Dulciana           73       Tremulant
    8' Vox Angelica       61
    4' Violina            73       PEDAL
    8' Clarinet           73   16' Open Diapason      32
       Tremulant               16' Bourdon            32
                               16' Lieblich Gedeckt   SW
    *  ext. of PD Open          8' Bass Flute         12

         [Received from Jeff Scofield April 10, 2022]

Documents

• Write-up from THE AMERICAN ORGANIST May 1939 Stoplist -Jeff Scofield
• Write-up from THE AMERICAN ORGANIST May 1939 Stoplist -Jeff Scofield
• (1939-04-01) Write-up from THE DIAPASON April 1939 Stoplist and commentary -Jeff Scofield

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

• #68237 - Austin Organs, Inc. Opus 2022A (1974)

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