Better Pipe Organ Database

Austin Organs, Inc. Opus 2035 (1940)

Agnes Scott College
141 E. College Avenue
Decatur, GA

Images

1991-07-18 - Console (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

2006-09-13 - Stage, chamber fronts, console from rear balcony (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

2006-09-13 - Exterior (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
4 manuals
36 stops
59 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: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

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

2007-01-12 - From Jeff Scofield: Restored by Austin in 1980. In excellent condition and still frequently used. -Database Manager

2021-12-12 - Apparent clerical error. Address verified at www.agnesscott.edu. -Robert G Zanca

Stoplist

Source: From THE DIAPASON July 1940

       Decatur, Georgia
       Agnes Scott College
       Presser Hall, Gaines Chapel

       Austin   Op. 2035   1940   4/40
       ___________________________________________________

       GREAT                         SWELL
   16' Dbl Open Diapason 61      16' Lieblich Gedeckt   12
    8' 1st Open Diapason 61       8' Geigen Diapason    73
    8' 2nd Open Diapason 12       8' Stopped Flute      73
    8' Harmonic Flute    61       8' Viole de Gambe     73
    8' Gemshorn          61       8' Salicional         73
    4' Octave            61       8' Voix Celeste       73
    4' Harmonic Flute    12       4' Principal          73
   II  Grave Mixture    122 a     4' Flauto Traverso    73
    8' Tromba            CH       2' Flautino           61
       Super                     IV  Mixture           244 b
       Chimes            SO      16' Contra Fagotto     73
                                  8' Cornopean          73
       CHOIR                      8' Oboe               73
   16' Double Dulciana   61       8' Vox Humana         61
    8' Viola             73       4' Clarion            24
    8' Melodia           73          Tremolo
    8' Dulciana          12          Sub
    8' Unda Maris        61          Super
    4' Flute d'Amour     73          Harp               CH
    4' Dulcet            12
2 2/3' Dolce 12th         7          ECHO (prepared for)
    2' Dolcetin           5       7  blank stopkeys
1 3/5' Dolce Tierce      --
    8' Clarinet          73          PEDAL
       Tremolo                   16' 1st Open Diapason  32
    8' Tromba            73      16' 2nd Open Diapason  GT
       Sub                       16' Bourdon            32
       Super                     16' Lieblich Gedeckt   SW
       Harp            prep      16' Contra Salicional  12 SW
       Celesta         prep      16' Contra Dulciana    CH
                             10 2/3' Quinte              7
       SOLO                       8' Octave I           12
    8' Orchestral Flute  73       8' Octave II          GT
    8' Gamba             73       8' Flute               5
    8' Gamba Celeste     73       8' Still Gedeckt      SW
    8' French Horn       73       8' Salicional         SW
    8' English Horn      73       4' Octave Flute       12
       Tremulant                 16' Trombone           32
    8' Tuba              73      16' Contra Fagotto     SW
       Chimes          prep       8' Fagotto            SW
                                  4' Clarion            SW
    a  12-15                         Chimes             SO
       
           [Received from Jeff Scofield April 5, 2022]

Documents

Agnes Scott College Opens New Organ, THE DIAPASON January 1941 Write-up from THE DIAPASON January 1941 about organ opening -Jeff Scofield
(1940-07-01) Write-up from THE DIAPASON July 1940 Stoplist and description -Jeff Scofield