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Austin Organ Co. Opus 1469 (1927)

First Presbyterian Church
763 North Blvd.
Baton Rouge, LA

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

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
3 manuals
28 stops
40 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)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2004-12-17 - Information identifying this instrument from the Austin Organs, Inc. web site, accessed December 16, 2004: http://www.austinorgans.com/organ-research.htm. -Database Manager

2005-09-28 - On-line update from DAN TALBOT -- This instrument was replaced in the 1980s. The Austin was severely altered in the early 1960s by Liesel Gibson. The swell shoes and pedalboard remained. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: From THE DIAPASON August 1926

       Baton Rouge, Louisiana
       First Presbyterian Church

       Austin   Op. 1469   1927   3/28
       _____________________________________________

       GREAT                      CHOIR
    8' 1st Open Diapason 73    8' Violin Diapason 73
    8' 2nd Open Diapason 73    8' Violoncello     73
    8' Flauto Major   PD 29    8' Melodia         73
    8' Viole d'Gamba     73    8' Dulciana        73
    8' Melodia           CH    4' Rohrflöte       73
    4' Octave            73    8' Clarinet        73
    4' Waldflöte         73    8' French Horn     73
    8' Tuba Harmonic     73       Tremolo
    8' French Horn       CH       Harp            pf
       Tremolo
       Cathedral Chimes  pf       PEDAL
                              32' Sub Bass        --
       SWELL                  16' Open Diapason   32
   16' Bourdon           73   16' Bourdon Grande  32
    8' Diapason Phonon   73   16' Bourdon Amabile SW
    8' Stopped Diapason  73    8' Octave          12
    8' Viole d'Orchestre 73    8' Flauto Dolce    12
    8' Viole Celeste     61    8' Violoncello     GT
    8' Echo Salicional   73   16' Tuba Profunda   12 GT
    4' Flauto Traverso   73   16' Fagotto         SW
2 2/3' Nazard         *  61
    2' Flautino       *  61   pf  prepared-for
1 3/5' Tierce         *  61
  III  Mixture        *  --
   16' Double Oboe       73
    8' Cornopean         73
    8' Oboe              12
    8' Vox Humana        61
       Tremolo

      [Received from Jeff Scofield January 16, 2023]

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