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Austin Organs, Inc. Opus 2377 (1962)

First Presbyterian / Greater St. Mary Missionary Baptist Church: Sanctuary
1801 Second Ave.
Lake Charles, LA

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Movable Console
3 manuals
29 stops
39 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

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

2014-04-28 - Church buildings offered for sale in 2013, with plans to move the organ to the congregation's eventual new location. -Database Manager

2016-07-26 - Updated through online information from Matthew Buller. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from <i>The Diapason</i> November 1961 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

     Lake Charles, Louisiana
     First Presbyterian Church

     Austin   Op. 2377   1962   3/37
     ___________________________________________

     GREAT                      CHOIR-POSITIV
  8' Principal     61        8' Gedeckt       68
  8' Bourdon       61        8' Flauto Dolce  68
  4' Octave        61        8' Flute Celeste 56
  4' Quintaton     61        4' Koppelflöte   68
  2' Fifteenth     61        2' Principal     61
 IV  Fourniture   244    1 1/3' Quint         61
  8' Trumpet       PO       II  Sesquialtera 122
     Sub                   III  Cymbel       183
     Unison Off              8' Krummhorn     68
     Super                      Tremulant
     Chimes        20           Sub
                                Unison Off
     SWELL                      Super
 16' Contra Viola  68        8' Trumpet       61
  8' Hohlflöte     68
  8' Viola         12           PEDAL
  8' Viola Celeste 61       16' Principal     32
  4' Principal     68       16' Viola         SW
  4' Rohrflöte     68       16' Gedeckt       12 CH
  2' Blockflöte    61        8' Octave        32
III  Mixture      183        8' Viola         SW
  8' Trompette     68        8' Gedeckt       CH
  8' Vox Humana    pf        4' Nachthorn     32
  4' Rohrschalmei  68        2' Flöte         12
     Tremulant              II  Mixture       64
     Sub                    16' Trumpet       12 GT
     Unison Off              8' Trumpet       GT
     Super                   4' Krummhorn     CH
                                Chimes        GT

[Received online from Jeff Scofield April 28, 2014]

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