Better Pipe Organ Database

Austin Organs, Inc. Opus 2643 (1980)

St. Charles Avenue Presbyterian Church
1545 State at St. Charles Avenue
New Orleans, LA

Images

2003-10-12 - Nave, Balcony, and Pipe Facades (Photograph by John G. DeMajo/Database Manager)

2003-10-12 - Left Pipe Facade and Case (Photograph by John G. DeMajo/Database Manager)

2003-10-12 - Right Pipe Facade and Case (Photograph by John G. DeMajo/Database Manager)

2003-10-12 - Console (Photograph by John G. DeMajo/Database Manager)

2003-10-12 - Trompette en Chamade (Photograph by John G. DeMajo/Database Manager)

2003-10-12 - Sanctuary Interior, Chancel, and Pipe Facades (Photograph by John G. DeMajo/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Non-Traditional Style, As Consoles by Holtkamp, Schlicker, et al
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
28 stops
34 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 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

2008-01-12 - Updated through online information from Stephen Hall. -- Incorporates Austin Opus 1651 (Chancel organ). Main organ is in two cases in rear gallery on either side of central window. Chancel organ is enclosed in two chambers on either side of chancel except for the Trompette en Chamade on either side of the center chancel window. Organ is in regular use at 11:00 service. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist from www.neworleanschurches.com Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

     New Orleans, Louisiana
     St. Charles Avenue Presbyterian Church

     Austin   Op. 2643   1980   3/33
     __________________________________________

     GREAT                     CHANCEL
  8' Principal              8' Holzgedeckt
  8' Bourdon                8' Viola
  8' Gemshorn      SW       8' Voix Celeste
  4' Octave                 4' Prestant
  4' Nachthorn              2' Doublette
  2' Spitz Fifteenth        8' Fagott
 IV  Fourniture                Sub
  8' Krummhorn                 Unison Off
     Unison Off                Super
                               Carillon
     SWELL                  8' Trompette-en-
  8' Rohrflöte                 Chamade
  8' Gemshorn
  8' Gemshorn Celeste          PEDAL
  4' Principal             16' Principal
  4' Koppelflöte           16' Gedeckt
  2' Blockflöte            16' Lieblich Gedeckt
 II  Sesquialtera           8' Octave
III  Scharf                 8' Lieblich Gedeckt
  8' Trompette              8' Rohrflöte
     Tremolo                4' Choralbass
     Sub                   II  Rauschquint
     Unison Off            16' Trompette
     Super                  4' Krummhorn
                            8' Trompette-en-
                               Chamade
                          
    [Received from Jeff Scofield May 9, 2014]

Websites

St. Charles Ave. Presbyterian Church, New Orleans, LA. [New Orleans Churches web site] - Photographs, stoplist (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)

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#11366†* - Austin Organ Co. Opus 1651 (1929)