Better Pipe Organ Database

Austin Organ Co. Opus 1651 (1929)

St. Charles Avenue Presbyterian Church: Sanctuary
1545 State Street
New Orleans, LA

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

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
3 manuals
16 stops
29 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

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 - Now the Chancel division of Austin Opus 2643 (1980). -Database Manager

2014-12-02 - Updated through online information from Robert Zana. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from <i>The Diapason</i> March 1929 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

   New Orleans, Louisiana
   St. Charles Ave. Presbyterian Church

   Austin   Op. 1651   1929   3/16
   _________________________________________________

   GREAT                         SWELL
8' Major Open Diapason 73    16' Bourdon          73
8' English Diapason    73     8' Diapason Phonon  73
8' Doppelflöte         73     8' Concert Flute    73
8' Melodia             73     8' Flute Celeste    61
8' Dulciana            73     8' Salicional       73
4' Harmonic Flute      73     8' Voix Celeste     61
8' Harmonic Tuba       73     4' Flauto Traverso  --
   Sub                        4' Violina          --
   Unison Off                 2' Violina          --
   Super                      8' Oboe Horn        73
   Chimes              pf     8' Vox Humana       61
                                 Tremulant
   CHOIR                         Sub
8' English Diapason    GT        Unison Off
8' Melodia             GT        Super
8' Dulciana            GT
4' Harmonic Flute      GT        PEDAL
8' Clarinet            73    32' Resultant        --
   Tremulant                 16' Open Diapason    12 GT
   Sub                       16' Bourdon          12 GT
   Unison Off                16' Lieblich Gedeckt SW
   Super                      8' Doppelflöte      GT
                              8' Gedeckt          SW

  [Received online from Jeff Scofield May 16, 2014]

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#11365 - Austin Organs, Inc. Opus 2643 (1980)