Better Pipe Organ Database

Austin Organ Co. Opus 928 (1919)

Grace Episcopal Church: Sanctuary
3700 Canal Street
New Orleans, LA

Images

2005-04-03 - Console (Photograph by John G. DeMajo/Database Manager)

2005-04-03 - Church Exterior (Photograph by John G. DeMajo/Database Manager)

2005-04-03 - Sanctuary Interior and Chancel (Photograph by John G. DeMajo/Database Manager)

2005-04-03 - Chamber Grillework (Photograph by John G. DeMajo/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Movable Console
3 manuals
47 stops
4 divisions
Key action Type: Tubular Pneumatic (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Tilting/Rocking Tablets Above Top Manual
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Details Unknown)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Not Meeting AGO Standards)
Has crescendo
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler toe 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

2009-02-21 - Updated through on-line information from Joseph Foxhood. -- The Austin sat silent since the 70's and finally in 2004 it was brought to life again, only to be badly damaged in the Katrina flood of 2005. The console and wiring through the floor as well as the blower were severely damaged and the organ is presently unplayable. -Database Manager

2022-08-05 - From neworleanschurches.com and John DeMajo: An article in the New Orleans Times Picayune newspaper announced the official closing of Grace Episcopal Church on Canal Street effective January 5, 2012. The closing was announced by Bishop Morris Thompson. The church sustained major damage as a result of the Hurricane Katrina flooding, and membership had severely decreased. -Jeff Scofield

2022-08-05 - Moved from the old building to the current building in 1954. -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

Source: From neworleanschurches.com and John DeMajo

       New Orleans, Louisiana
       Grace Episcopal Church

       Austin   Op. 928   1919
       _______________________________________

       GREAT                 CHOIR
   16' Bourdon            8' Concert Flute
    8' 1st Diapason       8' Gamba
    8' 2nd Diapason       8' Gamba Celeste
    8' Philomela          4' Wood Harmonique
    8' Rohr Flute    SW   2' Flute
    8' Flute Celeste SW   8' English Horn
    4' Octave             8' Clarinet
    4' Flute Harmonique      Tremolo
    8' Tromba                Sub
    8' French Horn           Super
       Sub                8' Harp
       Super              4' Harp
       Chimes
       Blank                 PEDAL
       Blank             32' Resultant Bass --
                         16' Major Bass     32
       SWELL             16' Bourdon        32
   16' Bourdon           16' Echo Gedeckt   SW
    8' Diapason           8' Octave         12
    8' Rohr Flute         8' Gedeckt        12
    8' Salicional         8' Still Gedeckt  SW
    8' Voix Celeste      16' Tromba      GT 12
    8' Flauto Dolce      16' Bassoon        SW
    8' Flute Celeste         Chimes         GT
    4' Flute ⌂               Blank
2 2/3' Octave
    V  Mixture
   16' Basson
    8' Cornopean
    8' Corno d'Amour
    8' Vox Humana
    4' Clarion
       Tremolo
       Sub
       Super
    8' Harp
    4' Harp
       Blank
       Blank

   [Received from Jeff Scofield August 5, 2022]