Better Pipe Organ Database

Austin Organ Co. Opus 1872 (1934)

St. Peter's Episcopal Church
115 W. Seventh St.
Charlotte, NC

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

Images

1988-02-16 - Sanctuary interior (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

2009-04-28 - Console (Photograph by David Ritch/Database Manager)

1988-02-16 - Church exterior (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

1988-02-16 - Console (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

2009-04-27 - Church interior and organ facade (Photograph by David Ritch/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
3 manuals
36 stops
45 registers
5 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: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
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

2009-05-03 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- To be replaced in 2010 by C. B. Fisk Op. 136 -Database Manager

2009-06-11 - Updated through information from John Apple, posted to PIPORG-L April 25, 2009: -- There are 38 ranks, of which 19 ranks are from the previous organ built for the present 1893 sanctuary. The previous organ probably included the pipework from the I/12 Hook and Hastings, Op. 1027, built 1881. -Database Manager

2009-06-13 - Updated through online information from David Ritch. -- Any parts of the Austin organ which were of value have been removed by an organ rescue organization. -Database Manager

2012-05-23 - Updated through online information from Aaron Goen. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from <i>The Diapason</i> November 1934 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

       Charlotte, North Carolina
       St. Peter's Episcopal Church

       Austin   Op. 1872   1934   3/38
       ______________________________________________

       GREAT (*enclosed)          CHOIR
   16' Double Geigen           8' Violin Diapason
    8' Open Diapason           8' Melodia
  * 8' Doppelflote             8' Dulciana
  * 8' Viole d'Amour           4' Flute d'Amour
    4' Octave              2 2/3' Nazard
  * 4' Flauto Traverso         2' Piccolo
2 2/3' Twelfth                 8' Clarinet
    2' Fifteenth               8' Cor Anglais
  III  Cymbal                     Tremolo
  * 8' Tromba                     Sub
       Sub                        Super
       Super                   8' Choir Room Diapason

       SWELL                      ECHO
   16' Lieblich Gedeckt        8' Echo Diapason
    8' English Diapason        8' Stopped Flute
    8' Rohr Flute              8' Viol Aetheria
    8' Salicional              8' Viol Celeste
    8' Voix Celeste            4' Harmonic Flute
    4' Spitzflote                 Tremolo
    2' Flageolet                  Chimes
    8' Cornopean
    8' Corno d'Amour              PEDAL
    8' Vox Humana             32' Resultant        --
    4' Clarion                16' Open Diapason    32
       Tremolo                16' Geigen Diapason  GT
       Sub                    16' Bourdon          32
       Super                  16' Lieblich Gedeckt SW
                              16' Echo Viole       12 EC
                               8' Octave           12
                               8' Bass Flute       12
                              16' Trombone         12 GT
                               8' Tromba           GT

   [Received online from Jeff Scofield November 27, 2012]