Better Pipe Organ Database

Austin Organ Co. Opus 1638 (1929)

First Presbyterian Church (1929): Sanctuary
617 N. Elm St.
Greensboro, NC

Images

Unknown - Church Exterior (Vintage Postcard, courtesy of T. Bradford Willis, DDS (1930s)/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
4 manuals
36 stops
41 registers
6 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

Stoplist

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

    Greensboro, North Carolina
    First Presbyterian Church

    Austin   Op. 1638   1929   4/36
    _______________________________________________

    GREAT                       CHOIR
16' Bourdon          61      8' Violin Diapason  73
 8' 1st Diapason     61      8' Hohlflöte        73
 8' 2nd Diapason     61      8' Dulciana         73
 8' Grossflöte       61      8' Unda Maris       61
 8' Violoncello      61      4' Flute d'Amour    73
 8' Gemshorn         61      2' Piccolo Harmonic 61
 4' Octave           61      8' Clarinet         73
 4' Harmonic Flute   61         Tremulant
 8' Harmonic Tuba    61         Sub
    Sub                         Unison Off
    Unison Off                  Super
    Super                       Harp             61
    Chimes           25
                                SOLO
    SWELL                    8' Stentorphone     73
16' Lieblich Gedeckt 73      8' Wald Horn        73
 8' Open Diapason    73      8' French Horn      73
 8' Rohrflöte        73
 8' Viol d'Orchestre 73         ECHO
 8' Viol Celeste     61      8' Muted Viol       73
 8' Echo Salicional  73      8' Vox Angelica     61
 4' Flauto Traverso  73      8' Flauto Dolce     73
 2' Flageolet        61      4' Fernflöte        73
 8' Cornopean        73      8' Vox Humana       61
 8' Oboe Horn        73         Tremulant
 8' Vox Humana       61
    Tremulant                   PEDAL
    Sub                     32' Resultant        --
    Unison Off              16' Open Diapason    32
    Super                   16' Bourdon          GT
                            16' Violone          12 GT
                            16' Lieblich Gedeckt SW
                             8' Grossflöte       12
                            16' Tuba Profunda    12 GT

   [Received from Jeff Scofield July 19, 2014]