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Austin Organs, Inc. Opus 2173 (1953)

First Baptist Church: Sanctuary
Greensboro, NC

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

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
3 manuals
27 stops
35 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

2006-01-19 - Updated through online information from Justin Terrell. -- Organ removed and replaced with new 3 manual Schantz 3/55 Op. 2219 in 2003. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from <i>The Diapason</i> May 1954 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

       Greensboro, North Carolina
       First Baptist Church

       Austin   Op. 2173   1953   3/27
       _________________________________________________

       GREAT                         CHOIR
   16' Contra Geigen    61        8' Viola            73
    8' Diapason         61        8' Orchestral Flute 73
    8' Diapason Conique 61        8' Dulciana         73
    8' Bourdon          61        8' Unda Maris       61
    8' Gemshorn         61        4' Gemshorn Octave  73  
    4' Octave           61        4' Koppelflöte      73
2 2/3' Twelfth          61    2 2/3' Nazard           61
    2' Fifteenth        61        2' Blockflöte       61
   IV  Mixture          pf    1 3/5' Tierce           61
       Sub                        8' Clarinet         73
       Unison Off                    Tremolo
       Super                         Sub
                                     Unison Off
       SWELL                         Super
    8' Geigen           73
    8' Rohrflöte        73           PEDAL
    8' Viole de Gambe   73       16' Diapason         32
    8' Viole Celeste    61       16' Contra Geigen    GT
    4' Geigen Octave    73       16' Lieblich Gedeckt 12 SW
    4' Chimney Flute    73        8' Principal        12
  III  Mixture          pf        8' Gedeckt          SW
    8' Trumpet          73        4' Super Octave     12
    8' Oboe             73       16' Bombarde         32
    4' Clarion          pf        8' Bombarde         12
       Tremolo                    4' Clarion          12
       Sub
       Unison Off
       Super

      [Received online from Jeff Scofield July 18, 2014]

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