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Austin Organs, Inc. Opus 2467 (1967)

Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church: Sanctuary
1225 Chestnut Drive
High Point, NC

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
Console position: Movable Console
3 manuals
51 stops
69 registers
7 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler 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

2006-03-16 - Updated through online information from Robert H. Howard. -- The eight-rank, 7 stop Antiphonal organ was added November 14, 1976 by the Austin Organ Co. In August of 2006 a two phase, $300,000.00 organ restoration will begin. Phase one will involve converting the console to solid state components and a total rewiring of the instrument. Phase two will involve re-leathering the entire instrument. -Database Manager

2014-04-26 - Console renovated in 2007 by J. Allen Farmer Organ Co.; the Spearman-Hawkinson Company of Charlotte, North Carolina re-actioned the organ with parts supplied by the Austin Organ Company. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from <i>The Diapason</i> October 1967 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

       High Point, North Carolina
       Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church

       Austin   Op. 2467   1968   3/65
       __________________________________________________

       GREAT                          SWELL
   16' Violone          61        16' Rohrgedeckt      24
    8' Principal        61         8' Hohlflöte        68
    8' Bourdon          61         8' Viola            68
    8' Gemshorn         61         8' Viola Celeste    68
    4' Octave           61         8' Flauto Dolce     68
    4' Nachthorn        61         8' Flute Celeste    56
    2' Waldflöte        61         4' Principal        68
   IV  Fourniture      244         4' Rohrflöte        68
  III  Cymbel          183         2' Octavin          61
   16' Fanfare Trumpet  CH     1 1/3' Larigot          61
    8' Fanfare Trumpet  CH        IV  Plein Jeu       244
    4' Fanfare Trumpet  CH        16' Fagotto          68
       Chimes           pf         8' Trompette        68
                                   8' Fagotto          12
       CHOIR                       4' Rohrschalmei     68
    8' Holzgedeckt      68            Tremulant
    8' Erzähler         68            Sub
    8' Erzähler Celeste 56            Unison Off
    4' Spitzflöte       68            Super
2 2/3' Nasard           49
    2' Blockflöte       61            PEDAL
1 3/5' Tierce           49        32' Contra Bourdon    8
    8' Krummhorn        68        16' Contra Bass      32
       Tremulant                  16' Bourdon          32
       Sub                        16' Violone          GT
       Unison Off                 16' Rohrgedeckt      SW
       Super                       8' Octave           32
                                   8' Spitzflöte       32
       POSITIV                     8' Violone          GT
    8' Gedeckt          61         8' Rohrgedeckt      SW
    4' Koppelflöte      61         4' Choralbass       32
    2' Prinzipal        61         4' Blockflöte       32
1 1/3' Quint            61         2' Blockflöte       12
    1' Sifflöte         61       III  Mixture          96
  III  Zimbel          183        32' Contra Fagotto   12 SW
       Cymbelstern       3        16' Posaune          32
                                  16' Fagotto          SW
       ANTIPHONAL (1976)           8' Posaune          12
    8' Principal        61         4' Krummhorn        CH
    8' Bourdon          61            Chimes           pf
    4' Octave           61
    2' Flachflöte       61            ANTIPH PEDAL (1976)
  III  Mixture         183        16' Bourdon          12 AN
    8' Trumpet          61

      [Received online from Jeff Scofield April 26, 2014]

Websites

Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church Splendid Pipe Organ - History and description, photographs, stoplist. (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)