Better Pipe Organ Database

Austin Organ Co. Opus 1279 (1924)

First Methodist Church / First United Methodist Church
100 McGaughey St.
Dyersburg, TN

Images

2001 - Chancel and organ chamber (Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2001 - Church interior (Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2023-10-29 - Chamber grille (Don Reasons /Don Reasons )

2023-10-29 - Builder's nameplate (Don Reasons /Don Reasons )

2023-10-29 - Choir stoptabs (Don Reasons /Don Reasons )

2023-10-29 - Echo stoptabs (Don Reasons /Don Reasons )

2023-10-29 - Swell stoptabs (Don Reasons /Don Reasons )

2023-10-29 - Sanctuary (Don Reasons /Don Reasons )

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
3 manuals
20 stops
28 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)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination 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

Stoplist

Source: Austin Organs, Inc., via Justin Little

    Dyersburg, Tennessee
    First Methodist Church

    Austin   Op. 1279   1924   3/20
    ______________________________________________

    GREAT (encl w/CH)           SWELL

 8' Grand Diapason    73     8' Violin Diapason 73    
 8' 2nd Open Diapason CH     8' Gamba           73
 8' Viol d'Gamba      73     8' Clarabella      GT
 8' Melodia           73     4' Flute d'Amour   GT
 4' Flute d'Amour     73     8' Cor Anglais     73
 8' Tuba Minor        73        Tremulant
    Sub                         Sub
    Unison Off                  Unison Off
    Super                       Super
    Chimes            25
                                ECHO
    SWELL
                             8' Viole Aetheria  73
16' Bourdon           73     8' Flauto Dolce    73
 8' Diapason Phonon   73     4' Fern Flute      73
 8' Stopped Diapason  73     8' Vox Humana      61
 8' Viole d'Orchestre 73        Tremulant
 8' Viole Celeste     61
 8' Aeoline           73        PEDAL
 4' Flauto Traverso   73
 8' Oboe              73    16' Bourdon Grande  32
    Tremulant               16' Bourdon Amabile SW
    Sub                      8' Violoncello     CH
    Unison Off               8' Gamba           SW
    Super                   16' Tuba Major   GT 12
                                Pedal Quinte    **

**  Operating only on Bourdon Grande and Bourdon
    Amabile; this coupler will provide two 32'
    Pedal voices of different power, and is a most
    desirable feature.

   [Received from Jeff Scofield December 22, 2020]