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Austin Organs, Inc. Opus 2381 (1969)

First Baptist Church of Clarendon: Sanctuary
1201 N. Highland Street
Arlington, VA

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

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
26 stops
32 registers
4 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)
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
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

2010-01-04 - Updated through online information from Eugene Walter. -- listed as available through Organ Clearing House -Database Manager

2014-07-15 - Updated through online information from Bill Nordan. -- The church gave this instrument away to Bluefield College in hopes that it would be installed and used, but there is no indication that this has happened. -Database Manager

2015-04-15 - Updated through online information from Shawn P. Keith. -- As of March 27, 2015, the pipes only (nothing mechanical) for the organ were listed for sale by Randall Dyer & Assoc., Inc. of Jefferson City, TN. -Database Manager

2016-05-22 - Updated through online information from Winston Ryan Keith. <br>04/29/2016 Update: In Q1-2016 the pipes were purchased and included in renovation and updating the Pilcher Opus 930 pipe organ at Wake Forest Baptist Church, Wake Forest, North Carolina. (Winston Ryan Keith - Member of the Wake Forest Baptist Church Historical Committee and the Church Music Committee.) -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from <i>The Diapason</i> September 1968 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

     Arlington, Virginia
     First Baptist Church of Clarendon

     Austin   Op. 2381   1969   3/31
     _____________________________________________

     GREAT                       SWELL
  8' Principal        61      8' Rohrgedeckt    68
  8' Bourdon          61      8' Viola          68
  8' Gemshorn         61      8' Viola Celeste  56
  4' Octave           61      4' Spitzprincipal 68
  4' Quintaten        61      4' Koppelflöte    68
  2' Superoctave      61      2' Octavin        61
III  Fourniture      183    III  Plein Jeu     183
     Sub                      8' Trompette      68
     Unison Off               8' Oboe           68
     Super                    4' Clairon        68
     Chimes                      Tremolo
                                 Sub
     CHOIR                       Unison Off
  8' Nasongedeckt     68         Super
  8' Erzähler         68
  8' Erzähler Celeste 56         PEDAL
  4' Nachthorn        68     16' Principal      32
  2' Blockflöte       61     16' Gemshorn       12 GT
 II  Sesquialtera    122     16' Rohrgedeckt    12 SW
  8' Krummhorn        56      8' Octave         32
     Tremolo                  8' Gemshorn       GT
     Sub                      8' Rohrgedeckt    SW
     Unison Off               4' Superoctave    12
     Super                   16' Trompette      12 SW

    [Received from Jeff Scofield July 5, 2014]

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