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Austin Organ Co. Opus 1270 (1924)

Seventh Street Christian Church: Sanctuary
Seventh and Grace Streets
Richmond, 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
33 stops
38 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)
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

2015-06-12 - Retained the facade and some stops from the 1894 Hook & Hastings; dedication recital by Edwin Lemare on March 10, 1925; property sold in 1946 and organ put into storage until installed in the new facility in 1950, minus the Echo division; replaced in 1992 by 3/40 Schantz Op. 2011. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist from <i>The Organ in Richmond </i> by Donald R. Traser Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

    Richmond, Virginia
    Seventh Street Christian Church

    Austin   Op. 1270   1924   3/33
    _________________________________________________

    GREAT                         SWELL

 8' Open Diapason    73       16' Bourdon          73 *
 8' Small Diapason   73 *      8' English Diapason 73
 8' Doppel Flute     73 *      8' Stopped Flute    73 *
 8' Gemshorn         73        8' Viol d'Orchestre 73
 4' Octave           73 *      8' Viol Celeste     61
 4' Flute Harmonic   73        8' Echo Salicional  73
 8' Harmonic Tuba    73        4' Flauto Traverso  73 *
    Sub                        8' Cornopean        73
    Unison Off                 8' French Horn      73
    Super                      8' Oboe             73
    Chimes pp and ƒƒ           8' Vox Humana       61
                                  Tremolo
    ECHO                          Sub
                                  Unison Off
 8' Gedeckt          61           Super
 8' Muted Viole      61
 8' Muted Celeste    61           CHOIR
 4' Fern Flute       61
 8' Vox Humana       61        8' Geigen Principal 73
    Tremolo                    8' Melodia          73
    Chimes pp and ƒƒ           8' Dulciana         73
                               8' Unda Maris       61
    PEDAL                      4' Flute d'Amour    73
                               2' Piccolo Harmonic 61
32' Resultant        --        8' Clarinet         73
16' Open Diapason    32        8' Orchestral Oboe  73
16' Bourdon          32 *         Tremolo
16' Lieblich Gedackt SW           Sub
 8' Bass Flute       12 *         Unison Off
 8' Doppel Flute     GT           Super
 8' Dulciana         CH

 *  Retained from 1894 Hook & Hastings

   [Received from Jeff Scofield June 13, 2015]

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