Better Pipe Organ Database

Austin Organs, Inc. Opus 2259 (1957)

First Presbyterian Church: Sanctuary
116 S. Loudoun St.
Winchester, VA

Images

2016-06-21 - Sanctuary interior (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

2016-06-21 - Sanctuary interior to rear and Antiphonal (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

2016-06-21 - Console (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

2016-06-21 - Church Exterior (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
3 manuals
30 stops
37 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 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

2007-12-05 - Updated through online information from Stephen Hall. -- Organ is in regular use for services (November 2007), organ was re-dedicated in recital November 18, 2007. -Database Manager

2016-07-09 - Renovated by Foley-Baker with no tonal changes. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from the console June 21, 2016 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

     Winchester, Virginia
     First Presbyterian Church

     Austin   Op. 2259   1957   3/35
     ________________________________________

     GREAT (II)              SWELL (III)

  8' Diapason             8' Hohl Flute
* 8' Bourdon              8' Viola
* 8' Gemshorn             8' Voix Celeste
* 8' Dolce                4' Principal
* 8' Dolce Celeste        4' Koppel Flute
  4' Octave           2 2/3' Nasard
* 4' Nachthorn            2' Block Flute
  2' Fifteenth          III  Cymbal
III  Mixture              8' Trumpet
     Tremolo              8' Clarinet
     Sub                  4' Hautbois
     Super                   Tremolo
                             Sub
     PEDAL                   Super

 16' Bourdon                 ANTIPHONAL (I)
 16' Gemshorn
 16' Lieblich Gedeckt     8' Principal
  8' Principal            8' Erzähler
  8' Flute                8' Erzähler Celeste
  8' Gemshorn             4' Prestant
  4' Fifteenth            4' Flute Couverte
 16' Trumpet             II  Grave Mixture
                          8' Trumpet
     ANTIPH PEDAL            Tremolo
                             Sub
 16' Quintaton               Unison Off
  8' Quintaton               Super

  *  enclosed

  [Received from Jeff Scofield July 9, 2016]