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Austin Organs, Inc. Opus 2565 (1974)

Church of the Ascension
4729 Ellsworth Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA

Images

1995-09-25 - Church exterior; the building was de-sooted in 2020 (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

1974-09-01 - Console (Photograph courtesy of Austin Organs, Inc./Database Manager)

1995-09-25 - Sanctuary interior (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

1995-09-25 - Antiphonal and exposed pipes (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

1995-09-25 - Console (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
4 manuals
72 stops
6 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: Remote Pneumatic/Mechanical Capture
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

2004-12-21 - Information identifying this instrument from the Austin Organs, Inc. web site, accessed December 20, 2004: http://www.austinorgans.com/organ-research.htm. -Database Manager

2006-01-18 - Updated through information adapted from E. M. Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner Opus List, by Sand Lawn and Allen Kinzey (Organ Historical Society, 1997), and included here through the kind permission of Sand Lawn: Replaced Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner Opus 428. -Database Manager

2017-06-20 - Austin rebuilt this organ in 2017. -Database Manager

2009-11-23 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

2023-04-26 - Instrument was rebuilt by Austin with additions in 2016-2017. Additionally, all manual and pedal reed stops were returned to the shop for renovation and revoicing. The console was rebuilt with a new solid-state system with a multi-level combination, piston sequencer, MIDI, and a recording system with playback. -Benjamin Sommer

Stoplist

Source: Stoplist from visit September 25, 1995, and sales flyer Date not recorded

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Church of the Ascension, Episcopal

Austin   Op. 2565   1974   4/84


       GREAT
16'    Bourdon
8'     Principal
8'     Flute Harmonic
8'     Bourdon 12
4'     Octave
4'     Nachthorn
2'     Fifteenth
2'     Waldflöte
III    Cornet
IV     Fourniture
III    Scharf
8'     Trompete
4'     Klarine
       Tremulant
       Chimes

Sub
Unison off
Super
       

       SWELL (Expressive)
16'    Bourdon Doux
8'     Geigen Principal
8'     Rohrflöte 12
8'     Viole de Gambe
8'     Viole Celeste
8'     Flauto Dolce
8'     Dolce Celeste tc
4'     Principal
4'     Spitzflöte
2 2/3' Rohrnasat
2'     Octavin
II     Sesquialtera
IV     Plein Jeu
III    Acuta
16'    Contra Fagotto
8'     Trompette
8'     Fagotto 12
8'     Voix Humaine
4'     Clairon
       Tremulant

Sub
Unison Off
Super


       CHOIR (Expressive)
8'     Hohlflöte
8'     Erzähler
8'     Erzähler Celeste tc
4'     Flachflöte
2 2/3' Nasard
2'     Blockflöte
1 3/5' Tierce
8'     Cromorne
4'     Rohrschalmei
       Tremulant                      
       Blank
       Blank
       Harp
       Cymbelstern
  
Sub
Unison Off
Super


       POSITIV
8'     Nasonflöte
4'     Prestant
4'     Koppelflöte
2'     Octave
1 1/3' Quintflöte
III    Scharf
II     Cymbel
       Tremulant
       Unison Off


       BOMBARDE
4'     Octave
IV     Harmonics
8'     Bombarde


       ANTIPHONAL
8'     Rohrbourdon
8'     Gemshorn
4'     Octave
III    Mixture
8'     Trompete
       Blank

Sub
Unison Off
Super


       ANTIPHONAL PEDAL
16'    Bourdon 12


       PEDAL
32'    Contra Bourdon            32
16'    Principal                 32
16'    Bourdon                   12
16'    Violone                   32
16'    Bourdon Doux        (Sw)  --
8'     Octave                    32
8'     Bourdon                   12
8'     Rohrflöte           (Sw)  --
4'     Choralbass                32
4'     Nachthorn                 32
2'     Nachthorn                 12
III    Mixture                   96
32'    Contra Posaune            32
16'    Posaune                   12
16'    Fagotto             (Sw)  --
8'     Posaune                   12
4'     Cromorne            (Ch)  --
       Chimes              (Gt)  --
       Blank


[Received on line from Jeff Scofield  November 26, 2009.]

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