2020's - Building exterior (City Archives/Jim Tartella)
2020's - Auditorium and stage (City Archives/Jim Tartella)
2020's - Auditorium interior (City Archives/Jim Tartella)
Unknown - Stage (City Archives/Jim Tartella)
Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
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
2010-10-07 - Updated through online information from Wesley Paulson. -- According to tour guide on 10/5/10 the pipes remain installed in the chambers above the proscenium, but the console is no longer existing. There are no plans to restore the organ at this time. -Database Manager
2011-12-10 - Updated through online information from John Cardoni. -- In 2004 the console was equipped with quick connect connectors on the umbilical to allow it to be moved off stage and securely stored. Currently (12/10/2011) the unit is not undergoing any restoration but plans are underway to begin this task. -Database Manager
2011-12-12 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager
2012-06-28 - Updated through online information from Richard Hugunine. -- E-mail from John Cardoni jcardoni@scrantonculturalcenter.org : Actually, there are two pipe organs here at the Scranton Cultural Center, the smaller one being in our fourth floor theater. Both were built by the Austin Organ Co., opus numbers 1712 and 1713, and you can look up specific information on both at the Organ Historical Society Database website. Both are still here. The smaller one is still playable but hardly ever used. We just completed a restoration study of the larger one and will likely embark on that project this coming fall. At it's completion the organ will be playable - we expect that to be as early as next summer. -Database Manager
2024-09-07 - Console was in the orchestra pit in the 1970's. Pipes above stage and boxes. Building under went renovations in the 1980's. Organ has been 'In Storage' for decades (before renovations). No word if it will ever be returned to the auditorium. Information received online from Jim Tartella on 2024-09-02 -Paul R. Marchesano
2025-01-02 - In the smaller, older photo of the auditorium from the left balcony, you can see the organ console in front of the stage (dead center of photo) in the far right of the orchestra pit. I remember seeing it there as a kid, but it is no longer there. -Jim Tartella
Stoplist copied from <i>The American Organist</i> September 1930 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Scranton, Pennsylvania
Scottish Rite Auditorium
Austin Op. 1712 1930 4/52
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As per the editorial policy of THE AMERICAN ORGANIST
at the time, borrows and extensions hae the same
name as the parent rank.
GREAT (partly exp) SWELL
16' Diapason 2 61 16' Salicional 61
8' Diapason 1 73 8' Diapason 73
8' Diapason 2 12 8' Rohrfloete 73
8' Doppelfloete 73 8' Viole d'Orchestre 73
8' Clarabella 73 8' Viole Celeste 73
8' Gamba 73 8' Salicional 12
8' Gemshorn 73 8' Voix Celeste 73
4' Diapason 2 12 8' Flauto Dolce 73
4' Waldfloete 73 8' Flute Celeste 61
2 2/3' Diapason 2 7 8' Muted Viole 73
2' Diapason 2 5 4' Flute Harmonic 73
1 3/5' Diapason 2 -- 4' Chimney Flute 73
16' Trumpet 73 4' Salicional 12
8' Trumpet 12 2 2/3' Salicional 7 *
4' Trumpet 12 2' Piccolo 61 *
Sub 1 3/5' Tierce 61 *
Unison Off 1' Twenty-Second 61 *
Super IV Mixture (*) --
Chimes SO 16' Cornopean 73
8' Cornopean 12
SOLO 8' Oboe Horn 73
8' Stentorphone 73 8' Orchestral Oboe 73
8' Grossfloete 73 8' Vox Humana 61
8' Gross Gamba 73 4' Cornopean 12
8' Gramba Celeste 73 Tremulant
4' Flute Ouverte 73 Vox Tremulant
8' Tuba Mirabilis 73 Sub
8' French Trumpet 73 Unison Off
8' French Horn 73 Super
8' Bassoon 73 Harp CH
Tremulant Celesta CH
Sub
Unison Off CHOIR
Super 16' Gemshorn 61
Chimes 25 8' Diapason 73
8' Concert Flute 73
PEDAL 8' Quintadena 73
32' Bourdon 32 8' Viola 73
32' Resultant -- 8' Gemshorn 12
16' Diapason 32 8' Dolce 73
16' Diapason GT 8' Unda Maris 61
16' Bourdon 12 5 1/3' Gemshorn 7
16' Violone 32 4' Flauto Traverso 73
16' Salicional SW 4' Gemshorn 5
16' Gemshorn CH 2 2/3' Gemshorn 7
8' Diapason 12 2' Gemshorn 5
8' Bourdon 12 1 3/5' Tierce 61
8' Violone 12 1 1/7' Septieme 61
8' Gamba Celeste II SO 1' Gemshorn --
8' Gemshorn CH 8' Corno d'Amore 73
4' Bourdon 12 8' Clarinet 73
32' Bombarde 32 8' English Horn 73
16' Bombarde 12 Tremulant
16' Trumpet GT Sub
16' Cornopean SW Unison Off
8' Trumpet GT Super
Chimes SO
TRAPS Xylophone 37
Bass Drum Stroke Harp 61
Bass Drum Roll Celesta
Snare Drum Stroke
Snare Drum Roll
Crash Cymbal
Turkish Cymbal
Triangle
Tom-Tom
Tambourine
Chinese Block
Castanets
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