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Austin Organ Co. Opus 1620 (1928)

Westminster Presbyterian Church: Sanctuary
550 Madison Avenue
Scranton, PA

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


Consoles

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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

2010-03-19 - Updated through online information from David Starzer: -- In the 1980s, the Westminster congregation merged with the congregation of Green Ridge Presbyterian, using the Westminster property and forming Covenant Presbyterian. Portions of the Austin organ were used to augment the 1960s Schlicker from Green Ridge, which was relocated and enlarged by Schlicker. -Database Manager

2014-08-30 - Rebuilt and revised by Patrick J. Murphy & Associates, with a new console. -Database Manager

2025-01-21 - The First Presbyterian Church of Scranton merged with the Second Presbyterian Church in December 1926, and took the name Westminster Presbyterian Church. The building at 550 Madison Avenue was used for the combined congregations. (Church history web page) -Paul R. Marchesano


Stoplist

Stoplist copied from <i>The Diapason</i> July 1928 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

       Scranton, Pennsylvania
       Westminster Presbyterian Church

       Austin   Op. 1620   1928   3/48
       ____________________________________________________

       GREAT (*unenclosed)           CHOIR

   16' Open Diapason    73 *     16' Contra Viole        73
    8' 1st Diapason     73 *      8' Geigen Principal    73
    8' 2nd Diapason     73 *      8' Concert Flute       73
    8' Major Flute      73        8' Quintadena          73
    8' Violoncello      73        8' Dulciana            73
    8' Clarabella       73        8' Unda Maris          61
    8' Gemshorn         73        4' Flute d'Amour       73
    4' Octave           61        2' Piccolo             61
    4' Flute Harmonique 61        8' Clarinet            73
2 2/3' Twelfth          --           Tremolo
    2' Fifteenth        --        8' Tromba              GT
   IV  Mixture         244           Sub
    8' Tromba           73           Unison Off
    8' French Horn      73           Super
    4' Clarion          12
       Sub                           ECHO
       Unison Off
       Super                      8' Gedeckt             73
       Chimes  ƒ        25        8' Muted Viole         73
       Chimes  pp       EC        8' Vox Angelica        61
       Harp             CH        4' Fernflöte           61
       Celesta          CH        8' Vox Humana          61
       Damper Off                    Tremolo
                                     Cathedral Chimes f  25
       SWELL                         Cathedral Chimes pp
      
   16' Bourdon          73           PEDAL
    8' Diapason         73
    8' Rohrflöte        73       32' Resultant           --       
    8' Viol d'Orchestre 73       16' Diapason            32
    8' Voix Celeste     61       16' Bourdon             32
    8' Echo Salicional  73       16' Violone             12 GT
    4' Violin           61       16' Echo Lieblich       SW
    4' Flute            61       16' Contra Viole        CH
2 2/3' Nazard           61        8' Flute (Diapason)    12       
    2' Flageolet        61        8' Gedeckt             12
1 3/5' Tierce           61        8' Violoncello         GT
   16' Fagotto          73        8' Still Gedeckt       SW
    8' Cornopean        73       16' Trombone            32
    8' Oboe             73       16' Fagotto             SW
    8' Vox Humana       61        8' Tromba              12
    4' Oboe Octave      61           Chimes              GT
       Tremulant
       Sub
       Unison Off
       Super 

      [Received from Jeff Scofield August 30, 2014]

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