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Austin Organ Co. Opus 1095 (1922)

Swarthmore Presbyterian Church: Sanctuary
727 Harvard Avenue
Swarthmore, PA

Consoles

Main

Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
3 manuals
27 stops
33 registers
4 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Tilting/Rocking Tablets Above Top Manual
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)

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

2013-10-12 - Updated through online information from Gregg Patruno. -- Altered in 1966, 1978, late 1980s, and finaly incorporated into new-and-enlarged organ in 2013 by Burton K. Tidwell & Assoc. -Database Manager

2013-10-18 - Updated through online information from Gregg Patruno. -- There is currently on YouTube a detailed time-lapse video documenting the removal of the Austin organ. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from <i>The Diapason</i> April 1923 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

   Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
   Swarthmore Presbyterian Church

   Austin   Op. 1095   1922   3/27
   __________________________________________________

   GREAT (encl except*)          SWELL
    
8' 1st Open Diapason 61 *    16' Bourdon           73
8' 2nd Open Diapason 61       8' Diapason Phonon   73
8' Grossflöte        61       8' Stopped Flute     73
8' Gamba             61       8' Viole d'Orchestre 73
8' Gemshorn          61       8' Viole Celeste     61
4' Open Flute        61       8' Echo Salicional   73
8' Tuba Harmonic     61       4' Flauto Traverso   73
   Tremolo                    2' Flautino          61
   Sub                        8' Cornopean         73
   Unison Off                 8' Oboe              73
   Super                      8' Vox Humana        61
                                 Tremolo
   CHOIR                         Sub
                                 Unison Off
8' Open Diapason     73          Super
8' Melodia           73
8' Dulciana          73          PEDAL
8' Unda Maris        61
4' Flute d'Amour     73      32' Resultant Bass    --
2' Piccolo           73      16' Open Diapason     32
8' Cor Anglais       73      16' Bourdon           32
   Tremolo                   16' Dolce Bourdon     SW
   Sub                        8' Octave            12
   Unison Off                 8' Flute             12
   Super                      8' Cello             GT
                             16' Tuba Profunda     12 GT

  [Received from Jeff Scofield September 14, 2014]

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