Better Pipe Organ Database

Austin Organ Co. Opus 1339 (1925)

First Presbyterian Church: Sanctuary
102 E. Third St.
Williamsport, PA

Images

2009-08-30 - Church exterior (Photograph by Doug Kerr, via Wikimedia, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
4 manuals
35 stops
46 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)
Combination action: Adjustable Combination 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

2014-12-29 - Updated through online information from John Igoe. -- Publication by Patrick J. Murphy Associates (Winter 2014) notes that Murphy provided a new four-manual "Austin" console for this church. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from <i>The Diapason</i> April 1925 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

    Williamsport, Pennsylvania
    First Presbyterian Church

    Austin   Op. 1339   4/35   1925
    ___________________________________________________

    GREAT (*enclosed in CH)         CHOIR

16' Bourdon            41 PD     8' Geigen Principal 73
 8' Principal Diapason 61        8' Concert Flute    73
 8' Small Diapason     61        8' Dolce            73
 8' Grossflöte         61        8' Unda Maris       61
 8' Violoncello        61 *      4' Flute d'Amour    73
 8' Clarabella         61 *      8' Clarinet         73
 8' Gemshorn           61 *         Tremulant
 4' Octave             61 *         Sub
 4' Flute              61 *         Unison Off
 8' Tuba               61 *         Super
    Sub                             Harp             61
    Unison Off
    Super                           SOLO
 8' Harmonic Tuba      SO
                                 8' Stentorphone     73
    SWELL                        8' Flauto Major     12 PD
                                 8' Gamba            73
16' Bourdon            73        8' Gamba Celeste    61
 8' Open Diapason      73       16' Tuba Profunda    61
 8' Rohrflöte          73        8' Harmonic Tuba    12
 8' Viole d'Orchestre  73        8' French Horn      73
 8' Viole Celeste      61        4' Harmonic Clarion 12
 8' Echo Salicional    73           Sub
 4' Violina            61           Unison Off
 4' Flute              61           Super
 2' Flautina           61           Cathedral Chimes 25
 8' Cornopean          73           Cathedral Chimes pp
 8' Oboe               73
 8' Vox Humana         61           PEDAL
    Tremulant
    Sub                         32' Resultant        --
    Unison Off                  16' Open Diapason    32
    Super                       16' Bourdon          32
                                16' Violone          12 GT
                                16' Gedeckt          SW
                                 8' Grossflöte       12
                                 8' Flute            12
                                 8' Violoncello      12
                                16' Tuba Profunda    12 SO


   [Received from Jeff Scofield September 17, 2014]