Better Pipe Organ Database

Austin Organ Co. Opus 1264 (1924)

Theodore Roosevelt Jr. High School: Auditorium
6th Ave. and 14th St.
Altoona, PA

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

Images

Unknown - Building exterior (Photograph from an archival source: American Buildings Survey, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
4 manuals
29 stops
33 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

2005-06-07 - The organ is chanbered in a large ceiling chamber above the proscenium & speaks through grills in the auditorium ceiling. -Database Manager

2005-06-07 - The console was rebuilt by a local firm using solid state stopkeys and new reed switch contacts on the pedalboard. -Database Manager

2008-11-21 - Updated through online information from Steven Ickes. -- Roosevelt JHS has been closed and combined with the other JHS in town as of this school year. Fate of the organ is unknown. -Database Manager

2008-12-01 - Updated through online information from Kevin M. Clemens. -- The instrument was sold to a firm in Youngstown, Ohio which removed the entire instrument (Spring 2008) and placed it in storage. This is according to information received from John Bishop of the Organ Clearing House. -Database Manager

2022-12-07 - The school was closed in 2009. -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from undocumented source Source: Write-up from THE DIAPASON June 1924 Date not recorded

   Altoona, Pennsylvania
   Roosevelt Junion High School

   Austin   Op. 1264   1924   4/31
   ___________________________________________________

   GREAT                        SWELL
8' 1st Open Diapason 73     16' Bourdon             73
8' 2nd Open Diapason 73      8' Open Diapason       73
8' Gross Flute       73      8' Gedeckt             73
8' Clarabella        73      8' Viole Celeste II   134
8' Erzähler          73      8' Salicional          73
4' Octave            61      8' Melodia             73
4' Harmonic Flute    61      4' Flute d'Amour       73
8' Tuba              73      8' Cornopean           73
8' French Horn       73      8' Oboe                73
   Sub                          Tremulant
   Unison Off                   Sub
   Super                        Unison Off
   Chimes            EC         Super
   Harp              61
                                ECHO
   CHOIR                     8' Chimney Flute       73
8' English Diapason  73      8' Spitzflute Cel II  134
8' Concert Flute     73      8' Vox Humana          73
8' Dulciana          73         Tremulant
8' Unda Maris        73         Chimes              25
4' Chimney Flute     73         Harp                GT
8' Clarinet          73
   Tremulant                    PEDAL
   Sub                      16' Open Diapason       32
   Unison Off               16' Bourdon             32
   Super                    16' Gedeckt             SW
                             8' Major Flute         12
                             8' Dolce Flute         SW
                            16' Tuba Major          12 SO

  [Received from Jeff Scofield July 5, 2014]