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Austin Organs, Inc. Opus 2776 (1998)

Nativity Episcopal Cathedral
321 Wyandotte Street
Bethlehem, PA

Images

2016-12-21 - Organ Case (Photograph by Angelina Ngo/Database Manager)

2016-12-20 - Pipework (Photograph by Angelina Ngo/Database Manager)

2016-12-20 - Altar and Pipe Facade (Photograph by Angelina Ngo/Database Manager)

2016-12-22 - Pipework (Tuba Magna) (Photograph by Angelina Ngo/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
3 manuals
34 stops
48 registers
5 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Computerized/Digital
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe 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

2005-12-15 - Information supported by photos and interview with organist. -Database Manager

2006-11-09 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- Retained 10 ranks from the previous 3-manual Aeolian-Skinner, Op. 1003, 1940. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from <i>The American Organist</i> January 2000 and church website Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

       Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
       Cathedral Church of the Nativity

       Austin   Op. 2776   1998   3/47
       ________________________________________________

       GREAT                      SWELL
   16' Violone                 8' Montre        
    8' Open Diapason           8' Bourdon en Bois
    8' Spitzflute              8' Viole de Gambe      *
    8' Dulciana                8' Voix Céleste        *
    4' Octave                  8' Erzähler            *
    4' Nachthorn               8' Erzähler Celeste    *
    2' Italian Principal       4' Prestant
1 1/3' Larigot                 4' Flûte à Fuseau
   IV  Fourniture    a     2 2/3' Nasard
   II  Cymbal        b         2' Flûte à Bec
   16' Trombone            1 3/5' Tierce
    8' Trumpet                IV  Plein Jeu           d
       Tremulant              16' Basson
                               8' Trompette
       PEDAL                   8' Voix Humaine        *
   32' Contra Bourdon             Tremulant
   16' Open Wood     *
   16' Principal     *            SOLO
   16' Subbass       *         8' Flûte Harmonique
   16' Gedackt                 V  Mounted Cornet     tc
    8' Octave                  V  Chorus Mixture      e
    8' Bassflute               8' Tuba Magna
    4' Choral Bass             8' French Horn         *
   IV  Mixture       c         8' Orchestral Clarinet *
   32' Contre Bombarde
   16' Bombarde                   FLOATING
   16' Fagot                   8' Trompette-en-Chamade
    8' Trompette
    4' Clairon                    Zimbelstern

    *  Retained from Aeolian-Skinner Op. 1003

    a  19-22-26-29             d  15-19-22-26
    b  33-36                   e  1-8-15-19-22
    c  12-15-19-22

      [Received from Jeff Scofield July 6, 2014]

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#24550†* - Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co. Opus 1003 (1940)