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Austin Organ Co. Opus 1665 (1929)

St. James Lutheran Church: Sanctuary
109 York St.
Gettysburg, PA

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

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
3 manuals
28 stops
31 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

2014-05-16 - Replaced Op. 1340 that was destroyed when the church burned in 1928; Op. 1665 believed to be destroyed when the sanctuary burned again in 1969. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from <i>The Diapason</i> March 1929 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

    Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
    St. James Lutheran Church

    Austin   Op. 1665   1929   3/30
    _______________________________________________________

    GREAT (*enclosed)                  SWELL
 8' Open Diapason          61      16' Bourdon           73
 8' 2nd Diapason           73 *     8' Open Diapason     73
 8' Grossflöte             73 *     8' Gedeckt           73
 8' Erzähler               73 *     8' Salicional        73
 8' Erzähler Celeste       61 *     8' Viole Celeste II 134
 4' Octave                 61 *     4' Flute d'Amour     61   
 4' Harmonic Flute         61 *     8' Cornopean         73
 8' Tuba                   73 *     8' Oboe              73
    Sub                                Tremulant
    Unison Off                         Sub
    Super                              Unison Off
    Harp                               Super

    ECHO (on Great)                    CHOIR
 8' Chimney Flute          73       8' English Diapason  73
 8' Spitzflöte Celeste II 134       8' COncert Flute     73
 8' Vox Humana             73       8' Dulciana          73
    Tremolo                         8' Unda Maris        61
    Chimes                 25       4' Chimney Flute     61
                                    8' Clarinet          73
    PEDAL                              Tremulant
16' Open Diapason          32          Sub
16' Bourdon                32          Unison Off
16' Gedeckt                SW          Super
 8' Major Flute (OpenDiap) 12          Chimes            EC
 8' Dolce Flute            12          Harp              GT

   [Received online from Jeff Scofield Mary 16, 2014]

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