Better Pipe Organ Database

Austin Organs, Inc. Opus 2502 (1969)

Milton Hershey School: Founders Hall
1201 Homestead Lane
Hershey, PA

Images

Unknown - Console (Owner website/Paul R. Marchesano)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
47 stops
56 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 (Meeting AGO Standards)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
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

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from <i>The Diapason</i> July 1969 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

        Hershey, Pennsylvania
        Milton Hershey School
        Founders Hall

        Austin   Op. 2502   1969   3/63
        ________________________________________________

        GREAT                          SWELL
    16' Violone          61        16' Gedeckt        61
     8' Principal        61         8' Geigen         61
     8' Bourdon          61         8' Rohrflöte      61
     8' Gemshorn         61         8' Gamba          61
     4' Octave           61         8' Voix Celeste   49
     4' Nachthorn        61         4' Principal      61
 2 2/3' Octave Quint     61         4' Spitzflöte     61
     2' Super Octave     61         2' Octavin        61
     2' Waldflöte        61     1 1/3' Larigot        61
 IV-VI  Fourniture      300        IV  Plein Jeu     244
     8' Trumpet          61        16' Fagotto        61
        Unison Off                  8' Trompette      61
        Flemish Bells    pf         4' Hautbois       61
        Harp             pf            Tremolo
                                       Sub
        CHOIR                          Unison Off
     8' Holzgedeckt      61            Super
     8' Erzähler         61
     8' Erzähler Celeste 49
     4' Prestant         61
     4' Koppelflöte      61            PEDAL
 2 2/3' Nasard           61        32' Resultant Bass --
     2' Oktav            61        16' Contra Bass    32
 1 3/5' Tierce           61        16' Bourdon        32
 1 1/3' Quint            61        16' Violone        GT
   III  Cymbel          183        16' Gedeckt        SW
     8' Krummhorn        61         8' Principal      32
        Tremolo                     8' Rohrflöte      32
        Sub                         4' Choral Bass    32
        Unison Off                  4' Spitzflöte     12
        Super                     III  Mixture        96
                                   32' Contra Posaune 12
        BOMBARDE (floating)        16' Posaune        32
     8' Montre           61        16' Fagotto        SW
     8' Tibia Clausa     61         8' Posaune        12
     4' Octave           61         4' Krummhorn      CH
     V  Grand Chorus    305
     8' Bombarde         61
        Tremolo (Tibia)   

    [Received online from Jeff Scofield April 26, 2014]

Websites

Page with mention and stoplist of organ - Stoplist with small photo of console (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)