Better Pipe Organ Database

Austin Organ Co. Opus 1740 (1931)

First Presbyterian Church
20 W Broadway
Jim Thorpe (Mauch Chunk), PA

Images

Unknown - Church exterior (Photograph from an archival source: ebay.com, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
3 manuals
22 stops
27 registers
4 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)

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

2023-04-02 - Due to dwindling numbers, the church closed in the early 1970's; it is now an art gallery. -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

Source: From THE DIAPASON July 1930

    First Presbyterian Church
    Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania

    Austin  Op. 1740  1931  3/22
    ___________________________________________

    GREAT                    CHOIR
 8' Open Diapason   73    8' Violin Diapason 73
 8' Clarabella      73    8' Melodia         73
 8' Gemshorn        73    8' Dulciana        73
 4' Octave          73    4' Flute d'Amour   73
 4' Harmonic Flute  73    8' Clarinet        73
 8' Tromba          73       Tremolo

    SWELL                    PEDAL
16' Bourdon         73   32' Resultant Bass  --
 8' Open Diapason   73   16' Open Diapason   32
 8' Stopped Flute   73   16' Bourdon         32
 8' Salicional      73   16' Gedeckt         SW
 8' Voix Celeste    61    8' Octave          12
 4' Flauto Traverso 73    8' Flute           12
 8' Cornopean       73   16' Trombone     GT 12
 8' Oboe            73
 8' Vox Humana      73
    Tremolo

    [Received from Jeff Scofield April 1, 2023]