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Austin Organ Co. Opus 167 (1906)

Images

2019 - Building (Photograph by Playing and Preserving, submitted by John Roper/John Roper)

2019 - Console detail (Photograph by Playing and Preserving, submitted by John Roper/John Roper)

2019 - Facade detail (Photograph by Playing and Preserving, submitted by John Roper/John Roper)

2019 - Facade detail (Photograph by Playing and Preserving, submitted by John Roper/John Roper)

2019 - Organ in room (Photograph by Playing and Preserving, submitted by John Roper/John Roper)

Consoles

Main

• Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
• Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
• 4 manuals
• 45 registers
• 6 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 (Details Unknown)
• 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 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

2007-06-22 - Updated through online information from Michael Berman. -- Instrument altered by Schultz and Associates in 1980s, alterations being reversed beginning in 2006, continuing into 2007. Total number of ranks will likely return to original, and at present, fewer stops are playing as restoration continues by organ technicians volunteering time to save the organ. -Database Manager

2008-06-26 - Updated through online information from Brian McLaughlin. -Database Manager

2023-06-17 - I just played this instrument the other day for the first time. It is in horrific shape. The echo division is silent. Within the working divisions (GT, SW, CH, Solo, Ped) There are more ranks that don't work than ones that do. And within the ranks that do work, there are numerous dead notes, ciphers, speech issues, etc. It was a really sad sight to see and hear, and unfortunately the parish does not have the resources to do anything about it. -Colin O'Malley

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