Better Pipe Organ Database

Austin Organ Co. Opus 1764 (1930)

First Methodist Church
400 Schoonmaker Avenue
Monessen, PA

Images

2017-08-14 - Inside Swell Box (Photograph by James Brian Smith/Database Manager)

2017-08-14 - Stop Tabs (Photograph by James Brian Smith/Database Manager)

2017-08-14 - Console (Photograph by James Brian Smith/Database Manager)

2017-08-14 - Stop Tabs (Photograph by James Brian Smith/Database Manager)

2017-08-14 - Facade (Photograph by James Brian Smith/Database Manager)

2017-08-14 - Basement air intake and blower motor (Photograph by James Brian Smith/Database Manager)

2017-08-14 - Pedal Open Diapason 16' (Photograph by James Brian Smith/Database Manager)

2017-08-14 - Chamber trap door with noted pressure (Photograph by James Brian Smith/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
3 manuals
18 stops
23 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)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination 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

2017-09-04 - Updated by James Brian Smith, who has heard or played the organ. James Brian Smith also listed this individual as a source of information: Mrs. Jean DiMichele. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Original document from James Brian Smith. Source: Stoplist taken from the console 2017-09-05

Monessen, Pennsylvania
First Methodist Church

Organ by Austin Organ Co.   Opus 1764   1930

Great
Open Diapason 8'
Clarabella 8'
Dulciana 8'
Harmonic Flute 4'
Tromba 8'
Great to Great 16'
Great to Great 4'
Swell to Great 16'
Swell to Great 8'
Swell to Great 4'
Choir to Great 16'
Choir to Great 8'
Choir to Great 4
(Blank tab)

Swell
Lieblich Gedeckt 16'
Open Diapason 8'
Stopped Flute 8'
Salicional 8'
Vox Celeste 8'
Flute D'Amour 4'
Piccolo 2'
Oboe 8'
Vox Humana 8'
Tremolo
Swell to Swell 16'
Swell to Swell 4'

Choir
Clarabella 8' (Great)
Dulciana 8' (Great)
Unda Maris 8'
Harmonic Flute 4' (Great)
Clarinet 8'
Tremolo
Choir to Choir 16'
Choir to Choir 4'
Swell to Choir 16'
Swell to Choir 8'
Swell to Choir 4'

Pedal
Open Diapason 16'
Bourdon 16'
Gedeckt 16' (Swell)
Flute 8'
Great to Pedal 8'
Great to Pedal 4'
Swell to Pedal 8'
Swell to Pedal 4'
Choir to Pedal 8'

Unison
Swell On 8'
Great On 8'
Choir On 8'

Echo (Prepared) 
6 blank tablets