Better Pipe Organ Database

Austin Organs, Inc. Opus 2342 (1961)

St. John's Evangelical Lutheran: Sanctuary
81 Christopher St.
New York City: Manhattan, NY

Images

2002-09-09 - Church interior (Photograph by Steven E. Lawson/Database Manager)

2002-09-09 - Console (Photograph by Steven E. Lawson/Database Manager)

2002-09-09 - Church exterior (Photograph by John Rust via the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
2 manuals
15 stops
22 registers
3 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)
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

2014-05-29 - The organ is located in the gallery; the existing organ cases were retained, but the facade pipes were replaced by grill cloth. The Hauptwerk, which includes an enclosed section, is installed in the former case on the west side, while the Positiv chest is mounted on the rear wall above the choir seating. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist from <i>The New York City Organ Project</i>, NYC AGO website Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

    New York, New York
    St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church

    Austin   Op. 2342   1961   2/22
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    HAUPTWERK (*encl)         POSITIV                  PEDAL
 8' Principal     68       8' Gedeckt       61     16' Principal   12 HW
 8' Rohrflöte     68 *     4' Rohrpfeife    61     16' Gedeckt     12 HW
 8' Viola         68 *     2' Prinzipal     61      8' Octave      32
 8' Voix Celeste  56 *    II  Sesquialtera 122      8' Rohrgedeckt HW
 4' Octave        68      IV  Scharf       244      4' Choralbass  12
 4' Spillflöte    68 *        Sub                   4' Spillflöte  HW
 2' Super Octave  61          Unison Off            2' Rohrflöte   HW
IV  Mixtur       244          Chimes        25      1' Gemshorn    24
 8' Trompete      68 *                             16' Trompete    pf
    Tremolo (fan)    *
    Sub
    Unison Off
    Super   

            [Received online from Jeff Scofield May 30, 2014]