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Austin Organs, Inc. Opus 2343 (1959)

Riverside Church: Christ Chapel
490 Riverside Drive at 122nd Street
New York City: Manhattan, NY

Images

2015-11-21 - Chapel Interior and Chancel (Photograph by Sam Cherubin/Database Manager)

1959-09-01 - Chapel Interior, Chancel, and Console (Photograph courtesy of Austin Organs, Inc./Database Manager)

1959-09-01 - Nave and Organ Case (Photograph courtesy of Austin Organs, Inc./Database Manager)

1996-01-08 - Console (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Movable Console
3 manuals
33 stops
47 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 (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 from Austin brochure featuring the organ Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

       New York, New York
       Riverside Church, Christ Chapel

       Austin   Op. 2343   1959-1960   3/38
       ______________________________________________

       GREAT                        SWELL
   16' Quintaten       61       16' Rohrflöte      12
    8' Principal       61        8' Rohrflöte      68
    8' Hohlflöte       61        8' Viole de Gambe 68
    8' Gemshorn        61        8' Viole Celeste  68
    4' Octave          61        4' Octave Geigen  68
    4' Flute Couverte  61        4' Koppelflöte    68
2 2/3' Twelfth         61    2 2/3' Nazard         pf
    2' Fifteenth       61        2' Spillflöte     61
  III  Fourniture     183      III  Plein Jeu     183
    8' French Horn     pf       16' English Horn   12
       Tremulant                 8' Trompette      68
       Sub                       8' English Horn   68
       Unison Off                8' Vox Humana     61
       Super                     4' Hautbois       68
       Chimes          25           Tremulant
       Cymbelstern      6           Sub
                                    Unison Off
       CHOIR                        Super
    8' Nason Flute     68
    8' Flauto Dolce    68           PEDAL
    8' Flute Celeste   56       32' Contra Bourdon 12 SW
    4' Prestant        68       16' Principal      32
    4' Nachthorn       68       16' Rohrflöte      SW
2 2/3' Rohr Nasat      61       16' Quintaten      GT
    2' Blockflöte      61        8' Principal      12
1 3/5' Tierce          61        8' Rohrflöte      SW
1 1/3' Larigot         61        4' Choralbass     12
    1' Sifflöte        --       II  Rauschquint    64
    8' Cornet Nuptiale 68       16' Bombarde       12 CH
    8' Krummhorn       68       16' English Horn   SW
       Tremulant                 8' Bombarde       CH
       Sub                       4' Clarion        CH
       Unison Off                4' Krummhorn      CH
       Super
       Harp            61
       Harp Dampers

      [Received online from Jeff Scofield May 26, 2014]

Documents

Austin sales brochure -Jeff Scofield

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