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Austin Organ Co. Opus 302 (1910)

Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church (since 1862): Sanctuary
85 South Oxford Street
Brooklyn
New York City, NY

Images

c. 1910 - Organ case at front of room (NYC AGO Pipe Organ Project/Paul R. Marchesano)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
4 manuals
39 stops
49 registers
5 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
Combination action: Adjustable Combination 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

2009-07-14 - Updated through information from the church's web site: Built in the case of the existing Hook & Hastings organ. Contains some pipe work from that organ. Rebuilt and enlarged by Austin in 1968. -Database Manager

2010-11-20 - New Austin console in 1958, which was moved to floor-level front center in 1961; rebuilt and enlarged by Austin as 4/55 Op. 302-A in 1968. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

    Brooklyn, New York
    Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church

    Austin   Op. 302   1911   4/39
    __________________________________________________

    GREAT                           CHOIR
16' Major Diapason     61 a     16' Bourdon         73
 8' Principal Diapason 61        8' Diapason Phonon 73
 8' Small Diapason     61        8' Stopped Flute   73
 8' Viole d'Amour      61        8' Clarabella      73
 8' Gamba              61        8' Salicional      73
 8' Doppel Flute       61        8' Voix Celeste    61
 4' Octave             61        8' Aeoline         73
 4' Harmonic Flute     61        4' Flauto Traverso 73
 8' Trumpet            61        2' Flageolet       -- b
                                    Dolce Cornet    -- c
    CHOIR                       16' Contra Fagotto  73
16' Contra Viole       73        8' Cornopean       73
 8' Geigen Principal   73        8' Vox Humana      73
 8' Concert Flute      73           Tremulant
 8' Quintadena         73           Sub
 8' Dulciana           73           Unison Off
 8' Unda Maris         61           Super
 4' Flute d'Amour      73
 2' Piccolo            61           SOLO
 8' Clarinet           73        8' Grand Diapason  73
    Tremulant                    8' Flauto Major    73
    Sub                          8' Gross Gamba     73
    Unison Off                   4' Flute Ouverte   73
    Super                       16' Tuba Profunda   61
                                 8' Tuba Harmonic   12
    PEDAL                        8' Orchestral Oboe 73
32' Magnaton           32        4' Tuba Clarion    12
16' Open Diapason      32           Tremulant
16' Violone            32           Sub
16' Bourdon            32           Unison Off
16' Lieblich Gedeckt   SW           Super
 8' Gross Flute (OpDi) 12           Chimes          25
 8' Violoncello        SO
 8' Dulciana           CH
16' Tuba Profunda      SO
16' Contra Fagotto     SW
 8' Harmonic Tuba      SO

 a  in façade
 b  from Dolce Cornet
 c  give as 3,4&5 ranks - pipecount not currently known

 [Received online from Jeff Scofield February 16, 2014]

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