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Austin Organ Co. Opus 1801 (1931)

Good Shepherd Episcopal Church
334 Macdonough Street
New York City: Brooklyn, NY

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
2 manuals
17 stops
20 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)
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

2014-07-08 - Buildings taken over by St. Philip Episcopal Church in 1944; replaced in 1999 by 3/44 Guilbaut-Therien Op. 43, retaining some Austin pipework. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from <i>The American Organist</i> January 1932 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

       Brooklyn, New York
       Church of the Good Shepherd, Episcopal
       St. Philip Episcopal Church (1944)

       Austin   Op. 1801   1931   2/17
       _________________________________________________________________

       GREAT                    SWELL                     PEDAL
    8' Diapason       73    16' Gedeckt        73     16' Diapason 12 GT
    8' Doppelflöte    73     8' Diapason       73     16' Bourdon  32
    8' Melodia        73     8' Stopped Flute  73     16' Gedeckt  SW
    8' Dulciana       73     8' Salicional     73      8' Flute    12
    4' Octave         73     8' Voix Celeste   61
    4' Harmonic Flute 73     4' Flauto d'Amore 73
2 2/3' Twelfth        61     8' Cornopean      73
    2' Fifteenth      61     8' Oboe           73
       Tremulant                Tremulant
       Sub                      Sub
       Unison Off               Unison Off
       Super                    Super
                                Chimes         25

                  [Received from Jeff Scofield July 8, 2014]

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