1903 - 1847 Hall & Labagh case retained (Photograph from an archival source: Austin catalog photo courtesy of Jonathan Bowen, via the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
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
2010-11-16 - Updated through online information from Connor Annable. -Database Manager
2020-12-04 - From the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project: On the 28th of July, 1846, the cornerstone was laid for the present church, located on Henry Street near the corner of Clark Street, and the edifice was first opened for service on the 6th of June, 1847. William B. Olmstead designed the new church that was built of great blocks of brownstone, standing at 90 feet tall and 30 feet wide. Elaborate black walnut was installed in and around the pulpit in 1882, and in that same year a new Hilborne Roosevelt organ was installed, retaining the 1847 Hall & Labagh case. In 1903, the Austin Organ Company rebuilt and enlarged the 1882 Hilborne L. Roosevelt Organ. Austin retained the Roosevelt pipes but provided additional pipes to extend the manual compasses to 61 notes (Great and Choir) and 73 notes (Swell), and the Pedal compass to 32 notes. Austin added three ranks and increased the wind pressures to 5" and 10". A new Swell box had 3" thick walls that were "stuffed," but the Choir Organ was installed in the old Choir box. The rebuilt organ was masked by the 1847 Hall & Labagh case. The Austin was replaced by an Allan Van Zoeren organ in 1994. -Jeff Scofield
Source: Larry Trupiano via the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project
Brooklyn, New York
First Presbyterian Church
Austin Op. 117 1903 3/40
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GREAT SWELL
16' Diapason 61 16' Bourdon 73
8' Principal Diapason 61 + 8' Open Diapason 73
8' Open Diapason 61 8' Stopped Diapason 73
8' Gemshorn 61 e 8' Spitz Flute 73
8' Doppel Flute 61 8' Viole d'Orchestre 73
4' Octave 61 e 8' Viole Celeste 73
4' Flute Harmonic 61 8' Dolce 73
II Quint Mixture 122 e 4' Octave 73
8' Trumpet 61 4' Hohl Flute 73
Sub 2' Flageolet 61
Unison Off * Cornet
Super 16' Contra Fagotto 73 +
8' Cornopean 73
CHOIR 8' Oboe 73
Tremulant
8' Diapason GT Sub
8' Violin d'Amour 61 Unison Off
8' Concert Flute 61 Super
8' Quintadena 61
8' Dolce 61 PEDAL
8' Unda Maris 49 +
4' Rohr Flute 61 16' Diapason 32
2' Piccolo 61 16' Diapason GT
8' Clarinet 61 16' Bourdon 32
Tremulant 16' Violone 32
Sub 16' Lieblich Gedacht SW
Unison Off 10 2/3' Quint 32
Super 8' Violoncello 12
8' Flute 12
e enclosed with Choir 16' Trombone 32
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* spec says 3, 4 & 5 ranks, so pipecount not known
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