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Austin Organ Co. Opus 372 (1932)

Packer Collegiate Institute: Chapel
157 Montague Street
New York City: Brooklyn, NY

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

Images

2010-05-18 - Façade pipes and console (Photograph by Steven E. Lawson via the NYC AGO Organ Project, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2010-05-18 - Console (Photograph by Steven E. Lawson via the NYC AGO Organ Project, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
3 manuals
29 stops
35 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
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Has crescendo
Combination action: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe 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

2010-11-16 - Updated through online information from Connor Annable. -Database Manager

2015-12-05 - In 1932, Austin added a two-rank Echo division, rewired the Swell mixture, and replaced the Choir Quintadena with a Vox Angelica. The console, which had previously been on the rostrum level, was moved to the main floor. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: Courtesy of the NYC AGO Organ Project

    Brooklyn, New York
    Packer Collegiate Institute, Chapel

    Austin   Op. 372   1912/1932   3/30
    _________________________________________________

    GREAT (*encl w/CH)           SWELL
16' Bourdon          61      16' Lieblich Gedeckt  73
 8' Open Diapason    61       8' Open Diapason     73
 8' Gamba            61       8' Stopped Diapason  73
 8' Doppel Floete    61 *     8' Viole d'Orchestre 73
 8' Dulciana         61 *     8' Voix Celeste      61
 4' Octave           61       8' Aeoline           73
 4' Flauto Traverso  61 *     4' Flute d'Amour     73
 8' Trumpet          61 *     2' Flautino          61
    Harp             49 *    II  Dolce Cornet     122
                             16' Contra Fagotto    73
    CHOIR                     8' Cornopean         73
 8' Concert Flute    73       8' Oboe              73
 8' Dulciana         GT       8' Vox Humana        61
 8' Unda Maris       61          Tremulant
 8' Vox Angelica     73
 4' Flauto Traverso  73          PEDAL
 8' Clarinet         73      16' Open Diapason     32
    Tremolo                  16' Bourdon           GT
                             16' Lieblich Gedeckt  SW
    ECHO (added 1932)         8' Gross Floete      12
 8' Violin Diapason  73       8' Flauto Dolce      CH
 4' Harmonic Flute   73      16' Fagotto           SW
    Tremolo

[Received online from Jeff Scofield February 19, 2014]

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