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Austin Organ Co. Opus 232 (1908)

Brooklyn Academy of Music: Opera House
30 Lafayette Ave.
New York City: Brooklyn, NY

Images

1908 - Opera House interior to rear (Photograph from an archival source: Wurts Bros. via the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

1908 - Opera House interior to stage and organ chambers (Photograph from an archival source: Wurts Bros. via the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

3 manuals
8 stops
41 registers
4 divisions
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes

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

2014-07-07 - Originally installed in 1905 as a demonstration instrument at the Austin factory; sold to the Brooklyn Academy of Music in 1908 and installed in the Opera House; the organ was eventually removed. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

       Brooklyn, New York
       Brooklyn Academy of Music
 
       Austin   Op. 232   1905   3/8  Austin Organ Co. Showroom
       Austin   Op. 232   1908   3/8  Brooklyn Academy of Music
       ________________________________________________________

       GREAT                            CHOIR
   16' Dbl Open Diapason H/B        16' Contra Viole  E
    8' 1st Open Diapason   A         8' Open Diapason A
    8' 2nd Open Diapason   H         8' Rohr Floete   C
    8' Rohr Floete         C         8' Dulciana      G
    8' Gamba               B         4' Violino       E
    8' Dulciana            G         4' Flute         C
    4' Octave              H         8' Oboe          F
    4' Flute               C            Tremulant
2 2/3' Twelfth             G
    2' Fifteenth           G            PEDAL
    8' Trumpet             D        32' Resultant   A/C
                                    16' Open Diapason A
       SWELL                        16' Violone       B
   16' Bourdon             C        16' Bourdon       C
   16' Contra Viole        E        16' Contra Viole  E
    8' Open Diapason       H         8' Gross Floete  A
    8' Rohr Floete         C         8' Flauto Dolce  C
    8' Viole d'Orchestre   E         8' Violoncello   B
    8' Dulciana            G        16' Posaune       D
    4' Violina             E         8' Tromba        D
    4' Dolcette            G
    4' Flute               C        ANALYSIS
   16' Contra Posaune      D     A  16' Large Open Diapason  73
    8' Cornopean           D     B  16' Violone              73
    8' Oboe                F     C  16' Flute                97
    4' Clarion             D     D  16' Chorus Reed          97
       Tremulant                 E  16' Viole                85
                                 F   8' Oboe                 73
                                 G   8' Dulciana             73
                                 H   8' Geigen Principal     73

           [Received from Jeff Scofield July 7, 2014]

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