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Austin Organ Co. Opus 794 (1931)

St. Aedan's Roman Catholic Church
800 Bergen Avenue
Jersey City, NJ

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

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
4 manuals
50 stops
56 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)
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 19, 2004: http://www.austinorgans.com/organ-research.htm. -Database Manager

2006-12-21 - On-line update from Eric Fahner: This organ was supposedly from the estate of the founder of the now defunct Trust Company Bank Of New Jersey by the former Jersey City Mayor Frank Hague. All that remains of this organ is the blower in the basement. -Database Manager

2014-04-27 - Installed in the rear gallery; replaced in 1983 by 3/39 Schantz Op. 1200 (1972) that was moved from the closed Church of the Holy Communion, New York NY. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from <i>The Diapason</i> August 1931 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

     Jersey City, New Jersey
     St. Aedan's R. C. Church

     Austin   Op. 794   1931   4/52
     ________________________________________________

     GREAT                        CHOIR
 16' Major Diapason    61 *    8' Geigen Principal 73
  8' 1st Open Diapason 61 *    8' Melodia          73
  8' 2nd Open Diapason 61      8' Quintadena       73
  8' Third Diapason    61      8' Dulciana         73
  8' Doppel Flute      61      8' Unda Maris       61
  8' Concert Flute     61      8' Vox Angelica     73
  8' Viole d'Amour     61      4' Flute d'Amour    73
  8' Nitsua            61      2' Piccolo          61
  4' Principal         61      8' Clarinet         73
  4' Harmonic Flute    61      8' Cor Anglais      73
  2' Fifteenth         61         Tremulant
  8' Trumpet           61         Sub
     Sub                          Unison Off
     Unison Off                   Super
     Super
                                  SOLO
     SWELL                     8' Flauto Major     73
 16' Bourdon           73      8' Gross Gamba      73
  8' Diapason Phonon   73      8' Gamba Celeste    73
  8' Stopped Flute     73      4' Flute Ouverte    73
  8' Chimney Flute     73      8' Tuba Harmonic    73
  8' Viole d'Orchestre 73      8' French Horn      73
  8' Viole Celeste     73      8' Wald Horn        73
  8' Salicional        73      8' Orchestral Oboe  73
  8' Voix Celeste      73         Tremulant
  8' Vox Seraphique    73         Sub
  8' Aeoline           73         Unison Off
  4' Flauto Traverso   73         Super
  2' Flageolet         61         Chimes           20
III  Dolce Cornet     183         Harp             49
  8' Cornopean         73
  8' Oboe              73         PEDAL
  8' Vox Humana        61     16' Major Bass       32
     Tremulant                16' Bourdon          32
     Sub                      16' Viole Bass       32
     Unison Off               16' Dolce            SW
     Super                     8' Grossflöte       12
                               8' Cello            SO
  * Unenclosed, the rest of    8' Dolce Flute      SW
    the Great is enclosed     16' Tuba Profunda    12 SO
    with the Choir division   16' Fagotto          32
                              16' Vox Bass         12 SW

   [Received online from Jeff Scofield April 28, 2014]

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