Better Pipe Organ Database

Austin Organs, Inc. Opus 2487 (1968)

First Presbyterian/First Shiloh Baptist Church: Sanctuary
421 Main Street
Orange, NJ

Images

2021-09-07 - Church interior; console behind drum set in right corner of chancel (Photograph by First Shiloh Baptist Church, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2021-09-07 - Organ and pipework (Photograph by First Shiloh Baptist Church, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Unknown - Building exterior (Photograph from an archival source: HipPostcard.com, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
4 manuals
57 stops
69 registers
6 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)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe 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

2008-06-08 - Updated through on-line information from anthony mark lamort. -- Antiphonal Division -Database Manager

2013-04-28 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- The church closed, with the last service held on July 18, 2010. -Database Manager

2022-04-09 - The building was sold to First Shiloh Baptist Church after FPC closed on July 18, 2010; 2021 FSBC Facebook photos showed the organ and console still in place. -Jeff Scofield

2024-12-28 - A 5-rank Grand Chorus stop was added to the Solo before the organ was installed; the two prepared-for Pedal stops were a 4' Nachthorn and a 2' Blockflöte. -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from <i>The Diapason</i> December 1966 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

       Orange, New Jersey
       First Presbyterian Church

       Austin   Op. 2487   1967   4/61
       _________________________________________________

       GREAT                          SWELL
   16' Violone          61        16' Gedeckt         12
    8' Principal        61         8' Montre          68
    8' Hohlflöte        61         8' Rohrgedeckt     68
    8' Violone          12         8' Gambe           68
    4' Octave           61         8' Voix Celeste    56
    4' Rohrflöte        61         4' Principal       68
    2' Super Octave     61         4' Waldflöte       68
   IV  Mixture         244         2' Spillflöte      61
       Sub                     1 1/3' Larigot         61
       Unison Off                III  Plein Jeu      183
       Super                      16' Fagotto         68
       Chimes           AN         8' Trompette       68
                                   8' Fagotto         12
       CHOIR-POSITIV               4' Clairon         68
    8' Nason Flute      61            Tremulant
    8' spitz Flute      68            Sub
    8' Erzähler         68            Unison Off
    8' Erzähler Celeste 56            Super
    4' Prestant         68    
    4' Koppel Flute     68            ANTIPHONAL
2 2/3' Nasard           61         8' Principal       61
    2' Prinzipal        61         8' Rohrflöte       61
1 3/5' Tierce           61         8' Vox Angelica    61
1 1/3' Quint            61         8' Vox Celeste     49
    1' Sifflöte         61         4' Principal       61
   II  Cymbel          122         4' Flute           61
    8' Krummhorn        56         2' Fifteenth       61
    8' English Horn     68            Tremulant
       Tremulant                      Chimes          AN
       Sub
       Unison Off                     PEDAL
       Super                      32' Contra Bourdon  32
                                  16' Principal       32
       SOLO                       16' Bourdon         12
    8' Orchestral Flute 73        16' Violone         GT
    8' Gamba            73        16' Gedeckt         SW
    8' Gamba Celeste    61         8' Octave          32
    4' Harmonic Flute   73         8' Bourdon         12
    8' Bombarde         73         8' Rohrgedeckt     SW
    8' French Horn      73         4' Choralbass      32
    8' Orchestral Oboe  73            Blank
       Tremulant                      Blank
       Sub                       III  Mixture         96
       Unison Off                 16' Posaune         32
       Super                      16' Fagotto         SW
                                   8' Posaune         12
                                   4' Krummhorn       CH
                                      Chimes          AN

      [Received online from Jeff Scofield April 27, 2013]

Documents

(2006-07-01) Organ brochure -Jeff Scofield