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Austin Organs, Inc. Opus 2491 (1996)

Congregation B' Nai Jeshurun: Sanctuary
1025 South Orange Ave.
Short Hills, NJ

Images

2021-06-12 - Temple exterior (Photograph by Andy Foster, via the Temple Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2020-06-17 - Sanctuary interior and organ console (Photograph by Andy Foster, via the Temple Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Unknown - Sanctuary interior (Photograph by Andy Foster, via the Temple Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
3 manuals
31 stops
44 registers
4 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

2021-10-30 - From the October 1966 issue of THE DIAPASON: "Founded in 1848 in Newark, N.J., B'Nai Jeshurun is the largest and oldest of the Reform Temples in the state. The new building being constructed in suburban Short Hills will replace the Newark Temple built in 1915 and a suburban center in South Orange. Architects for the new structure are Kelly and Gruzen of New York. The large sanctuary will seat over a thousand on the main floor and in four side galleries. At its highest point over the Ark the ceiling will be 110 feet above the floor. The organ will be placed behind the Ark on one corner of the square floor plan, with mahogany pipes of two pedal stops serving as a decorative extension of the Ark enclosure. Choir and console will be located in the left gallery near the organ. Andrew Edison, temple organist, drew up the specification in consultation with Charles L. Neill of Austin Organs." -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from <i>The Diapason</i> May 1968 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

     Short Hills, New Jersey
     Congregation B'Nai Jeshurun

     Austin   Op. 2491   1969   3/39
     ________________________________________________

     GREAT                       CHOIR
 16' Quintaten      61        8' Gedeckt           68
  8' Principal      61        8' Erzähler          68
  8' Bourdon        61        8' Erzähler Celeste  56
  4' Octave         61        4' Nachthorn         68
  4' Waldflöte      61        2' Octavin           61
  2' Spitzflöte     61    1 1/3' Larigot           61
 IV  Fourniture    244       II  Sesquialtera     122
  8' Trompete       61        8' Krummhorn         68
     Sub                         Tremulant
     Unison Off                  Sub
     Super                       Unison Off
                                 Super
     SWELL
  8' Rohrflöte      68           PEDAL
  8' Viola Pomposa  68       32' Resultant Bourdon --
  8' Viola Celeste  56       16' Contrabasse       32
  8' Flauto Dolce   68       16' Bourdon           12 GT
  8' Flute Celeste  56       16' Quintaten         GT
  4' Principal      68       16' Gedeckt           12 CH
  4' Koppelflöte    68        8' Principal         32
  2' Blockflöte     61        8' Viola Pomposa     SW
III  Plein Jeu     183        8' Gedeckt           CH
 16' Fagotto        68        4' Fifteenth         12
  8' Trompette      68        4' Nachthorn         CH
  8' Hautbois       12      III  Mixture           96
  4' Schalmey       68       16' Posaune           12 GT
     Tremulant               16' Fagotto           SW
     Sub                      8' Trompete          GT
     Unison Off               4' Krummhorn         CH
     Super

    [Received online from Jeff Scofield June 23, 2014]