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Austin Organs, Inc. Opus 2305 (1957)

St. James Episcopal Church: Church
581 Valley Road
Upper Montclair, NJ

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Movable Console
3 manuals
81 stops
33 registers
5 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
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: Computerized/Digital
Has sequencer
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

2009-05-28 - Updated through on-line information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

2014-05-18 - Updated through online information from Sean Price. -- Renovation in process executed by Russell & Company Organ Builders of Chester, Vermont. Scope of work: New Aeolian-Skinner replica console, new chamade with brass resonators, full rewiring. -Database Manager

2015-10-11 - Updated through online information from Sean Price. -- Russell & Company of Chester, Vermont replaced the original Austin console with a new state-of-the-art E.M. Skinner replica console. The combination action/piston sequencer is controlled by a Peterson ICS-4000. In addition, existing stops that were previously unplayable have now been fully restored to their original working state. Russell & Company also installed a brass Trompette en Chamade in the back of the church below the existing Antiphonal organ. The entire organ was rewired with wiring that is up to code. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist from The Diapason Mary 1957 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

       Upper Montclair, New Jersey
       The Episcopal Church of St. James

       Austin   Op. 2305   1957   3/39

       GREAT                       CHOIR
   16' Quintaten 61             8' Gedeckt 61
    8' Principal 61             8' Erzähler 61
    8' Bourdon 61               8' Unda Maris 49
    8' Gemshorn 61              4' Prestant 61
    4' Octave 61                4' Koppelflöte 61
    4' Nachthorn 61         2 2/3' Nasat 61
2 2/3' Octave Quint 61          2' Blockflöte 61
    2' Super Octave 61      1 3/5' Tierce 61
  III  Mixture 183              8' Krummhorn 61
       Sub                      4' Rohrschalmei 61
       Unison Off                  Tremolo
       Super                       Sub
       Chimes                      Unison Off
                                   Super
       SWELL
   16' Lieblich Gedeckt 61         PEDAL
    8' Hohlflöte 61            32' Contra Bourdon 7
    8' Viola 61                16' Contra Bass 32
    8' Voix Celeste 49         16' Quintaten GT
    4' Spitzprincipal 61       16' Lieblich Gedeckt SW
    4' Rohrflöte 61            16' Erzähler 12 CH
    2' Flautino 61              8' Octave 32
  III  Plein Jeu 183            8' Bourdon GT
   16' Fagot 61                 8' Gedeckt SW
    8' Trumpet 61               8' Erzähler CH
    8' Hautbois 12              4' Choralbass 12
    4' Clarion 61               4' Rohrflöte SW
       Tremolo                III  Mixture 96
       Sub                     16' Trumpet 12 SW
       Unison Off              16' Fagotto SW
       Super                    8' Trumpet SW          
                                4' Clarion SW
                                   Chimes GT

 [Received on line from Jeff Scofield May 28, 2009.]

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