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Austin Organs, Inc. Opus 2056 (1941)

First Methodist Church: Sanctuary
21 Buell St.
Burlington, VT

Images

2016-01-24 - Church exterior (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
3 manuals
43 stops
23 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

2005-01-07 - Information identifying this instrument from the Austin Organs, Inc. web site, accessed December 29, 2004: http://www.austinorgans.com/organ-research.htm. -Database Manager

2010-02-15 - Updated through on-line information from Jeff Scofield. -- Tonal changes at some time by Errol C. Slack, Burlington, VT; 9-rank Antiphonal added by Austin in 1963. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist from <i>The American Organist</i> date unrecorded Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

       Burlington, Vermont
       First Methodist Church

       Austin   Op. 2056   1941   3/34

       GREAT (encl with Choir)           SWELL
   16' Spitzfloete 61                16' Rohrfloete 12
    8' Diapason 61                    8' Geigen Diapason 61
    8' Spitzfloete 12                 8' Rohrfloete 61
    8' Clarabella 61 (a)              8' Salicional 73
    4' Octave 61                      8' Viole Celeste 61 tc
    4' Spitzfloete 12                 8' Dolcissimo 73 (b)
2 2/3' Twelfth 61                     4' Geigen Octav 73
    2' Fifteenth 61                   4' Rohrfloete 12
    8' Trumpet 61                     2' Rohrflöte 12
       Sub                          III  Mixture 183
       Unison Off                     8' Cornopean 73
       Super                          8' Oboe 73
       Chimes 25 tubes                8' Vox Humana 61
                                         Tremulant
       ANTIPHONAL (1963)                 Sub
    8' Principal 68                      Unison Off
    8' Gemshorn 68                       Super
    8' Gemshorn Celeste 56 tc
    4' Octave 68                         CHOIR
    4' Waldflöte 68                   8' Concert Flute 73
  III  Mixture 183                    8' Spitzfloete GT
    8' Trumpet 68                     8' Spitzfloete Celeste 61 tc
       Chimes 25 (formerly GT)        8' Viola 73 (c)
                                      4' Spitzfloete 12 GT
       PEDAL                      2 2/3' Spitzfloete 7 GT
   16' Diapason 32                    2' Spitzfloete 5 GT
   16' Clarabella 12 GT           1 3/5' Tierce 61
   16' Spitzfloete GT                 8' Clarinet 73
   16' Rohrfloete SW                     Tremulant
    8' Diapason 12                       Sub
    8' Clarabella GT                     Unison Off
    4' Diapason 12                       Super
   16' Trumpet 12 GT                  8' Harp 61 bars
       Chimes GT/AN                   4' Harp-Celesta

       ANTIPHONAL PEDAL (1963)
   16' Gedeckt 24 (ext 4' Waldflöte)
    8' Principal 12 (ext 4' Octave)
    8' Flöte AN (Waldflöte)

    a  Replaced 1963 by Bourdon 8
    b  Replaced 1963 by Flute Ouverte 4
    c  Replaced 1963 by Montre 4

[Received on line from Jeff Scofield February 15, 2010.]

Documents

Write-up from THE DIAPASON September 1941 Stoplist and description -Jeff Scofield

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

#51503 - Austin Organ Co. Opus 2056-A (1963)