Better Pipe Organ Database

Austin Organ Co. Opus 851 (1919)

Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall: Auditorium
590 Main St.
Melrose, MA

Images

21st-century - Building exterior (Photograph by Wikipedia, submitted by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)

Before 2023 - Exterior (Photograph by Wikipedia, submitted by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)

2012 - Console (Photograph by Peter Krasinski, submitted by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Movable Console
4 manuals
62 stops
82 registers
6 divisions
Key action Type: Tubular Pneumatic (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Tubular Pneumatic (Details Unknown)
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 (Details Unknown)
Has crescendo
Combination action: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe 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

2005-08-25 - On-line update from Eric Anderson -- Organ extant and playable as of this writing, but in need of releathering. Problems exist with the original "umbilical" cord connecting console to organ. No tonal changes. Used occasionally by the Melrose Symphony Orchestra. -Database Manager

2014-05-02 - Renovated by Austin in 1961 and 1974. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist from municipalorgans.net, with some pipecounts from similar organs of the period Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

    Melrose, Masssachusetts
    Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall

    Austin   Op. 851   1919   4/62
    ______________________________________________________

    GREAT (*unenclosed)               SWELL
16' Dbl Open Diapason 61 *        16' Bourdon           73
16' Bourdon           61 *         8' Diapason Phonon   73
 8' 1st Open Diapason 61 *         8' Horn Diapason     73
 8' 2nd Open Diapason 61 *         8' Stopped Diapason  73
 8' Double Flute      61           8' Stopped Flute     73
 8' Clarabella        61           8' Quintadena        73
 8' Violoncello       61           8' Salicional        73
 8' Gemshorn          61           8' Voix Celeste      61
 8' Major Flute       SO           8' Nitsua            73
 4' Octave            61 *         8' String Celeste    61
 4' Forest Flute      61           8' Muted Viole       73
 2' Super Octave      61 *         4' Principal         73
16' Double Trumpet    61           4' Harmonic Flute    73
 8' Trumpet           12           2' Flageolet         61
 4' Clarion           12          16' Contra Fagotto    73
    Sub                            8' Cornopean         73
    Unison Off                     8' Oboe              73
    Super                          8' Vox Humana        61
    Chimes                            Tremulant
                                      Sub
    CHOIR (c)                         Unison Off
16' Contra Viola      73              Super
 8' Diapason          73
 8' Concert Flute     73              ECHO
 8' Flute Celeste     61           8' Viole d'Orchestre 73
 8' Viole d'Orchestre 73           8' Viole Celeste     61
 8' Viole Celeste     61           8' Voix Seraphique   61
 8' Voix Seraphique   61           8' Concert Flute     73
 8' Dulciana          73           8' Flute Celeste     61
 8' Unda Maris        61           4' Flute d'Amour     73
 4' Flauto Traverso   73           8' Vox Humana        61
 2' Harmonic Piccolo  61              Tremulant
 8' French Horn       73
 8' Clarinet          73              PEDAL
 8' Cor Anglais       73          64' Gravissima        --
    Tremulant                     32' Double Diapason   32
    Sub                           32' Contra Bourdon    --
    Unison Off                    16' Open Diapason     12
    Super                         16' First Bourdon     32
                                  16' Second Bourdon    SW
    SOLO                          16' First Violone     32
 8' Major Flute       29 PD       16' Second Violone    GT
 8' Grand Diapason    73          16' Contra Viola      OR
 8' Gamba             73      10 2/3' Quinte            --
 8' Gamba Celeste     73           8' Octave Flute      12
 4' Flute Ouverte     73           8' Octave Bourdon    12
16' Tuba Profunda     61           8' Gamba Celeste     SO
 8' Tuba Magna        73 u         4' Super Octave      12
 8' Harmonic Tuba     12          32' Contra Bombarde   32
 8' Orchestral Oboe   73          16' Bombarde          12
 4' Harmonic Clarion  12          16' Tuba Profunda     SO
    Sub                           16' Contra Fagotto    SW
    Unison Off                     8' Harmonic Tuba     SO
    Super                          4' Harmonic Clarion  SO

 u  Unenclosed
 c  The Choir division also has an 8' Celestial Harp

   [Received online from Jeff Scofield May 2, 2014]