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
2014-07-06 - Originally installed at First Presbyterian Church, Bridgeport, Connecticut, in 1952; in 1959, the state announced its intention to purchase the property for new highway construction and the congregation and organ eventually relocated to nearby Fairfield; the first service there was held March 14, 1965. -Database Manager
Stoplist copied from <i>The American Organist</i> April 1953 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Fairfield, Connecticut
First Presbyterian Church
Austin Op. 2183 1952 3/36
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GREAT (*encl w/CH) SWELL
16' Violone 68 8' Geigen Diapason 68
8' Diapason 68 8' Rohrflöte 68
8' Harmonic Flute 68 * 8' Viole de Gambe 68
8' Gemshorn 68 * 8' Voix Celeste 56
4' Octave 68 8' Salicional 68
4' Quintaten [pf] 4' Fugara 68
2 2/3' Twelfth 61 4' Chimney Flute 68
2' Fifteenth 61 2' Flautino 61
IV Mixture 244 III Mixture 183
Sub 16' Contra Oboe [pf]
Unison Off 8' Trumpet 68
Super 8' Oboe 68
Chimes CH 8' Vox Humana [pf]
4' Clarion 68
CHOIR Tremulant
8' Viola 68 Sub
8' Melodia 68 Unison Off
8' Dulciana 68 Super
8' Unda Maris 61
4' Flute 68 PEDAL
2 2/3' Nazard 61 16' Diapason 32
2' Blockflöte 61 16' Violone GT
8' Clarinet 68 16' Lieblich Gedeckt 12 SW
4' English Horn 68 16' Contra Viola 12 CH
Tremulant 8' Octave 12
Sub 8' Violone GT
Unison Off 8' Rohrflöte SW
Super 4' Super Octave 12
Chimes 25 16' Bombarde 32
16' Contra Oboe [pf]
8' Bombarde 12
4' Bombarde 12
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