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Austin Organs, Inc. Opus 2599 (1976)

Christ Church, Episcopal: Gallery Organ
254 E. Putnam Avenue
Greenwich, CT

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)

Images

2020-03-01 - Gallery console (Photograph by Courtesy of the Organ Clearing House, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2020-03-01 - Gallery and gallery organ (Photograph by Courtesy of the Organ Clearing House, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Unknown - Gallery and Twin Organ Cases ((1976) Promotional photo in the collection of James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

Unknown - Gallery Cases and Trompette en Chamade ((1976) Promotional photo in the collection of James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
2 manuals
26 stops
26 registers
3 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: No Enclosed Divisions
Has crescendo
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
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

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

2007-05-18 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- Chancel organ more along Germanic lines. In matching cases on either side of a central window in the rear gallery. Hauptwerk on left side. Positiv and Pedal on right side. Chancel Trompette en Chamade projecting from front of each case directly beneath facade pipes. Duplicate or 'slave' pistons allow playing of Chancel organ from Gallery console. Gallery organ entirely straight...absolutley no borrowing, extensions, or unification. -Database Manager

2020-04-09 - Offered for sale via the Organ Clearing House in 2019. -Database Manager

2023-06-24 - Removed June 2021. "... returned to the organ builders in June to be repurposed" per news article in GreenwichTime.com: https://www.greenwichtime.com/local/article/It-s-not-the-number-of-pipes-Christ-16319868.php -Marie Prewett

Stoplist

Stoplist from Austin brochure featuring the organ Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

       Greenwich, Connecticut
       Christ Church, Episcopal

       Austin   Op. 2599   2/32   1976
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       GALLERY ORGAN - also playable on the chancel console

       HAUPTWERK              POSITIV              PEDAL
    8' Principal  61       8' Gedeckt    61    16' Subbass     32
    8' Rohrflöte  61       4' Prinzipal  61     8' Octav       32
    8' Gemshorn   49       4' Spielflöte 61     8' Gedecktbass 32
    4' Octav      61       2' Prinzipal  61     4' Choralbass  32
    4' Spitzflöte 61   1 1/3' Kleinflöte 61   III  Mixtur      96
2 2/3' Nasat      61       1' Sifflöte   61    16' Fagot       32
    2' Flachflöte 61     III  Scharf    183     4' Regal       32
1 3/5' Terz       61       8' Krummhorn  61
   IV  Mixtur    244          Tremulant
    8' Trompete   61       8' Trompette-
       Tremulant              en-Chamade 
       Unison Off             Unison Off

        [Received online from Jeff Scofield April 19, 2014]

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