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Austin Organs, Inc. Opus 2417 (1965)

Christ Church Cathedral, Episcopal
45 Church Street
Hartford, CT

Images

2015-08-21 - Cathedral exterior (Photograph by From church Facebook page, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2014-07-18 - Cathedral interior (Photograph by From church Facebook page, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

1965-11-01 - Console and Pipe Display (Austin brochure, collection of Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

1965-11-01 - Pipe Display (Austin brochure, collection of Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
3 manuals
43 stops
52 registers
4 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)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Remote Pneumatic/Mechanical Capture
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

2007-04-01 - Kinzey-Lawn (<i>E. M. SKinner, Aeolian-Skinner Opus List</i>) indicates the Skinner Great was rebuilt by Austin in 1951 and retained in this instrument. That may be an error, as the Opus number of the Austin is incorrectly identified. -Database Manager

2007-04-01 - Prepared-for Antiphonal division added in December, 2001. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from Austin brochure about the organ Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

       Hartford, Connecticut
       Christ Church Cathedral, Episcopal

       Austin   Op. 2417   1965   3/56
       ___________________________________________________

       GREAT                           POSITIV
   16' Quintaten        61          8' Suavial          61
    8' Principal        61          8' Nason Flute      61
    8' Bourdon          61          4' Prestant         61
    8' Gemshorn         61          4' Koppelflöte      61
    4' Octave           61          2' Oktav            61
    4' Spitzflöte       61      1 1/3' Quint            61
2 2/3' Quintflöte       61          1' Sifflöte         61
    2' Fifteenth        61         IV  Scharf          244 c
   IV  Fourniture      244 a      III  Cymbel          183 d
    8' Trompete         61          8' Krummhorn        61
       Unison Off                   4' Schalmei         61
       Chimes                          Tremulant
                                       Sub
       SWELL                           Unison Off
   16' Lieblich Gedeckt 12          
    8' Rohrflöte        68             PEDAL
    8' Viola            68         32' Resultant        --
    8' Viola Celeste    61         16' Principal        32
    8' Flauto Dolce     68         16' Bourdon          32
    8' Flute Celeste    56         16' Quintaten        GT
    4' Principal        68         16' Lieblich Gedeckt SW
    4' Waldflöte        68          8' Octave           32
2 2/3' Nasard           61          8' Spitzflöte       32
    2' Blockflöte       61          8' Rohrflöte        SW
1 3/5' Tierce           61          4' Choral Bass      32
   IV  Plein Jeu       244 b        4' Nachthorn        32
   16' Fagot            68          2' Flöte            12
    8' Trompette        68        III  Mixture          96 e
    4' Clairon          68         16' Posaune          32
       Tremulant                   16' Fagot            SW
       Sub                          8' Posaune          12
       Unison Off                   4' Krummhorn        PO
       Super 
                                       ANTIPHONAL (prep)
    a  19-22-26-29                     ANTIPHONAL PEDAL (prep)
    b  15-19-22-26
    c  22-26-29-33
    d  33-36-40
    e  22-26-29

      [Received online from Jeff Scofield April 22, 2014]

Documents

Austin brochure -Jeff Scofield

Websites

Pipe Organs of Hartford - Greater Hartford AGO - Brief history, stoplist of enlarged organ, photographs (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)

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