Better Pipe Organ Database

Austin Organs, Inc. Opus 2344 (1961)

St. Mark's Episcopal Church
111 Oenoke Ridge (Route 124)
New Canaan, CT

Images

1961-09-01 - Church Exterior (Photograph courtesy of Austin Organs, Inc./Database Manager)

1961-09-01 - Chancel and Reredos (Photograph courtesy of Austin Organs, Inc./Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
41 stops
50 registers
5 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
Has combination 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

2010-04-14 - Updated through online information from Kip Said. -Database Manager

2015-08-19 - Updated through online information from John Igoe. -- In 2014, Austin installed several new stops and completed an extensive tonal redesign of the instrument. See The Diapason, August 2015, p. 26, for photos and stoplist. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

       New Canaan, Connecticut
       St. Mark's Episcopal Church

       Austin   Op. 2344   1961   3/51
       ______________________________________________

       GREAT                        SWELL
   16' Quintaten        61       8' Rohrflöte      68
    8' Principal        61       8' Viole de Gambe 68
    8' Bourdon          61       8' Voix Celeste   61
    8' Spitzflöte       61       8' Flauto Dolce   68
    4' Octave           61       4' Principal      68
    4' Nachthorn        61       4' Waldflöte      68
    2' Spitz Fifteenth  61       2' Octavin        61
   IV  Fourniture      244      IV  Plein Jeu     244
                                16' Contra Fagotto 68
       CHOIR                     8' Trompette      68
    8' Gedeckt          68       8' Fagotto        12
    8' Gemshorn         68       4' Clairon        68
    8' Gemshorn Celeste 56          Tremulant
    4' Spillflöte       68
2 2/3' Nasard           61          PEDAL
    2' Blockflöte       61      16' Contra bass    32
1 3/5' Tierce           61      16' Spitzflöte     12 GT
    8' Krummhorn        61      16' Quintaten      GT
       Tremulant                16' Gedeckt        12 CH
    8' Trumpet          68       8' Principal      32
                                 8' Bourdon        32
       POSITIV                   8' Gedeckt        CH
    8' Nason Flute      61       4' Choral Bass    32
    4' Koppelflöte      61       4' Nachthorn      32
    2' Oktav            61       2' Flute          12
1 1/3' Larigot          61     III  Mixture        96
    1' Sifflöte         61      16' Bombarde       32
  III  Cymbal          183      16' Fagotto        SW
                                 8' Trompette      12
                                 4' Krummhorn      CH

      [Received online from Jeff Scofield May 9, 2014]

Websites

St. Mark's Organ and Carillon page - Brief description (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

#62721 - Austin Organs, Inc. Opus 2344 (2015)