Better Pipe Organ Database

Austin Organ Co. Opus 1519 (1928)

Second Congregational Church / Miracle Temple
45 Broad Street
New London, CT

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

Images

2022-06-25 - Church exterior (Photograph by Wikipedia, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
3 manuals
27 stops
33 registers
4 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

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

2014-07-31 - The building sold to the Miracle Temple in June 2012; the last service in that building by Second Congregational was held July 14, 2013; they now share the building of Crossroads Presbyterian Church, Waterford, Connecticut, and are now known as the Waterford Congregational United Church of Christ. -Database Manager

2022-08-06 - This instrument replaced a 3-manual Murray Harris electro-pneumatic instrument (new with the building), installed circa 1918. It is not known if the Austin recycled any of the Harris pipework, or why the Harris needed replacement after only a decade. The fate of the Austin after the praise congregation took over the building is unknown. -Scot Huntington

2022-08-09 - A fire in December 1926 began in the bellows room behind the organ and heavily damaged the sanctuary with smoke damage throughout the building. The Harris organ would have been damaged or destroyed as a result. -Scot Huntington

Stoplist

Source: From THE DIAPASON May 1927

    New London, Connecticut
    Second Congregational Church

    Austin   Op. 1519   1928   3/27
    ________________________________________________

    GREAT (*)                   SWELL
16' Bourdon         PD 41   16' Lieblich Gedeckt  73
 8' Principal Diapason 73    8' Open Diapason     73
 8' Small Diapason     73    8' Stopped Diapason  73
 8' Grossflöte         73    8' Viole d'Orchestre 73
 8' Violoncello        73    8' Viole Celeste     61
 8' Gemshorn           73    8' Echo Salicional   73
 4' Octave             73    4' Flauto Traverso   73
 4' Harmonic Flute     73    2' Flageolet         61
 8' Tuba               73    8' Cornopean         73
    Chimes             25    8' English Horn      73
                             8' Vox Humana        61
    CHOIR                       Tremolo
 8' Geigen Principal   73
 8' Concert Flute      73       PEDAL
 8' Dulciana           73   32' Resultant         --
 8' Unda Maris         73   16' Open Diapason     32
 4' Flute d'Amour      73   16' Bourdon           32
 8' French Horn        73   16' Violone        GT 12
    Tremolo                 16' Gedeckt           SW
    Harp               49    8' Flute  (OpDia)    12
                            16' Tuba           GT 12

 *  enclosed except 16' Bourdon

     [Received from Jeff Scofield January 23, 2023]