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Austin Organs, Inc. Opus 2621 (1978)

First Congregational Church
108 Sound Beach Avenue
Old Greenwich, CT

Images

2018-08-07 - Nave (Photograph by Craig Scott Symons/Database Manager)

2018-08-07 - Exterior (Photograph by Craig Scott Symons/Database Manager)

2018-08-07 - Antiphonal Organ (Photograph by Craig Scott Symons/Database Manager)

2018-08-07 - Console (Photograph by Craig Scott Symons/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Movable Console
3 manuals
39 stops
47 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)
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

2007-03-05 - Updated through information adapted from E. M. Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner Opus List, by Sand Lawn and Allen Kinzey (Organ Historical Society, 1997), and included here through the kind permission of Sand Lawn: Replaced Aeolian-Skinner 954, previously enlarged by Angell in 1964. -Database Manager

2018-08-10 - In August 2018, Austin removed some pipes and the console in preparation for a rebuilding that will include a new enclosed Choir division. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Typed Specification Source: from Craig Scott Symons Date not recorded

Old Greenwich, Connecticut
First Congregational Church

Austin Organs, Inc.   Opus 2621   1978          3 manuals, 39 stops, 55 ranks
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         GREAT ORGAN                            SWELL ORGAN
     16' Quintaten             61           16' Gedeckt               73
      8' Principal             61            8' Rohrflöte (fr. Ged)   --
      8' Bourdon               61            8' Viole de Gambe        61
      4' Octave                61            8' Voix Celeste (TC)     49
      4' Spitzflöte            61            8' Flauto Dolce          61
      2' Super Octave          61            4' Principal             61
         Fourniture IV        244            4' Flute Harmonique      61
         Scharf III           183            2' Gemshorn              61
           Great Unison Off                     Sesquialtera II (TC)  98
           Swell to Great 16'                   Plein Jeu IV         244
           Swell to Great 8'                16' Basson                73
           Swell to Great 4'                 8' Trompette             73
           Positiv to Great 8'               8' Hautbois (fr. Bssn)   --
           Antiphonal to Great 8'            4' Clairon (fr. Tpt)     --
           Bells (Tower)                          Tremolo
                                                  Swell 16'
         POSITIV ORGAN                            Swell Unison Off
      8' Holzgedeckt           61                 Swell 4'
      4' Prestant              61                 Antiphonal to Swell 8'
      4' Koppelflöte           61
  2 2/3' Nasard                61               PEDAL ORGAN
      2' Oktav                 61           16' Principal             44
  1 3/5' Tierce                61           16' Subbass               44
  1 1/3' Quint                 61           16' Quintaten (Gt)        --
         Cymbel III           183           16' Gedeckt (Sw)          --
      8' Krummhorn             61            8' Octave                32
           Tremolo                           8' Bourdon (fr. Subbass) --
           Positiv 16'                       8' Rohrflöte (Sw)        --
           Positiv Unison Off                4' Super Octave          32
           Swell to Positiv 16'                 Mixture IV           128
           Swell to Positiv 8'              16' Bombarde              44
           Swell to Positiv 4'              16' Basson (Sw)           --
           Great to Positiv 8'               8' Trompette (fr. 16')   --
           Antiphonal to Positiv 8'          4' Krummhorn (Pos)       --
                                                  Great to Pedal 8'
         ANTIPHONAL ORGAN                         Swell to Pedal 8'
      8' Montre                61                 Swell to Pedal 4'
      8' Flute a Cheminee      61                 Positiv to Pedal 8'
      4' Prestant              61                 Antiphonal to Pedal 8'
      4' Flute Triangular   (prep)
         Mixture III          183               ANTIPHONAL PEDAL
      8' Fagot                 61           16' Bourdon (ext Ant)  (prep)

         ADJUSTABLE COMBINATIONS                REVERSIBLES
         Swell          8  (thumb)              Swell to Pedal    (thumb & toe)
         Great          8  (thumb)              Great to Pedal    (thumb & toe)
         Positiv        8' (thumb)              Positiv to Pedal  (thumb & toe)
         Antiphonal     3  (thumb)              Swell to Great    (thumb)
         Pedal          6  (toe)                Swell to Positiv  (thumb)
         General     1-10  (thumb & toe)        Great to Positiv  (thumb)
         General    11-14  (thumb)              Tutti             (thumb & toe)
         General Cancel    (thumb)              Zimbelstern       (toe)

         EXPRESSION
         Balanced Swell Pedal
         Crescendo Pedal


[Received from Steven E. Lawson  2018-08-07]

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