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Austin Organ Co. Opus 1426 (1926)

Central High School: Auditorium
Sheboygan, WI

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

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
3 manuals
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Tilting/Rocking Tablets Above Top Manual
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

2005-01-08 - Information identifying this instrument from the Austin Organs, Inc. web site, accessed December 31, 2004: http://www.austinorgans.com/organ-research.htm. -Database Manager

2009-03-04 - Updated through on-line information from Bruce Warren. -Database Manager

2013-07-17 - Updated through online information from Bruce Warren. -- Organ was relocated to South High School in Sheboygan, WI. Placed in a chamber intact on its original chest. -Database Manager

2014-08-25 - Updated through online information from David Bohn. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist from Factory Specifications Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Central High School, Sheboygan, Wisconsin

Austin Opus 1426, 1926


Great                                         Swell (Enclosed)
   16' Bourdon (73 pipes)                        16' Lieblich Gedeckt (97 pipes)
    8' Open Diapason (73 pipes)                   8' Open Diapason (73 pipes)
    8' Second Diapason (73 pipes)                 8' Rohr Flute (extension)
    8' Violoncello (73 pipes)                     8' Viole d'Orchestre (73 pipes)
    8' Gross Flute (73 pipes)                     8' Viole Celeste (61 pipes)
    4' Principal (73 pipes)                       8' Echo Salicional (73 pipes)
    4' Harmonic Flute (73 pipes)                  4' Flute d'Amour (extension)
    8' Harmonic Tuba (73 pipes)               IIIrks Dolce Cornet (183 pipes)
   16' Great                                      8' Oboe (73 pipes)
    4' Great                                      8' Vox Humana (61 pipes, 4" press.)
   16' Swell                                         Tremolo
    8' Swell                                     16' Swell
    4' Swell                                      4' Swell
   16' Orchestral                                 8' Swell On (top left)
    8' Orchestral
    4' Orchestral                             Pedal
    8' Great On (top row, left)                  16' Open Diapason (44 pipes)
                                                 16' Violone (orchestral)
Orchestral (enclosed)                            16' Bourdon (32 pipes)
   16' Contra Viole (73 pipes)                   16' Second Bourdon (swell)
    8' Violin Diapason (73 pipes)                 8' Flute (extension)
    8' Concert Flute (73 pipes)                   8' Flute (swell)
    8' Unda Maris (61 pipes, open wood)          16' Trombone (12 pipes, great ext.)
    8' Dulciana (73 pipes)                        8' Great
    4' Flute (73 pipes)                           4' Great
    2' Piccolo (61 pipes)                         8' Swell
    8' Clarinet (73 pipes)                        4' Swell
    8' French Horn (73 pipes)                     8' Orchestral
       Tremolo
   16' Orchestral                                 8 General pistons
    4' Orchestral                                 8 pistons each Gr, Sw, Orch.
   16' Swell                                      6 pistons to pedal (toe studs)
    8' Swell                                      Great to Pedal reversible toe
    4' Swell                                      Sforzando reversible toe
    8' Orchestral (top row, left)


 [Received from David Bohn 2014-08-11.]

Documents

. On-line update from Bruce Warren. -Database Manager

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