Better Pipe Organ Database

Austin Organ Co. Opus 1298 (1925)

First Methodist Church
Sheboygan, WI

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
3 manuals
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
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: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical

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

2024-11-14 - "Installed at a cost exceeding $9,000." -- from article with specification, The Sheboygan Press, May 29, 1925 -Paul R. Marchesano

Stoplist

See DOCUMENTS tab for article with specifications and description of accessories Source: The Sheboygan Press May 29, 1925

Great Open Diapason 8, Melodia 8, Second Open Diapason 8, Dulciana 8, Unda Maris 8 (TC), Flute 4, Trumpet 8

Swell Bourdon 16, Flute d'Amour 4, Rohr Flute 8, Open Diapason 8, Viole d'Orchestre 8, Vox Humana 8, Oboe 8 (reported in papers as 75 pipes (typo?)), Tremulant

Pedal (augmented 96 pipes) Bourdon 16, Flute 8, Double Open Diapason 16

Great to Great 16, Great to Great, Great to Great 4, Swell to Great 16, Swell to Great 8, Swell to Great 4, Swell to Swell 16, Swell to Swell, Swell to Swell 4, Swell to Pedal 8, Swell to Pedal 4, Great to Pedal 8

Documents

(1925-05-29) "Installation of a New Pipe Organ at Methodist Church," Sheboygan Press, Friday, May 29, 1925, 4, Newspapers.com, https://www.newspapers.com/image/239358243. (Announcement of dedication recital on May 31, 1925, and programs on June 2 and 4, 1925; stoplist.) -Charles Eberline