Better Pipe Organ Database

Austin Organs, Inc. Opus 2641 (1979)

First United Methodist Church: Henderson Chapel
805 E. Denman Ave.
Lufkin, TX

Images

Unknown - Chancel and Organ Case ((ca. 1979) Photo from Austin promotional booklet; image courtesy of James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Non-Traditional Style, As Consoles by Holtkamp, Schlicker, et al
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
2 manuals
8 stops
35 registers
3 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

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

2005-06-01 - From Larry Covington: Organ was purchased by Richard Geddes for St. Paul Catholic Church in Smithville, Texas where it was installed by Geddes in the rear gallery without its swell enclosure. It was sold by this church in 1994 to St. John's Catholic Church in Luling Texas and partially installed and enlarged by Franklin from Victoria, Texas. It was parted out for scrap about two years later. -Database Manager

2014-05-01 - The organ is free-standing in the front right corner of the chapel. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from <i>The American Organist</i> July 1980 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

       Lufkin, Texas
       First United Methodist Church
       Henderson Chapel

       Austin   Op. 2641   1979   2/10
       ___________________________________________________________________

       GREAT                     SWELL                     PEDAL
   16' Gemshorn      tc       8' Rohrflöte             16' Subbass
    8' Principal              8' Gemshorn              16' Gedeckt
    8' Gedeckt                8' Gemshorn Celeste       8' Principal
    8' Gemshorn               4' Principal              8' Gedeckt
    4' Principal              4' Gedeckt                8' Gemshorn
    4' Rohrflöte              4' Gemshorn           5 1/3' Gedeckt
2 2/3' Gedeckt            2 2/3' Gemshorn               4' Choral Bass
    2' Principal              2' Gedeckt                4' Gedeckt
1 3/5' Gemshorn             III  Scharf                 4' Gemshorn
  III  Mixture                8' Petite Trompette       2' Principal
    8' Petite Trompette       4' Petite Trompette     III  Mixture
       Chimes                                           8' Petite Trompette
                                                        4' Petite Trompette

  The pipework is enclosed except for the Principal, Mixture and Choralbass

            [Received online from Jeff Scofield May 1, 2014]

Documents

(1979-01-01) Austin promotional flyer -Jeff Scofield