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Austin Organs, Inc. Opus 2191 (1953)

Boise State University: Hemingway Western Studies Center
1910 University Drive
Boise, ID

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
35 stops
50 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: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler 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. website, accessed December 31, 2004: http://www.austinorgans.com/organ-research.htm. -Database Manager

2006-11-04 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- The organ was rebuilt & enlarged by Austin between 1986 - 1989. -Database Manager

2009-06-14 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist from <i>The American Organist</i> December 1955 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

        Boise, Idaho
        Boise State University (formerly Junior College)
        Hemingway Western Studies Center

        Austin   Op. 2191   1953   3/44

        The Hemingway Center is the former home of the music dept.

        GREAT                      SWELL
    16' Quintaten 61            8' Innerbeard Flute 68
     8' Diapason 61             8' Viola 68
     8' Harmonic Flute 61       8' Viola Celeste 56 tc
     8' Gemshorn 61             4' Prestant 68
     4' Octave 61               4' Rohrflöte 68
     4' Quintadena 24       2 2/3' Nasard 61
    II  Rauschquinte 122        2' Flute 61
   III  Mixture 183         1 3/5' Tierce 61
        Sub                   III  Mixture 183
        Unison Off             16' Krummhorn 68
        Super                   8' Trompette 68
                                8' Krummhorn 12
        PEDAL                   4' Clairon 68
    16' Diapason 32                Tremulant
    16' Violone 32                 Sub
    16' Quintaten GT               Unison Off
    16' Gedeckt 12 CH              Super
10 2/3' Quint (pf)   
     8' Octave 32                  CHOIR
     8' Violone 12              8' Gedeckt 68
     8' Quintaten GT            8' Spitzflöte 68
     8' Gedeckt CH              8' Spitzflöte Celeste 56 tc
 5 1/3' Quint (pf)              4' Nachthorn 68
     4' Octave 12           2 2/3' Quint 61
     4' Violone 12              2' Waldflöte 61
     4' Nachthorn CH            8' Fagot 68
   III  Mixture 96                 Tremulant
    16' Bombarde 32             8' Bombarde 24 PED
    16' Krummhorn SW               Sub
     8' Bombarde 12                Unison Off
     8' Krummhorn SW               Super
     4' Bombarde 12   
                                   POSITIV
                                8' Suavial 61
                                4' Principal 61
                                2' Octave 61
                              III  Cymbel 183

 [Received on line from Jeff Scofield June 14, 2009.]

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