2008-07-06 - Church exterior (Photograph by Leon Reed, via flickr.com, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
1970 - Facade (Photograph from an archival source: Church greeting card, submitted by Nicholas Koch/Nicholas Koch)
Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
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
2008-10-20 - Updated by Jim Stark. Replaced existing Wirsching organ. -Database Manager
2012-01-09 - Updated through online information from s bournias. -- The 1921 Austin had 4 manuals;in 1964 a new console was 3 manuals; the 1921 installation replaced an 1865 Johnson tracker <em>not</em> a Wirsching; the Johnson was moved to Emmanuel Lutheran in Warren and later electrified and enlarged by Hillgreen in 1940 -Database Manager
2016-05-16 - Updated through online information from Jim Stark. <br>The Wirschiing organ was installed in November 1888 (Western Reserve Chronicle Nov. 14, 1888) and the Johnson moved by Wirsching to a church in St.Joseph, MI (The Chronicle, Warren, Nov. 17, 1888), probably Methodist Episcopal. -Database Manager
Source: From THE DIAPASON September 1920
Warren, Ohio
First Presbyterian Church
Austin 1921 Op. 989 4/32
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GREAT * CHOIR
16' Bourdon PD 8' Concert Flute 73
8' Principal Diapason 73 8' Dulciana 73
8' Horn Diapason 73 8' Unda Maris 61
8' Gross Flute 73 4' Flute d'Amour 73
8' Gemshorn 73 2' Piccolo 61
8' Gemshorn Celeste 61 8' Clarinet 73
4' Octave 61 8' French Horn 73
4' Harmonic Flute 1 Tremolo
8' Tuba 73
Tremolo ECHO
Chimes EC 8' Gedeckt 73
Harp 49 8' Spitz Flute 73
8' Flute Celeste 61
SWELL 8' Vox Humana 73
16' Bourdon 73 Tremolo
8' Open Diapason 73 Chimes 21
8' Stopped Diapason 73 Harp GT
8' Viole d'Orchestre 73
8' Salicional 73 PEDAL
8' Vox Celeste 61 32' Resultant --
8' Aeoline 73 73 16' Open Diapason 32
4' Traverse Flute 61 16' Bourdon 32
4' Gambette 61 16' Gedeckt SW
8' Cornopean 73 8' Major Flute 12
8' Oboe 73 8' Dolce Flute SW
8' Vox Humana 73 16' Tuba Major GT 12
Tremolo 8' Tuba GT
* enclosed except for Principal Diapason
[Received from Jeff Scofield July 7, 2022]
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