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Austin Organ Co. Opus 1879 (1935)

Trinity Methodist Church
Lincoln, NE

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Movable Console
3 manuals
13 stops
18 registers
5 divisions
Stop action Type: Tubular Pneumatic (Details Unknown)
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler 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

2005-07-22 - On-line update from John Green -- Organ was combined with pipes from Austin opus 912 in 1984. Currently 38 stops, 30 ranks. Rebuilt/restored Skinner console added in 1986. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: From THE DIAPASON March 1935

     Lincoln, Nebraska
     Trinity Methodist Church

     Austin   Op. 1879   1935   3/15
     ____________________________________________

      Stops without pipecounts are prepared-for

     GREAT                    CHOIR
 16' Contra Clarabella     8' Viola
  8' Open Diapason   73    8' Concert Flute    73
  8' Clarabella            8' Dulciana         73
  8' Gemshorn              4' Harmonic Flute
  4' Octave          73    8' Oboe             73
III  Mixture        183       Electric Tremolo
     Chimes
                              PEDAL
     SWELL                16' Open Diapason    32
  8' Violin Diapason 73   16' Dulciana         12 CH
  8' Stopped Flute   73   16' Lieblich Gedeckt 12 SW
  8' Saliconal       73    8' Octave           12  
  8' Voix Celeste    61    8' Flute (LiebGed)
  4' Chimney Flute        16' Trombone
  4' Gemshorn Octave 73
  8' Trumpet         73
  8' Oboe
  8' Vox Humana
     Electric Tremolo

     [Received from Jeff Scofield April 28, 2022]

Documents

Write-up from THE DIAPASON March 1935 Stoplist and description -Jeff Scofield

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