Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
2018-08-05 - Updated by Benjamin Clark, who maintains the organ.<br>\r\nAccording to a previous owner of the instrument, Prospect Avenue Congregational Church (PACC) had sold this organ to St. John\'s College in Winfield, Kansas, in the mid-1940s. The Austin Organ Co. opus list designates PACC as the original owner of opus 994, which was the 44th of 129 total "Chorophone" stock models built by Austin. Research from The Black Archives of Mid-America reveals PACC disbanded their congregation in June 1948, and the organ was presumably sold to the college at that time. The building was subsequently home to the Metropolitan AME Zion Church until 1978 when their new church building was constructed on an adjacent lot. According to a 1994 survey on local church architecture from the Kansas City Architectural and Art Historical Research foundation, the original PACC building was constructed in 1906-7, designed in a German Baroque style by architect Rudolph Markgraf. Having fallen into disrepair after 16 years of disuse and neglect, the building was not recommended for preservation by the study, and it was razed between 1994-1997. -Database Manager
This is based on op. 994 specifically, which may or may not correspond exactly to other Chorophones as the factory made slight changes over the years. Source: Specification from rank analysis 1922
Austin Organ Co. (Opus 994, 1922) Prospect Avenue Congregational Church Kansas City, MO 4 ranks, 13 stops, 27 registers, 316 pipes Pedal 16 Resultant (plays Gedeckt 16, 8, 5 1/3) 16 Bourdon (12 pipes) 8 Open Diapason (Gt) 8 Gedeckt (Sw) 8 Viole (Sw) 8 Dulciana (Sw) 4 Octave (Gt) 4 Flute (Sw) Great 16 Bourdon (Sw) 8 Open Diapason (61 pipes) 8 Gedeckt (Sw) 8 Viole (Sw) 8 Dulciana (Sw) 4 Octave (12 pipes) 4 Flute d'Amour (Sw) 4 Violina (Sw) 4 Dulcet (Sw) 2 Flautino (Sw) Swell (expressive) 16 Contra Dolce TC (from Dulciana) 8 Gedeckt (61 pipes) 8 Viole (61 pipes) 8 Dulciana (61 pipes) 4 Flute d'Amour (12 pipes) 4 Violina (12 pipes) 4 Dulcet (12 pipes) 2 2/3 Quintette (from Dulciana, to top F) 2 Flautino (12 pipes) Tremolo Swell expression pedal Crescendo pedal 4 x Gt-Pd and 4 x Sw-Pd divisional pistons Gt-Sw-Pd stop canceller bars
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