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Austin Organ Co. Opus 291 (1910)

Independence Boulevard Christian Church
606 Gladstone Blvd.
Kansas City, MO

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)

Images

ca. 1920 - Chancel and Facade (Photograph from Church and Sunday-School Buildings by P. E. Burroughs. (ca. 1920); image courtesy of Steven Lawson./Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
4 manuals
51 stops
66 registers
6 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: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti 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

2008-10-04 - Photograph in <i>Church and Sunday School Buildings</i> (Nashville, 1920), p. 76 -Database Manager

2010-03-21 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Console later moved to the left front nave floor; replaced in 1968 by 4/62 Casavant Op. 2981, retaining the Austin Echo division. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist from <i>Austin Organs,</i> by Orpha Ochse Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

        Kansas City, Missouri
        Independence Boulevard Christian Church

        Austin   Op. 291   1910   4/53

        GREAT                         SWELL
    16' Bourdon 61                16' Bourdon 73
     8' First Open Diapason 61     8' Open Diapason 73
     8' Second Open Diapason 61    8' Clarabella 73
     8' Gross Flute 61             8' Stopped Flute 73
     8' Gamba 61                   8' Viole d'Orchestre 73
     8' Gedackt 61                 8' Viole Celeste 61
     4' Octave 61                  8' Vox Seraphique 73
     4' Harmonic Flute 61          8' Muted Viole 73
     2' Fifteenth 61               8' Vox Angelica 61
     8' Trumpet 61                 4' Violina 73
                                   4' Wald Flute 73
        SOLO (encl. with CH)       2' Flautina 61
     8' Grand Diapason 73        III  Dolce Cornet 183
     8' Flauto Major 73           16' Contra Posaune 73
     8' Gross Gamba 73             8' Cornopean 73
     8' Gamba Celeste 73           8' Oboe 73
     4' Flute 73                   8' Vox Humana (pf)
     8' Orchestral Oboe 73         4' Clarion 73
     8' Saxophone (derived)           Tremulant
        Tremulant                     Sub
        Sub                           Super
        Super
    16' Ophecleide 61                 CHOIR
     8' Tuba 12                   16' Contra Viole 73
     4' Clarion 12                 8' Open Diapason 73
        Harp 49                    8' Concert Flute 73
                                   8' Dulciana 73
        PEDAL                      8' Unda Maris 61
    32' Contra Bourdon 12          8' Quintadena 73
    32' Resultant Bass --          4' Rohr Flute 73
    16' Open Diapason 32           2' Piccolo 61
    16' Violone 32                 8' Clarinet 73
    16' Bourdon GT                 8' Cor Anglais 73
    16' Lieblich Gedackt SW           Tremulant
    16' Contra Viole CH               Sub
10 2/3' Quint GT                      Super
     8' Octave 12
     8' Violoncello 12                ECHO (above rear gallery)
     8' Flute GT                   8' Melodia 73
    16' Ophecleide SO              8' Dolce 73
    16' Contra Posaune SW          8' Vox Aetheria 73
     8' Tuba SO                    4' Fern Flute 73
                                   8' Vox Humana 73
                                      Tremulant
                                      Chimes 20

[Received on line from Jeff Scofield March 21, 2010.]

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