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Austin Organ Co. Opus 1061 (1922)

University of Minnesota: Scott Hall, Auditorium
72 Pleasant Street SE
Minneapolis, MN

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


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Unknown - Building exterior (Photograph by campusmaps.umn.edu, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

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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

2009-02-08 - Updated through online information from Richard C Greene. -- There is an article from the DIAPASON, February 1922 that says it is a four-manual instrument, but several people I know who knew the organ said it had only three. -Database Manager

2009-10-27 - Updated through online information from Richard C Greene. -Database Manager

2022-10-08 - Three Austin sources list the organ as a 4-manual; the Solo division was just a 3-stop Tuba unit at 16, 8 and 4. -Jeff Scofield


Stoplist

Source: From THE DIAPASON February 1922

    Minneapolis, Minnesota
    University of Minnesota

    Austin   Op. 1061   1922   4/24
    ___________________________________________

    GREAT                      CHOIR
 8' Open Diapason     73    8' Open Diapason GT
 8' 2nd Diapason      73    8' Gamba         GT
 8' Major Flute    PD 41    8' Open Flute    GT
 8' Gamba             73    8' Flute Celeste 61
 8' Clarabella        73    8' Dolce         GT
 8' Dulciana          73    4' Flute         GT
 4' Harmonic Flute    73    2' Piccolo       61
16' Tuba              61    8' Clarinet      73
 8' Harmonic Tuba     12       Tremolo
 4' Clarion           12
    Chimes            25       SOLO
                           16' Tuba Magna    61
    SWELL                   8' Harmonic Tuba 12
16' Bourdon           73    4' Clarion       12
 8' Open Diapason     73
 8' Gedeckt           73       PEDAL
 8' Viole d'Orchestre 73   32' Resultant     --
 8' Viole Celeste     73   16' Double Open   32
 8' Salicional        73   16' Bourdon       32
 4' Flute Traverso    73   16' Gedeckt       SW
 2' Flautino          --    8' Cello         GT
 8' Oboe              73    8' Dolce Flute   SW
 8' English Horn      73   16' Trombone      GT
 8' Flügel Horn       73    8' Flügel Horn   SW
 8' Vox Humana        61
    Tremolo

  [Received from Jeff Scofield October 8, 2022]

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