Better Pipe Organ Database

Austin Organs, Inc. Opus 2642 (1979)

St. James Episcopal Church: Sanctuary
355 W. Maple Road
Birmingham, MI

Images

2022-04-01 - 1/2 Horsepower step-up Spencer Blower (Photograph by Roman Lizak/Roman Lizak)

2022-04-01 - 2 Horsepower Spencer Blower (Photograph by Roman Lizak/Roman Lizak)

2022-04-01 - Half Length 32’ Bombarde (Photograph by Roman Lizak/Roman Lizak)

2022-04-01 - Swell chamber (Photograph by Roman Lizak/Roman Lizak)

1994-05-19 - Antiphonal pipes (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

1994-05-19 - Sanctuary interior (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

1994-05-19 - Console (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

1994-05-19 - Church exterior (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
3 manuals
41 stops
54 registers
5 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
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 thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2005-01-08 - Information identifying this instrument from the Austin Organs, Inc. website, accessed December 31, 2004: http://www.austinorgans.com/organ-research.htm. -Database Manager

2008-07-05 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Antiphonal exposed to each side of the rear window at the rear of the nave; there is no gallery. -Database Manager

2009-11-11 - Updated through online information from Ray Ahrens. -Database Manager

2022-04-19 - This instrument was contracted in 1978 for $148,878 to be completed 12-15 months after the acceptance date. An addendum to the contract for an antiphonal division was also included in the contract for the additional cost of $20,141 bringing the total contract price to $169,019 In 1987 at the price of $14,205 a Trompette en Chamade was added to the antiphonal division. The instrument is still in regular use in the church and is unaltered. -Roman Lizak

Stoplist

Source: Taken from Austin contracts, via Roman Lizak

     Birmingham, Michigan
     St. James Episcopal Church

     Austin   Op. 2642   1979   3/53
     ____________________________________________________

     GREAT                            SWELL
  8' Principal            61      16' Rohrgedeckt      12
  8' Holzgedeckt          61       8' Rohrflöte        61
  4' Octave               61       8' Viole de Gambe   61
  4' Spitzflöte           61       8' Voix Celeste     49
  2' Super Octave         61       8' Flauto Dolce     61
 IV  Mixture             244       8' Flute Celeste    49
  8' Festival Trumpet     61       4' Principal        61
     Sub                           4' Flachflöte       61
     Unison Off                    2' Octavin          61
     Super                        IV  Plein Jeu       244
                                  16' Fagot            61
     ANTIPHONAL                    8' Trompette        61
  8' Principal            61       8' Fagot            12
  8' Bourdon              61       4' Clairon          61
  4' Octave               61          Tremolo
III  Mixture             183          Sub
 16' Pedal Bourdon        12          Unison Off
  8' Trompette-en-Chamade 49          Super

     PEDAL                            CHOIR
 32' Acoustic Bass        --       8' Bourdon          61
 16' Principal            32       8' Erzähler         61
 16' Bourdon              32       8' Erzähler Celeste 49
 16' Viole de Gambe    SW 12       4' Spitz Principal  61
 16' Rohrgedeckt          SW       4' Koppelflöte      61
  8' Octave               12   2 2/3' Nasard           61
  8' Rohrflöte            SW       2' Blockflöte       61
  8' Viole de Gambe       SW   1 3/5' Tierce           61
  4' Choral Bass          32       1' Sifflöte         61
III  Mixture              96     III  Cymbale         183
 32' Bombarde             12       8' Cromorne         61
 16' Bombarde             32          Tremolo
 16' Fagot                SW          Sub
  8' Bombarde             12          Unison Off
  4' Cromorne             CH          Super
                                   8' Festival Trumpet GT

     GT/SW/CH to Pedal    8 4     14  General Pistons
     ANT to Pedal         8        8  GT/SW/CH/PD Pistons
     SW/CH to Great    16 8 4      4  Antiphonal Pistons
     ANT to Great         8           Divisional Cancels
     SW to Choir       16 8 4
     GT/CH to Swell       8

         [Received from Ray Ahrens and Roman Lizak]

Documents

(1987-06-10) Contract for Additions Contract courtesy of the Austin Organ Company -Roman Lizak
(1979-04-05) Contract Addendum Document courtesy of the Austin Organ Company -Roman Lizak
(1978-10-05) Original Contract Contract courtesy of the Austin Organ Company -Roman Lizak