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Austin Organs, Inc. Opus 2169 (1950)

St. Paul's Episcopal Church
218 W. Ottawa St.
Lansing, MI

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
3 manuals
37 stops
49 registers
5 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)
Combination action: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical

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

2008-09-29 - Updated through information in <i>The Windline</i>, Summer 2008: Console rebuilt in old shell, with new solid state memory. Organ re-actioned. -Database Manager

2009-05-26 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Positiv and Great cantilevered in front of side chambers; Swell chamber also opens into a side chapel, which has its own portable 4-stop keyboard and no pedalboard. -Database Manager

2010-04-21 - Updated through online information from Chad Boorsma. -- The organ has also had some tonal work done on it, including a few additions, by Fowler Organ Company. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist from <i>The American Organist</i> February 1951 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

       Lansing, Michigan
       St. Paul's Episcopal Church

       Austin   Op. 2169   1950   3/44

       GREAT (3 1/2" wind)       SWELL (6")
   16' Quintaten 61           8' Geigen Principal 73
    8' Diapason 61            8' Melodia 73
    8' Spitzflöte 61          8' Salicional 73
    4' Octave 61              8' Voix Celeste 61
    4' Flute Ouverte 61       4' Principal 73
2 2/3' Twelfth 61             4' Flute 73
    2' Fifteenth 61           2' Fifteenth 61
   IV  Mixture 244          III  Plein Jeu 183
       Sub                   16' Fagotto 73
       Unison Off             8' Trumpet 73
       Super                  8' Fagotto 12
       Chimes                 8' Vox Humana 61
                              4' Clarion 73
       CHOIR (4")                Tremulant
   16' Dolce 61                  Sub
    8' Concert Flute 73          Unison Off
    8' Viola 73                  Super
    8' Dolce 12
    8' Unda Maris 61             PEDAL (6")
    4' Koppelflöte 61        16' Diapason 32
    8' Krummhorn 73          16' Gedeckt 32
       Tremulant             16' Quintaten GT
    8' Trombone 29 PED       16' Dolce CH
       Sub                    8' Octave 32
       Unison Off             8' Gedeckt 12
       Super                  8' Dolce CH
                              4' Choralbass 32
       POSITIV (4")           4' Gedeckt 12
    8' Bourdon 61           III  Mixture 96
    4' Principal 61          16' Trombone 32 (10")
2 2/3' Nasard 61             16' Fagotto SW
    2' Blockflöte 61          8' Trombone 12
1 3/5' Tierce 61              8' Fagotto SW
                              4' Trombone 12

 [Received on line from Jeff Scofield May 26, 2009.]

Documents

(1951-01-21) Arthur Poister Organ Recital St. Paul's Episcopal Lansing MI 1951 Lansing State Journal article announcing an Arthur Poister organ recital at St. Paul's Episcopal Church Lansing MI on 1/25/1951 -Craig Otto

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