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Austin Organs, Inc. Opus 2177 (1953)

First Presbyterian Church / Memorial Presbyterian Church
1310 Ashman St.
Midland, MI

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

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
3 manuals
39 stops
48 registers
4 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
Has combination 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. web site, accessed December 31, 2004: http://www.austinorgans.com/organ-research.htm. -Database Manager

2009-05-26 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- The chamber metal grillwork is notable because of the hymn tunes on them; formerly First Presbyterian, the church's full name became the Bertha E. R. Strosacker Memorial Presbyterian Church due to the fact her brother paid for the construction of the new church in her memory. -Database Manager

2011-02-10 - Updated through online information from Guy A Lynch. -- Organ to be removed spring, 2011 -Database Manager

2011-10-28 - Updated through online information from Stephen Hall. -- Organ to be replaced by Orgues Letourneau Opus 122 (IV/70) in 2011. -Database Manager

2014-09-08 - Some pipework reused in new Letourneau organ. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist from <i>The American Organist</i> November 1953 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

       Midland, Michigan
      (Bertha E. R. Strosacker) Memorial Presbyterian Church

       Austin   Op. 2177   1953   3/43

       GREAT                       SWELL
   16' Violone 61               8' Geigenprinzipal 73
    8' Diapason 61              8' Melodia 73
    8' Diapason Conique 61 *    8' Gambe 73
    8' Flute Harmonic 61 *      8' Salicional 73
    8' Gemshorn 61 *            8' Voix Celeste 61
    4' Octave 61                4' Fugara 73
    4' Quintaten 61 *           4' Rohrflöte 73
2 2/3' Twelfth 61               2' Flautino 61
    2' Fifteenth 61           III  Mixture 183
  III  Mixture 183             16' Fagotto 73
       Sub                      8' Trumpet 73
       Unison Off               8' Oboe 73
       Super                    8' Vox Humana 61
       Chimes (pf) *            4' Clarion 73
                                   Tremulant
    *  Enclosed with Choir         Sub
                                   Unison Off
       CHOIR                       Super
    8' Bourdon 73
    8' Viola 73                    PEDAL
    8' Dulciana 73             16' Diapason 32
    8' Unda Maris 61           16' Bourdon 32
    4' Koppelflöte 73          16' Violone GT
    4' Gemshorn 73             16' Bourdon 12 CH
2 2/3' Nasard 61               16' Dulciana 12 CH
    2' Blockflöte 61            8' Principal 32
1 3/5' Tierce 61                8' Bourdon 12
    8' Clarinet 73              8' Bourdon CH
    8' English Horn 73          4' Principal 12
       Tremulant               16' Bombarde 32
       Sub                      8' Bombarde 12
       Unison Off               4' Bombarde 12
       Super

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

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