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Austin Organ Co. Opus 1625 (1929)

St. Paul's Episcopal Church
1006 3rd Street
Muskegon, MI

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
4 manuals
37 stops
46 registers
5 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes

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

2008-07-17 - Updated through online information from Stephen Hall. -- Organ was removed for renovation in July 2008 by Lauck Organ Co., Otsego, MI. Organ is planned to be ready for use by December 2008 (article dated July 15, 2008; Muskegon Chronicle). Electronic instrument to be used in the interim. -Database Manager

2010-07-05 - Updated through online information from Chad Boorsma. -- The organ was rebuilt in the 1960's; the work included some releathering and many pipe were changed. An exposed Gallery division was added by Reuter in 1980. Lauck Pipe Organ Company completed a major rebuild in 2009. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist from <i>The Diapason </i> (August 1928) Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Muskegon, Michigan
ST. PAUL'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH

Austin Organ Company    Opus 1625    1929    44 ranks
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GREAT: (* enclosed pipes)          SWELL:
   16' Double Open Diapason 61        16' Bourdon 73
    8' First Open Diapason 73          8' Diapason 73
    8' Second Open Diapason 12         8' Rohrflöte 73
    8' Flute Harmonique 73 *           8' Salicional 73
    4' Principal 73 *                  8' Voix Celeste 73
    4' Flute 73 *                      8' Aeoline 73
    2' Fifteenth 61 *                  4' Octave 73
  III  Mixture 183 *                   4' Triangular Flute 73
    8' Tuba 73                         V  Mixture 365
                                      16' Waldhorn 73
CHOIR:                                 8' Trumpet 73
   16' Dulciana 73                     8' Oboe d'Amore 73
    8' Geigen Principal 73             8' Vox Humana 73
    8' Concert Flute 73                   Tremulant
    8' Flute Celeste 61
    8' Dulciana 73                 PEDAL:
    8' Unda Maris 61                 32' Contra Bourdon 32
    4' Flute 73                      16' Open Diapason 32
2 2/3' Nazard 61                     16' 2nd Open Diapason [GT]
    8' Clarinet 73                   16' Bourdon 12
    8' French Horn 73                16' Dolce Bourdon [SW]
       Tremulant                     16' Dulciana [CH]
       Harp 61 bars                   8' Octave 12
       Celeste                        8' Octave Flute 12
                                      4' Super Octave 12
ECHO:                                16' Trombone 32
    8' Fern Flöte 61                  8' Tromba 12
    8' Vox Angelica II 122
    8' Vox Humana 61
       Tremulant
       Chimes 25 bells

[Received online from Chad Boorsma • July 6, 2010]

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