Better Pipe Organ Database

Austin Organ Co. Opus 966 (1925)

State Teachers' College: Carney Hall
Pittsburg, KS

Images

1960's - Building exterior (Photograph from an archival source: Pittsburg State University Digital Common, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
4 manuals
49 stops
67 registers
6 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: Adjustable Combination 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

2014-08-17 - The Carney Hall auditorium sat 2,200 people and the organ was installed to each side of the stage, with the tonal openings into the room; structural issues led to the building being vacated in 1978 and it was razed in 1980. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from <i>The Diapason</i> January 1925 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

    Pittsburg, Kansas
    State Teachers College
    Carney Hall

    Austin   Op. 966   1925   4/49
    _________________________________________________

    GREAT                         SWELL

16' Double Diapason 73        16' Bourdon          73
 8' First Diapason  73         8' Diapason         73
 8' Second Diapason 12         8' Tibia Clausa     73
 8' Grossflöte      73         8' Viol d'Orchestre 73
 8' Violoncello     73         8' Viole Celeste    61
 8' Clarabella      73         8' Small Violina    73
 8' Gemshorn        73         8' Salicional       73
 4' Octave          73         8' Aeoline          73
 4' Waldflöte       73         4' Principal        73
 2' Flautina        61         4' Traverse Flute   73
 8' Tromba          73     2 2/3' Nasard           61
    Tremolo                    2' Piccolo          61
    Sub                    1 3/5' Tierce           61
    Unison Off               III  Cornet           -- a
    Super                     16' Contra Fagotto   61
    Chimes          EC         8' Cornopean        73
                               8' Fagotto          12
    SOLO                       8' Orchestral Oboe  73
                               8' Vox Humana       61
 8' Stentorphone    73         4' Clarion (Fgtto)  12
 8' Major Flute     73            Tremolo
 8' Gross Gamba     73            Sub
 8' Gamba Celeste   73            Unison Off
16' Ophicleide      61            Super
 8' Tuba Mirabilis  12
 8' Saxophone       73            CHOIR
 8' French Horn     73
 4' Tuba Clarion    12        16' Contra Viole     73
    Tremolo                    8' Diapason         73
    Sub                        8' Concert Flute    73
    Unison Off                 8' Dulciana         73
    Super                      8' Unda Maris       61
                               4' Flute d'Amour    73
    PEDAL                      8' Clarinet         73
                               8' English Horn     73
32' Contra Bourdon  32            Tremolo
32' Acoustics Bass  --            Sub
16' Diapason        32            Unison Off
16' Second Diapason GT            Super
16' Bourdon         12
16' Echo Lieblich   SW            ECHO
16' Violone         CH
 8' Flute Major     SO         8' Diapason         73
 8' Flute Dolce     SW         8' Echo Violin      73
 8' Cello           CH         8' Dolce Flute      73
 8' Still Gedeckt   SW         8' Flute Celeste    61
16' Ophicleide      SO         8' Quintadena       73
 8' Tromba          SO         8' Vox Humana       73
 4' Clarion         SO            Tremolo
                                  Chimes           25
 a  draws 2 2/3, 2, 1 3/5

   [Received from Jeff Scofield August 17, 2014]

Documents

Write-up from THE DIAPASON January 1925 Stoplist and description -Jeff Scofield