Better Pipe Organ Database

Austin Organs, Inc. Opus 2068 (1942)

St. Paul's Lutheran Church
1126 S. Barr Street
Fort Wayne, IN

Images

Unknown - Church interior to front (Photograph by LCMS Photography, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2022-11-13 - Church exterior (Photograph by Wikipedia, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2017-03-24 - Organ case in rear gallery (Photograph by Joe Granger/Database Manager)

2017-03-24 - Church Interior and Organ Case (Photograph by Joe Granger/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Movable Console
4 manuals
48 stops
54 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 (Details Unknown)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Combination action: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe 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

2007-07-20 - Updated through online information from John Gouwens. -- The organ incorporates work from the original (ca.) 1909 Bennett organ and the (ca) 1942 Austin rebuild thereof. Subsequent to 1942, a chancel division (hidden behind the raredos) was installed, with awkward labels added to blank stopkeys prepare for it. Many ranks were replaced in 1981, though a number of older stops (including two 8' Open Diapasons on the Great) preserve much of the romantic character of the organ. -Database Manager

2015-06-15 - Updated through online information from Mark Vandre. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from <i>The Diapason</i> June 1942 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

       Fort Wayne, Indiana
       St. Paul's Lutheran Church

       Austin   Op. 2068   1946   3/53
       ________________________________________________________

       GREAT                           SWELL
   16' Dbl Open Diapason  61       16' Echo Lieblich Gedeckt 73
    8' 1st Open Diapason  61        8' Open Diapason         73
    8' 2nd Open Diapason  61        8' Stopped Diapason      73
    8' Doppelflöte        61        8' Viole d'Orchestre     73
    8' Gamba              61        8' Viole Celeste         73 *
    8' Gemshorn           61 *      8' Salicional            73
    4' Octave             61        8' Voix Celeste          73
    4' Flauto Traverso    61        4' Octave Geigen         73 *
2 2/3' Twelfth            61 *      4' Rohrflöte             73
    2' Fifteenth          61 *      2' Fifteenth             73 *
   IV  Fourniture        244 *    III  Mixture              183
    8' Trumpet            61       16' Contra Fagotto        73
       Sub                          8' Trompette             73 *
       Unison Off                   8' Cornopean             73
       Super                        8' Oboe                  73
       Chimes                       8' Vox Humana            73
                                    4' Clarion               73
       CHOIR                           Tremolo
   16' Spitzflöte         73 *         Sub
    8' Geigen Diapason    73 *         Unison Off
    8' Concert Flute      73 *         Super
    8' Spitzflöte         73 *
    8' Spitzflöte Celeste 73 *         PEDAL
    8' Dulciana           73       16' Open Diapason         32
    8' Unda Maris         73       16' Metal Diapason        GT
    4' Flute d'Amour      73 *     16' Bourdon               32
    4' Spitzflöte         73 *     16' Violone               32
2 2/3' Nazard             73 *     16' Lieblich Gedeckt      SW
    2' Flautino           73 *     16' Spitzflöte            CH
    8' Clarinet           73 *      8' Octave                32
    8' Cor Anglais        73 *      8' Flute                 32
       Tremolo                     16' Trombone              32 *
       Sub                          8' Trumpet               GT
       Unison Off                   4' Clarion               GT
       Super
                                       CHANCEL
    *  New pipework                    Prepared-for

      [Received from Jeff Scofield July 17, 2014]

Documents

Write-up from THE DIAPASON June 1942 Stoplist and commentary -Jeff Scofield