Better Pipe Organ Database

Austin Organs, Inc. Opus 2423 (1965)

First Congregational Church
505 W. Mulberry St.
Kokomo, IN

Images

2017-05-20 - Console (Photograph by Matt Gerhard/Database Manager)

2017-05-20 - Pedal Stops (Photograph by Matt Gerhard/Database Manager)

2017-05-20 - Great Stops (Photograph by Matt Gerhard/Database Manager)

2017-05-20 - Swell Stops (Photograph by Matt Gerhard/Database Manager)

2017-05-20 - Builder's Nameplate (Photograph by Matt Gerhard/Database Manager)

2017-05-20 - Swell and Great Chambers, Great and Pedal Pipework (Photograph by Matt Gerhard/Database Manager)

2017-05-20 - Zimbelstern Dedication Plate and Power Switch (Photograph by Matt Gerhard/Database Manager)

2017-05-20 - Left Toe Studs (Photograph by Matt Gerhard/Database Manager)

2017-05-20 - Right Toe Studs (Photograph by Matt Gerhard/Database Manager)

2017-05-20 - Swell Shoes (Photograph by Matt Gerhard/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Movable Console
2 manuals
19 stops
27 registers
3 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)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons

Gallery

Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
2 manuals
3 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)
Has crescendo
Combination action: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb 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

2013-12-28 - Updated through online information from Matt Gerhard. -- All information gleaned from visiting the church, and corresponding pictures, from several years ago. -Database Manager

2021-02-01 - The stoplist published in The Diapason had the Great and Swell 2' stops reversed. -Matt Gerhard

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from <i>The Diapason</i> September 1965 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

     Kokomo, Indiana
     First Congregational Church

     Austin   Op. 2423   1965   2/22
     ________________________________________________________________

     GREAT (*enclosed)       SWELL                     PEDAL
  8' Principal  61        8' Hohlflöte    68       16' Principal   32
* 8' Bourdon    68        8' Viola        68       16' Gemshorn    12 GT
* 8' Gemshorn   68        8' Voix Celeste 56 tc    16' Rohrgedeckt 12 SW
  4' Octave     61        4' Principal    68        8' Principal   12
* 4' Spitzflöte 68        4' Rohrflöte    68        8' Gemshorn    GT
  2' Blockflöte  61       2' Fifteenth    61        8' Rohrgedeckt SW
III  Mixture   183    1 1/3' Larigot      61        4' Choralbass  12
* 8' Krummhorn  56      III  Plein Jeu   [pf]      II  Mixture     64
     Sub                 16' Fagotto     [pf]      16' Trompette   12 SW
     Unison Off           8' Trompette    68       16' Fagotto    [pf]
     Super                4' Clairon      68        4' Krummhorn   GT
     Chimes     23           Tremulant
                             Sub
  *  enclosed                Unison Off
                             Super

                [Received from Jeff Scofield July 24, 2014]