Better Pipe Organ Database

Austin Organs, Inc. Opus 2452 (1967)

St. Paul Lutheran Church
818 Franklin Square
Michigan City, IN

Images

2023-12-30 - Exposed pipework (Church Facebook via Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2023-12-30 - Console (Church Facebook via Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2023-06-14 - Church interior to front (Church Facebook via Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2013-02-22 - Church exterior (Church Facebook via Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
3 manuals
47 stops
61 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)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Computerized/Digital
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler 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

2009-11-27 - Updated through online information from John Gouwens. -- Organ was overhauled by Reynolds Associates of Marion, Indiana. Electronic control system was installed (99 memory levels). Reynolds website cites 50 ranks. Unsure if Reynolds added something there. -Database Manager

2014-06-14 - Dedication recital by Philip Gehring on October 29, 1967. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from the dedication program Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

       Michigan City, Indiana
       St. Paul Lutheran Church

       Austin   Op. 2452   1967   3/48
       _______________________________________________

       GREAT                       CHOIR-POSITIV
   16' Gemshorn       61        8' Nason Flute      68
    8' Diapason       61        8' Erzähler         68
    8' Bourdon        61        8' Erzähler Celeste 56
    8' Gemshorn       12        4' Prestant         68
    4' Octave         61        4' Koppelflöte      68
    4' Spitzflöte     61        2' Principal        61
    2' Waldflöte      61    1 1/3' Larigot          61
   II  Rauschquint   122        1' Sifflöte         61
   IV  Fourniture    244       II  Sesquialtera    122
    8' Trompete       61      III  Cymbel          183
       Sub                      8' Krummhorn        56
       Unison Off               4' Rohrschalmei     pf
       Super                       Tremulant
       Chimes         pf        8' Bombarde         68
                                   Sub
       SWELL                       Unison Off
   16' Gedeckt        68           Super
    8' Geigen         68
    8' Hohlflöte      68           PEDAL
    8' Viole de Gambe 68       32' Resultant        --
    8' Viole Celeste  56       16' Contra Bass      32
    4' Principal      68       16' Bourdon          12 GT
    4' Rohrflöte      24       16' Gemshorn         GT
2 2/3' Nasard         61       16' Gedeckt          SW
    2' Blockflöte     61        8' Octave           32
  III  Plein Jeu     183        8' Spitzflöte       32
   16' Fagotto        68        8' Rohrgedeckt      SW
    8' Trompette      68        4' Choral Bass      32
    8' Fagotto        12        4' Spitzflöte       12
    4' Clarion        68      III  Mixture          96
       Tremulant               16' Bombarde         12 CH
       Sub                     16' Fagotto          SW
       Unison Off               8' Bombarde         CH
       Super                    4' Krummhorn        CH

    [Received online from Jeff Scofield June 14, 2014]

Documents

(1967-10-29) Dedication program -Jeff Scofield