Better Pipe Organ Database

Austin Organ Co. Opus 1438 (1927)

Masonic Temple: Doric Hall
1453 Maple Ave
Evanston, IL

Note: Not playable. (in this location)

Images

2021-08-27 - Swell shades (Photograph by Andrew Schaeffer/Andrew Schaeffer)

2021-08-27 - Universal Windchest (under Swell) (Photograph by Andrew Schaeffer/Andrew Schaeffer)

2021-08-27 - Swell Pipework (Photograph by Andrew Schaeffer/Andrew Schaeffer)

2021-08-27 - Blowers (one for each lodge room organ) (Photograph by Andrew Schaeffer/Andrew Schaeffer)

2021-08-27 - Swell & Pedal stoptabs (Photograph by Andrew Schaeffer/Andrew Schaeffer)

2021-08-27 - Echo stoptabs (Photograph by Andrew Schaeffer/Andrew Schaeffer)

2021-08-27 - Great stoptabs (Photograph by Andrew Schaeffer/Andrew Schaeffer)

2021-08-27 - Console (Photograph by Andrew Schaeffer/Andrew Schaeffer)

2021-08-27 - Officer's Chairs (Photograph by Andrew Schaeffer/Andrew Schaeffer)

2021-08-27 - Lodge Room (Photograph by Andrew Schaeffer/Andrew Schaeffer)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
2 manuals
29 stops
43 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: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
Austin mechanical
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination 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

2005-12-05 - Updated through on-line information from James R. Stettner. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: Taken from the console (27 August 2021) 27 August 2021

Austin Organ Co. (Opus 1438, 1927)
Masonic Temple
Evanston, IL

GREAT
8'  Open Diapason
8'  Melodia
8'  Unda Maris
8'  Dulciana
4'  Flute
8'  Harmonic Tuba
    Tremolo
16' Great
4'  Great
16' Swell
8'  Swell
4'  Swell
    Bugle C
    Bugle F
    Bugle A
    Bugle C
    Bugle F

SWELL
16' Bourdon
8'  Open Diapason
8'  Stopped Flute
8'  Viole d'Orchestre
8'  Viole Celeste
8'  Muted Viole
4'  Flute
2'  Flautino
8'  Cornopean
8'  Oboe
    Tremolo
16' Swell
4'  Swell

PEDAL
16' Open Diapason
16' Bourdon (Swell)
16' Echo Bourdon
8'  Flute (Great)
8'  Swell
4'  Swell
8'  Swell
4'  Great

ECHO
8'  Gedeckt
8'  Viole Aetheria
8'  Vox Angelica
8'  Vox Humana
    Tremolo
    Chimes

UNISON
↓ Great
↓ Swell
↓ Echo