Better Pipe Organ Database

Austin Organ Co. Opus 163 (1905)

First Congregational Church
25 E. Benton Ave.
Naperville, IL

Images

2018-08-10 - Facade with speaking pipes on projections (Photograph by Hunter Henderson/Database Manager)

2018-08-10 - Austin Universal Wind Chest Interior (Photograph by Hunter Henderson/Database Manager)

2018-08-10 - Blower (Photograph by Hunter Henderson/Database Manager)

2018-08-10 - Console (Photograph by Hunter Henderson/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
Console position: Keydesk Attached
2 manuals
16 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Tilting/Rocking Tablets Above Top Manual
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Flat Radiating
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Computerized/Digital
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination 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

2007-03-24 - Updated through online information from Martin Hill. -Database Manager

2018-08-11 - Updated by Hunter Henderson, who has heard or played the organ.<br>\r\nThe Austin Organ at First Congregational church is a beautifully maintained instrument that has had a recent renovation adding a Peterson digital control system to the entire organ. The organist who is a member of the American Guild of Organist says she feels the organ has a very American sound and is equipped with the basics that an organist needs. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Original document from Hunter Henderson. Source: stops taken from the console 2018-08-15

Naperville, IL
First Congregational

Organ by Austin Organ Co.

Great 	           Swell	        Pedal 
8’ OPEN DIAPASON   8’ OPEN DIAPASON	16’ BOURDON
8’ FLUTE	   8’ STOPPED DIAPASON	16’ LIEBLICH GEDECKT 
8’ DULCIANA	   8’ SALICIONAL	8’ GEDECKT
4’ OCTAVE	   8’ VOX CELESTE	4’ FLUTE
2’ FIFTEENTH 	   4’ FLUTE	        COUPLER ON PEDAL
8’ GREAT 
III MIXTURE	   8’ OBOE	        4’ GREAT 
COUPLERS ON GREAT 
16’ GREAT 	   TREMOLO	        8’ SWELL
GREAT UNISON OFF   COUPLER ON SWELL
                   16’ SWELL	        4’ SWELL
4’ GREAT	   SWELL UNISON OFF	
16’ SWELL	    4’ SWELL 	
8’SWELL		
4’ SWELL