Better Pipe Organ Database

Austin Organ Co. Opus 147 (1905)

Onarga Presbyterian Church
309 W. Seminary Ave.
Onarga, IL

Images

2011-03-04 - Console (Photograph by Keith Williams/Database Manager)

2011-03-04 - Kneeboard, pedal action, swell shoe and crescendo pedal (Photograph by Keith Williams/Database Manager)

2011-03-04 - Organ facade, pipe front (Photograph by Keith Williams/Database Manager)

2011-03-04 - Chest interior: stop action (Photograph by Keith Williams/Database Manager)

2011-03-04 - Universal Air Chest Patent Notice (Photograph by Keith Williams/Database Manager)

2011-03-04 - Chest Interior: key action (Photograph by Keith Williams/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
2 manuals
10 stops
10 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Tubular Pneumatic (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Tubular Pneumatic (Details Unknown)
Stop layout Type: Stop Keys Above Top Manual
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Not Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Not Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler 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

2008-08-12 - Updated through on-line information from Mary Tilstra. -- The Onarga Presbyterian Church no longer exists; it disbanded in the early 1970s, I believe. The building is now owned and used by the Onarga Christian Church. I would venture to say that the organ has not been in playable condition since the 1970s. -Database Manager

2009-10-09 - Updated through on-line information from James Small. -- Possibly for sale -Database Manager

2015-02-28 - Updated through online information from Shawn P. Keith. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist taken from the console January 2011 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Onarga, Illinois
Christian Church (formerly Presbyterian)

Austin Organ Company, Opus 147, vintage 1905

GREAT - 61 notes, unenclosed, partially en facade
8' Open Diapason
8' Concert Flute
8' Dulciana
16' Swell
8' Swell
4' Swell

SWELL - 61 notes, enclosed and expressive
8' Geigen Principal
8' Rohr Flote
8' Salicional
4' Harmonic Flute
8' Oboe
16' Swell
4' Swell

PEDAL - 32 notes, unenclosed
16' Lieblich Gedackt
16' Bourdon
8' Great
8' Swell
4' Swell

ACCESSORIES
3 Great divisional thumb pistons
3 Swell divisional thumb pistons
2 Pedal divisional toe pistons
Great to Pedal reversible toe piston
Swell expression pedal
Crescendo Pedal (not adjacent to Swell pedal)
Swell Tremolo On/Off pushbuttons in left key cheek
Swell Unison  On/Off pushbuttons in right key cheek


 [Received from Shawn P. Keith 2015-03-01.]