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Austin Organ Co. Opus 1581 (1920s)

University of Colorado: west tower practice room
1595 Pleasant Street
Boulder, CO

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)


Images


1923 - Console (Souvenir Program Dedicating the 50th Anniversary of the University of Colorado Concert Pipe Organ/Joshua Sweeney)

Consoles

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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

2012-03-07 - Updated through online information from Ron Yeater. -- This organ was originally installed in the "old" music building. When the "new" music building opened (late 50s) the organ was moved to the west tower practice room in Macky. -Database Manager

2024-11-17 - I am a grad student at CU Boulder and am studying organ (with a private teacher as CU no longer has an organ department). The organ in the west tower was dismantled and sold for parts sometime around 2012, according to the director of Macky Auditorium. I do not have any information as to where the instrument ended up since then, but it is no longer at the university. Information received online from Joshua Sweeney on 2024-11-17 -Paul R. Marchesano


Stoplist

Crescendo pedal, Swell pedal, Sforzando pedal. 8 universal pistons, 8 pistons controlling swell & pedal, 8 pistons controlling great & pedal, 4 pistons controlling pedal. Tremolo on the swell division, and unison on/off for great/swell. Source: Organ recital program from 1973

Swell Fern Flute 4, Vox Angelica Celeste 8

Great Open Diapason 8, Chimney Flute 8 (Shared with swell), Viol Aetheria 8 (Shared with swell), Vox Angelica 8, Flute d'Amour 4, Vox Humana 8 (Shared with swell), Oboe 8 (Shared with swell)

Pedal Gedect 16, Bourdon 16

Swell to Pedal 4, Swell to Pedal 8, Great to Pedal 8, Great to Pedal 4, Swell to Great 4, Great to Pedal 8 (Reversible), Swell to Great 16, Swell to Great 8, Great to Great 4, Swell to Swell 16, Great to Swell 8, Swell to Swell 4, Great to Great 16


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