University of Colorado: Macky Auditorium
1595 Pleasant Street
Boulder, CO
Images
Unknown - Auditorium interior and organ chamber grille (Photograph by travelboulder.com, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2015-06-11 - Auditorium exterior (Photograph by Martin Doering via https://die-orgelseite.de, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2015-06-11 - Auditorium interior to rear (Photograph by Martin Doering via https://die-orgelseite.de, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2015-06-11 - Updated 1958 console (Photograph by Martin Doering via https://die-orgelseite.de, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2016-01-29 - Console (Photograph by Benjamin Clark/Database Manager)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
- Console position: Movable Console
- 4 manuals
- 79 stops
- 102 registers
- 6 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
- 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
2009-03-29 - Updated through online information from Larry Kerecman. -- This organ was dedicated on May 19, 1923. Despite rumors to the contrary, the organ is playable and in remarkably good condition given the current lack of use and maintenance other than tuning once a year. The organ was altered several times in the past. The "new" (1958) console now controls the organ through a Solid State Systems relay. -Database Manager
2010-06-09 - Updated through online information from Daniel Schwandt. -- The original console for Austin op. 1073 was purchased by Luther Memorial Church in Chicago, Illinois to replace their original 1926 Pilcher (op. 1319) console. According to church records, it was purchased from Scott Christiansen of Colorado Springs in 1982 for $200 and installed at Luther Memorial by James Gruber of Chicago. -Database Manager
2012-03-05 - Updated through online information from Ron Yeater. -- The organ was tonally altered slightly in 1958 when the new console was installed. I recall that the 8' Tibia Minor on the Great was changed to 2' (!) Also, the Echo division was disconnected from the console. However the Echo also played as a practice organ from its own 2 manual duplex console. It was later (70s?) removed from beneath the balcony, completely rebuilt tonally and mechanically, and installed in a classroom in Macky by Morel. The large organ received considerable tonal alteration at this same time, especially in the Great division. -Database Manager
Stoplist
Source: From THE DIAPASON April 1922
Boulder, Colorado
University of Colorado
Macky Auditorium
Austin Op. 1073 1923
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GREAT SWELL
16' Dbl Open Diapason 16' Bourdon
8' 1st Open Diapason 16' Quintaton
8' 2nd Open Diapason 8' Diapason Phonon
8' 3rd Open Diapason 8' English Diapason
8' Gamba 8' Horn Diapason
8' Tibia Clausa 8' Stopped Diapason
8' Harmonic Flute 8' Viola
4' Octave 8' Flauto Dolce
4' Hohlflöte 8' Salicional
2 2/3' Twelfth 8' Vox Angelica
2' Fifteenth 8' Spitzflöte
IV Mixture 8' Spitzflöte Celeste
III Mixture 4' Principal
16' Double Trumpet 4' Harmonic Flute
8' Tuba 4' Violina
4' Clarion 4' Unda Maris II
Chimes SO 2' Flautina
Harp CH III Mixture
String Organ 16' Contra Fagotto
8' French Trumpet
CHOIR 8' Posaune
16' Contra Gamba 8' Oboe
8' Open Diapason 8' Vox Humana
8' Geigen Principal 4' Clarion
8' Quintadena Tremulant
8' Concert Flute String Organ
8' Flute Celeste
8' Orchestral Strings II ECHO
8' Dulciana 8' Chimney Flute
8' Unda Maris 8' Viole Aetheria
4' Flute d'Amour 8' Vox Angelica
4' Fugara 4' Fernflöte
2' Harmonic Piccolo 8' Vox Humana
III Dolce Cornet Tremulant
16' Double Oboe Horn
8' Clarinet PEDAL
8' Cor Anglais 64' Gravissima
Tremulant 32' Dbl Open Diapason
8' Tuba Magna SO 32' Metal Diapason
Harp 16' 1st Open Diapason
String Organ 16' 2nd Open Diapason
16' 3rd Open Diapason
SOLO 16' Violone
16' Violone 16' Bourdon
8' Stentorphone 16' 2nd Bourdon
8' Major Flute 16' Quintaton
8' Gross Gamba 16' Contra Gamba
8' Gross Gamba Celeste 10 2/3' Quint
4' Flute Ouverte 8' Major Flute
16' Tuba Profunda 8' Violoncello
8' Tuba Magna 8' Flauto Dolce
8' Tuba Mirabilis 5 1/3' Octave Quint
8' French Horn 4' Octave
8' Orchestral Oboe 4' Principal
8' Flügel Horn 32' Bombarde
8' Corno di Bassetto 16' Trombone
8' Vox Humana 16' Ophicleide
4' Clarion 16' Double Trumpet
Tremulant 16' Contra Fagotto
Chimes 25 8' Tuba
String Organ 4' Clarion
16' Echo Bourdon
String Organ
[Received from Jeff Scofield October 11, 2022]
copied from 1922 console, 1961 while I was a student at CU. Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Boulder, Colorado
University of Colorado
Macky Auditorium
Austin Organs, 1922
1922 stoplist
GREAT ORGAN 73 notes
16 Double Diapason
8 First Diapason
8 Second Diapason
8 Tibia Minor
8 Harmonic Flute
8 Gamba
8 Gemshorn
4 First Octave
4 Second Octave
4 Hohl Flute
2 Fifteenth
IV Mixture
16 Double Trumpet
8 Tuba
4 Clarion
String Organ *
Harp (Ch.)
Chimes (So.)
SWELL ORGAN 73 notes
16 Gedeckt
16 Quintaton
8 Phonon Diapason
8 English Diapason
8 Violin Diapason
8 Stopped Flute
8 Flauto Dolce
8 Spitz Flute
8 Flute Celeste
8 Viola
8 Salicional
8 Voix Celeste
4 Octave
4 Harmonic Flute
4 Wood Flute
4 Viole
2 2/3 Nazard
2 Flautino
III Cornet
16 Contra Fagotto
8 French Trumpet
8 Tuba Minor
8 Oboe
8 Vox Humana
4 Clarion
String Organ *
CHOIR ORGAN 73 notes
16 Contra Gamba
8 Geigen Principal
8 Concert Flute
8 Flute Celeste
8 Quintadena
8 Orchestral Strings II
8 Dulciana
8 Unda Maris
4 Octave
4 Fugara
4 Flute d'Amour
2 Harmonic Piccolo
III Dolce Cornet
16 Oboe Horn
8 Clarinet
8 English Horn
8 Tuba Magna (So.)
String Organ *
Harp
Chimes (So.)
SOLO ORGAN 73 notes
16 Contra Violone
8 Stentorphone
8 Tibia Clausa
8 Gamba
8 Gamba Celeste
4 Open Flute
16 Tuba (12p.) +
8 Tuba Magna
8 Tuba Sonora
8 Tuba +
8 French Horn
8 Basset Horn
8 Orchestral Oboe
4 Tuba (12p.) +
String Organ *
Chimes
PEDAL ORGAN 32 notes
same stop name on different pitches indicates unification
32 Open Wood
32 Open Diapason (metal)
16 Open Wood
16 Open Diapason
16 Second Diapason (Gt.)
16 Bourdon
16 Gedeckt (Sw.)
16 Contra Violone (So.)
16 Contra Gamba (Ch.)
16 Quintaton (Sw.)
10 2/3 Bourdon
8 Open Wood
8 Diapason
8 Bourdon
8 Gamba (So.)
5 1/3 Bourdon
4 Principal (independent!)
4 Bourdon
32 Tromba
16 Trombone
16 Tromba
16 Double Trumpet (Gt.)
16 Contra Fagotto (Sw.)
8 Tromba
4 Tromba
String Organ *
Chimes (So.)
ECHO ORGAN
8 Open Diapason
8 Chimney Flute
8 Echo Viole
8 Vox Angelica (celeste)
4 Fern Flute
8 Oboe
8 Vox Humana
tremulants not listed;probably on all divisions
* String Organ was 6 rks, 3 pairs of celesting strings
Echo division also played as a practice organ from a 2-manual duplex console
[Received from Ron Yeater 2012-03-05.]Details the work of the re-voicing and changes to pipework by Meunier Associates (now Ivan P. Morel and Associates) Source: 1973 Souvenir Program 1958
Solo Contra Violone 16, Stentorphone 8, Harmonic Flute 8, Gamba 8, Gamba Celeste 8, Tuba 16, Open Flute 4, Tuba Magna 8, Tuba 8, Tuba Sonora 8, French Horn 8, Conro D'Basseto 8, Orch. Oboe 8, Tuba 4, Chimes, Ancillary, 26-29 II
Swell Gemshorn 16, Quintaton 16, Principal 8, Stopped Diapason 8, Violin Diapason 8, Vox Celeste 8, Spitzflute 8, Flute Celeste 8, Octave 4, Spillflute 4, Gross Octave 4, Wood Flute 4, Viole 4, Nazard 2 2/3, Flautina 2, Octave 2, Cymbel III, Tierce 1 3/5, Mixture III, Contra Fagotto 16, Oboe 8, Vox Humana 8, Clarion 4, Hautbois 4
Great Double Diapason 16, First Diapason 8, Second Diapason 8, Bourdon 8, Gemshorn 8, First Octave 4, Super Octave 2, Second Octave 4, Twelfth 2 2/3, Fifteenth 2, Nason Flute 4, Nineteenth 1 1/3, Mixture III, Acuta III, Double Trumpet 16, Tuba 8, Clarion 4, Chimes (So.), Ancillary, Harp (Ch.)
Pedal Open Wood 32, Diapason 32, Open Wood 16, Diapason 16, Double Diapason (Gt.) 16, Bourdon 16, Gemshorn (Sw.) 16, Contra Violone (So.) 16, Quintaten (Sw.) 16, Contra Gamba (So.) 16, Bourdon 10 2/3, Open Wood 8, Gemshorn (Sw.) 8, Gamba (So.) 8, Principal 8, Mixture V, Twelfth 5 1/3, Octave 4, Flute Harmonic 4, Tromba 32, Trombone 16, Tromba 16, Double Trumpet (Gt.) 16, Contra Faggoto (Sw.) 16, Tromba 8, Tromba 4
Choir Contra Gamba 16, Concert Flute 8, Geigen Principal 8, Flute Celeste 8, Quintadedna 8, Orch Strings 8, Dulciana 8, Unda Maris 8, Octave 4, Fugara 4, Flute D'Amour 4, Harmonic Piccolo 2, Dolce Cornet III, Oboe Horn 16, Tuba Magna (So.) 8, Chimes (So.), Ancillary, Harp, English Horn 8, Clarinet 8
Ancillary (Floating ancillary principal chorus available from great, choir, and solo manuals) Principal 8, Octave 4, Fifteenth 2, 19-22 II
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