Better Pipe Organ Database

Dewey W. Layton (1977)

Ascension & Holy Trinity Episcopal Church
420 W. 18th St.
Pueblo, CO

Images

2010-05-01 - Swell Pipework (Photograph by Robert L. Frederick/Database Manager)

2010-05-01 - Layton Pipe Display (Photograph by Robert L. Frederick/Database Manager)

2010-05-01 - Unenclosed Great Pipework (Photograph by Robert L. Frederick/Database Manager)

2010-05-01 - Swell Pipework (8' Open Diapason & added 1981 Great 8' Trumpet) (Photograph by Robert L. Frederick/Database Manager)

2010-05-01 - Console (Photograph by Robert L. Frederick/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
2 manuals
20 stops
3 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 (Details Unknown)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler toe 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

2011-04-01 - Updated through online information from R Frederick. -- Organ built in 1918 and installed February, 1919, by Austin Organ Company. Windchest and seven ranks added to great in 1976, by Dewey Layton of Florence, CO, (now deceased, no records), along with additional higher-pitched ranks. An 8' trumpet was added to the Great in 1981, contractor not noted. Main reservoir releathered in 1986 by Morel and Associates. To the best of my knowledge, the blower and motor are original. The organ action is aging and needs replacement. The console electrics are wearing and the keys need replacing; some ivory is missing from the front of some of the keys on the great manual. The reed ranks need regulation, which was recommended in 1986, but not considered essential to the upkeep of the instrument. Dust and grit were removed in February, 2011, from the pipes and chambers. The pipes had needed cleaning due to both a roof leak and subsequent repair. As a result, the pipes speak more clearly. The instrument was recently tuned (Mar 2011). -Database Manager

2011-04-02 - Updated through online information from R Frederick. -Database Manager

2012-02-23 - Updated through online information from Ron Yeater. -- rebuilt in 1977 by Layton Organs replacing many ranks of Austin pipes with new or recycled ones. also added a second-hand Austin chest in front of tone opening for Principal chorus. -Database Manager

2015-04-23 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: Stoplist taken from console May 2010

Pueblo, Colorado
Church of the Ascension and Holy Trinity, Episcopal

Austin Organ Company, opus 827, built 1918, installed Feb. 1919
Dewey W. Layton, 1977 - Tonal Revision


       GREAT
8'     Open Diapason
8'     Stopped Diapason
8'     Viola
8'     Viola Celeste (tc)
4'     Octave
4'     Hohl Flute
2'     Flute
IV     Mixture
8'     Trumpet

       SWELL (Expressive)
8'     Diapason
8'     Chimney Flute
4'     Harmonic Flute
2 2/3' Nasard
2'     Fifteenth
1 3/5' Tierce
8'     Oboe
       Tremolo

Swell 16
Swell 4

       PEDAL   
16'    Diapason
16'    Bourdon
8'     Octave  
4'     Super Octave

COUPLERS
Swell 8     [to Pedal]
Swell 4     [to Pedal]

Swell 16    [to Great]
Swell 8     [to Great]
Swell 4     [to Great]    

[Received from R Frederick 2011-04-01.]