Better Pipe Organ Database

Austin Organ Co. Opus 1547 (1927)

United (College Avenue) Presbyterian Church
5951 College Avenue
Oakland, CA

Images

2020-05-26 - Church exterior (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2022-02-23 - Church interior (Photograph by Organ Clearing House, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2022-02-23 - Chancel and façade pipes (Photograph by Organ Clearing House, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2022-02-23 - Console (Photograph by Organ Clearing House, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main - Replacement

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
2 manuals
8 stops
22 registers
1 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

2022-06-14 - The organ received a new Austin console at some point; the organ was offered for sale via The Organ Clearing House in 2022. -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

Source: Courtesy of The Organ Clearing House

    Oakland, California
    College Ave. Presbyterian Church

    Austin   Op. 1547   1927   2/8
    ________________________________________

    GREAT (Expressive)                  COUPLERS
8'  Open Diapason                       Swell 8        [to Pedal]
8'  Clarabella                          Swell 4        [to Pedal]
8'  Harmonic Flute tc                   Great 8        [to Pedal]
8'  Viole d'Orchestre                   Great 4        [to Pedal]
8'  Dulciana
    Blank                               Swell 16       [to Great]
4'  Flute d'Amour                       Swell 8        [to Great]
4'  Harmonic Flute                      Swell 4        [to Great]
4'  Violina
2'  Piccolo
    Blank                               FINGER PISTONS
    Blank                               Gen.                1 - 8
    Chimes                              Swell               1 - 8
                                          Sw  Ped           (rev)
Great 16                                  Sw  Gt            (rev)
Great Unison Off                        Great               1 - 8
Great 4                                   Gt  Ped           (rev)
                                        Tutti     [red]     (rev)
                                        Gen Can   [black]
    SWELL (Expressive)
8'  Clarabella
8'  Harmonic Flute tc                   TOE STUDS
8'  Viole d'Orchestre                   General             1 - 4
8'  Dulciana                            Pedal               1 - 3
    Blank                               Sw. to Ped. Rev.    (rev)
4'  Flute d'Amour                       Gt. to Ped. Rev.    (rev)
4'  Violina                             Tutti               (rev)
2'  Piccolo
    Blank
8'  Trumpet                             PEDAL MOVEMENTS
8'  Oboe                                Swell Expression   (bal.)
8'  Vox Humana                          Great Expression   (bal.)
    Blank                               Crescendo          (bal.)
    Tremolo

Swell 16                                ACTION: Austin E-P unit
Swell Unison Off
Swell 4                                 VOICES: 4

                                        STOPS: 23; inc. chimes
    PEDAL (Expressive)
16' Bourdon                             RANKS: 8
16' Dulciana
8'  Flute                               PIPES: ____


[Received from Jeff Scofield; June 14, 2022]
[Augmented by James R. Stettner; October 4, 2022]