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Austin Organ Co. Opus 1819 (1933)

YMCA: Concert Hall
Jerusalem, IL

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

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
4 manuals
38 stops
46 registers
5 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)
Combination action: Adjustable Combination 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

2014-10-14 - Inaugural recitals on January 26 and February 1, 1933, played by Archibald Sessions; the 600-seat hall was the first home of the Jerusalem Symphony; all but the Echo pipework was removed in 2000 for one project and then another project, both of which fell through; the organ was dispersed. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from <i>The Diapason</i> April 1932 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

       Jerusalem, Palestine
       Y M C A Concert Hall

       Austin   Op. 1819   1933   4/43
       _______________________________________________

       GREAT (*)                    CHOIR

   16' Dbl Open Diapason 61      8' Concert Flute   73
    8' 1st Open Diapason 61      8' Dulciana        73
    8' 2nd Open Diapason 61      4' Flute           73
    8' Waldflöte         61      8' Clarinet        73
    8' Dulciana          61      8' Orchestral Oboe 73 
    4' Octave            61      8' English Horn    73
    4' Flute             61         Tremulant
2 2/3' Twelfth           61         Sub
    2' Fifteenth         61         Unison Off
    8' Tromba            61         Super
    4' Clarion           12         Celesta         61
       Sub
       Unison Off                   ECHO
       Super
                                 8' Cor de Nuit     73
       SWELL                     8' Concert Flute   73
                                 8' Dulciana        73
   16' Bourdon           73      8' Unda Maris      73
    8' Open Diapason     73      8' Vox Humana      73
    8' Gedeckt           73         Tremulant
    8' Salicional        73         Vox Tremulant
    8' Voix Celeste      73         Chimes          25
    8' Aeoline           73
    8' Unda Maris        73         PEDAL
    4' Octave            73
    4' Flute             73     32' Diapason        32
    2' Piccolo           61     16' Diapason        12
    V  Mixture          305     16' Bourdon         32
   16' Double Trumpet    73     16' Echo Bourdon    SW
    8' French Trumpet    73      8' Octave          GT
    8' Cornopean         73      8' Gedeckt         SW
    8' Vox Humana        73     16' Trombone        32
    4' Clarion (FrTrpt)  12     16' Double Trumpet  SW
       Tremulant                 8' Tromba          12
       Vox Tremulant
       Sub                       
       Unison Off
       Super

    *  All except for first two 
       stops are enclosed in Choir

      [Received from Jeff Scofield October 15, 2014]

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