Better Pipe Organ Database

Austin Organs, Inc. (1975)

Messiah Lutheran Church
Santa Cruz, CA

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
2 manuals
29 stops
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Tubular Pneumatic (Details Unknown)
Stop layout Type: Stop Keys Above Top Manual
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Details Unknown)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Has crescendo
Combination action: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2005-08-07 - Identified through on-line information from John Haskey. -- This organ was moved to its present location in 1975. Two additional ranks were added: Choralbass (pedal) and "Lorna's Pfeiffen" (loud reed). Organ was originally installed in St. Pauls Lutheran, Oakland, CA. -Database Manager

2008-10-13 - Updated through on-line information from John Haskey. -Database Manager

Websites

John Haskey - The Memorial Pipe Organ at Messiah Lutheran Church, Santa Cruz" - Photograph, history and description, current stoplist (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

#13837†* - Austin Organs, Inc. Opus 2130 (1950)