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Austin Organs, Inc. Opus 50-R (1939)

North Avenue Presbyterian Church: Sanctuary
607 Peachtree St. NE
Atlanta, GA

Images

Unknown - Church exterior (Photograph by Robert Tucker, via Atlanta AGO Website, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
35 stops
32 registers
4 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: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
Has combination thumb pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2007-08-30 - Identified through on-line information from Jeff Scofield. -- Originally installed as Austin Op. 50 in 1901; rebuilt and tonally altered by Wicks with new console 1961; rebuilt and tonally altered by Ruffatti with new console 1970; rebuilt and tonally altered by George Miller with new console 1994. -Database Manager

2012-10-28 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- The organ was rebuilt with a new console in 1962 as 3/26 Wicks Op. 4136; the 1939 Austin console went to St. Polycarp Church in Sommerville, MA; when replaced by the Ruffatti, the organ was moved to First Presbyterian Church, Albany, GA. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from <i>The Diapason</i> September 1939 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

    Atlanta, Georgia
    North Avenue Presbyterian Church

    Austin   Op. 50R   1901/1939   3/34  
    _______________________________________________     

    GREAT (enclosed *)          SWELL
16' Contra Diapason  61     16' Lieblich Gedeckt 73
 8' Open Diapason    61      8' Open Diapason    73
 8' Second Diapason  61 *    8' Rohrflote        73
 8' Grossflote       61 *    8' Salicional       73
 8' Gemshorn         61 *    8' Voix Celeste     61
 8' Gamba            61 *    8' Aeoline          73
 4' Octave           61      4' Flauto Traverso  73
 4' Harmonic Flute   61 *    4' Violina          73
 2' Super Octave     61    III  Dolce Cornet    183
 8' Trumpet          61 *    8' Cornopean        73
    Sub                      8' Oboe             73
    Unison Off               8' Vox Humana       61
    Super                       Tremulant
                                Sub
    CHOIR                       Unison Off
 8' Geigen Principal 73         Super
 8' Quintadena       73
 8' Melodia          73         PEDAL
 8' Dulciana         73     16' Open Diapason    32
 4' Flute d'Amour    73     16' Bourdon          32
 2' Piccolo          61     16' Violone          32
 8' Clarinet         73     16' Lieblich Gedeckt SW
    Tremulant                8' Cello            12
    Sub                      8' Flauto Dolce     12
    Unison Off
    Super

[Received online from Jeff Scofield October 27, 2012]

Documents

(1939-09-01) Write-up from THE DIAPASON September 1939 Stoplist and description -Jeff Scofield

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