2008-06-28 - Identified through information adapted from <i>E. M. Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner Opus List</i>, by Sand Lawn and Allen Kinzey (Organ Historical Society, 1997), and included here through the kind permission of Sand Lawn: <br><i> Contract for case pipes, #1407-A in 1962; extant; unaltered.</i> -Database Manager
2013-02-16 - Updated through online information from David Dowty. -- I played this instrument as an organ major 1964-1968; last saw it in 2005. Austin College is currently (2013) raising funds for needed repairs to the organ. -Database Manager
2018-11-05 - The 1,020-seat chapel was completed in 1958 and the organ installed in 1963, also thru funds from the donor family. -Database Manager
From Allen Kinzey via <i>The Aeolian-Skinner Archives</i> Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Sherman, Texas
Austin College - Wynne Chapel
Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co., Inc. Opus 1407 1960 3 manuals, 29 stops, 42 ranks
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GREAT ORGAN SWELL ORGAN
8' Prinzipal 61 16' Contra Viola 12
8' Holzbordun 61 8' Rohrflöte 68
4' Praestant 61 8' Viola 68
2' Oktave 61 8' Viola Celeste 68
II Sesquialtera 122 4' Montre 68
IV-V Mixtur 281 4' Spillflöte 68
IV Scharf 244 2 2/3' Rohr Nasat 61
IV Plein Jeu 244
CHOIR ORGAN 16' Cromorne 68
8' Gedeckt 68 8' Trompette 68
8' Spitzflöte 68 4' Clairon 68
8' Flute Celeste 68 Tremulant
4' Gemshorn 68
2' Prinzipal 61 PEDAL ORGAN
1 1/3' Nasat 61 32' Untersatz --
1' Oktave 61 16' Prinzipal 32
4' Rohrschalmei 68 16' Bourdon 32
Tremulant 16' Contra Viola SW
8' Octave 12
8' Gedecktpommer 12
8' Viola SW
4' Choralbass 12
4' Gedecktflöte 12
III Fourniture 96
16' Bombarde 32
16' Cromorne SW
8' Trompette 12
8' Cromorne SW
4' Clairon 12
4' Cromorne SW
[Received from Steven E. Lawson 2016-02-02]
The Diapason, October 1963; confirmed by Aeolian-Skinner Archives, mimeo from Austin College 1964, and personal acquaintance wit Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Sherman, Texas
Austin College - Wynne Chapel
Builder: Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co., Inc.
Year: contract signed 1960; installed 1963
Opus: 1407
No. manuals: 3
No. stops: 42
No. ranks: 42
No. pipes: 2,539
Specification:
Great (unenclosed)
8' Prinzipal 61
8' Holzbordun 61
4' Praestant 61
2' Oktave 61
II Sesquialtera 122
IV-V Mixtur 281
IV Scharf 244
Swell (enclosed)
16' Contra Viola 68
8' Rohrflote 68
8' Viola 68
8' Viola Celeste 68
4' Montre 68
4' Spillflote 68
2 2/3' Rohr Nasat 61
IV Plein Jeu 244
16' Cromorne 68
8' Trompette 68
4' Clairon 68
Tremulant
Choir (enclosed)
8' Gedeckt 68
8' Spitzflote 68
8' Flute Celeste 68
4' Gemshorn 68
2' Prinzipal 61
1 1/3' Nasat 61
1' Oktave 61
4' Rohrschalmei 68
Tremulant
Pedal (unenclosed)
32' Untersatz (resultant)
16' Prinzipal 32
16' Bourdon 32
16' Contra Viola Sw
8' Oktave 12
8' Gedecktpommer 12
8' Viola Sw
4' Choralbass 12
4' Gedecktflote 12
III Fourniture 96
16' Bombarde 32
16' Cromorne Sw
8' Trompette 12
8' Cromorne Sw
4' Clairon 12
4' Cromorne Sw
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