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Austin Organs, Inc. Opus 189R (1969)

First Church of Christ: Sanctuary
60 Gold St.
Hartford, CT

Images

2024-11-12 - Organ in rear gallery (Church Facebook via Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2022-02-05 - Church interior to front (Church Facebook via Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2013-02-12 - Church exterior (Church Facebook via Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
4 manuals
49 stops
63 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)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
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

2008-09-03 - Rebuilt by Austin in 1954 as Op. 189R, retaining some of the mechanisms from the 1907 installation, as well as the 1835 Appleton case and the Pedal 16' Open Wood from the 1883 Roosevelt. -Database Manager

2025-01-09 - Center Church’s great pipe organ, built in 1954 by Hartford’s own Austin Organs, Inc., contains 3,773 pipes. It utilizes many pipes from two previous instruments: a 1907 Austin and an 1883 Roosevelt. The case and façade pipes are from the church’s second organ, built by Thomas Appleton in 1835 (The church’s first organ was installed in 1822). -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from <i>The Diapason</i> November 1969 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

       Hartford, Connecticut
       First Church of Christ (Center Church)

       Austin   Op. 189    1907   4/
       Austin   Op. 189R   1954   4/60
       Austin   Op. 189R   1969   4/62
       ______________________________________________________

       GREAT                         CHOIR
   16' Quintaton        61        8' Montre               68
    8' Principal        61        8' Bourdon              68
    8' Flute Harmonique 61        8' Dolce                68
    8' Gedeckt          61        8' Dolce Celeste        56
    4' Octave           61        4' Koppelflöte          68
    4' Spitzflöte       61    2 2/3' Nasard               61
    2' Super Octave     61        2' Blockflöte           61
    2' Flachflöte       61    1 3/5' Tierce               61
   IV  Fourniture      244    1 1/3' Larigot              61
    8' Trompete         61        8' Cromorne             68
       Chimes                     4' Rohrschalmei         68
                                     Tremolo
       SWELL                      8' Trompette Harmonique 68
   16' Lieblich Gedeckt 12           
    8' Spitz Principal  68           PEDAL
    8' Rohrflöte        68       32' Resultant            --
    8' Viole de Gambe   68       16' Diapason             32
    8' Voix Celeste     68       16' Contrebasse          32
    4' Principal        68       16' Bourdon              32
    4' Waldflöte        68       16' Quintaten            GT
2 2/3' Rohr Nasat       61       16' Lieblich Gedeckt     SW
    2' Octavin          61        8' Principal            32
   IV  Plein Jeu       244        8' Bourdon              32
  III  Cymbale         183        8' Cello                12
   16' Basson           68        8' Lieblich Gedeckt     SW
    8' Trompette        68        4' Octave               12
    8' Basson           12        4' Flute                12
    8' Vox Humana       61        2' Flautino             12
    4' Clairon          68      III  Mixture              96
       Tremolo                   16' Bombarde             32
       Vox Tremolo               16' Basson               SW
                                  8' Trompette            12
       POSITIV                    8' Basson               SW
    8' Holzgedeckt      61        4' Clairon              12
    4' Prinzipal        61
    2' Oktav            61
    1' Sifflöte         61
   II  Sesquialtera    122
  III  Zimbel          183

      [Received online from Jeff Scofield April 21, 2014]

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