Better Pipe Organ Database

Austin Organ Co. Opus 315 (1911)

Baptist Tabernacle: Sanctuary
Atlanta, GA

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

Images

Unknown - Pipe Facade (Historic postcard, courtesy of Xipactli Trevino (1913)/Database Manager)

Unknown - Chancel and Pipe Facade (Vintage Postcard; image courtesy Dan Pruitt/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
4 manuals
50 stops
33 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: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical

Notes

2008-10-04 - Identified through a photograph: Burroughs, P. E. <i>Church and Sunday-School Buildings</i>. (Nashville, Sunday School Board, Southern Baptist Convention, 1920), p. 73 -Database Manager

2012-10-14 - Updated through online information from Henry R. Batten. -Database Manager

2012-10-21 - Updated through online information from John L. Lanier. -- I lived in Atlanta during the early 70's and went in this building several times. This congregation disbanded during the mid eighties and the building was purchased by Georgia State University and is now a "rock and roll" venue. The organ, I presume, is still in place, although I do not know what happened to the console. -Database Manager

2012-10-22 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- New Austin console in 1949; rebuilt by Pipe Organ Sales and Service in 1984; offered unsuccessfully for sale in 1994 via the Organ Clearing House; some pipework dispersed; the immense auditorium sat over 3,000.. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist from <i>Catalogue of Pipe Organs In Georgia</i> Atlanta AGO Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

    Atlanta, Georgia
    Baptist Tabernacle

    Austin   Op. 315  1911   4/33
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    GREAT                         CHOIR
16' Stopped Diapason          16' Contre Viole
 8' Principal Diapason         8' Open Diapason
 8' Small Diapason             8' Concert Flute
 8' Gross Flute                8' Unda Maris
 8' Concert Flute    CH        8' Quintadena
 8' Muted Viole      CH        8' Muted Viole
 4' Octave                     4' Harmonic Flute
 4' Harmonic Flute             8' Clarinet
16' Tuba Profunda    SO        8' Orchestral Oboe
 8' Harmonic Tuba    SO           Tremolo
 4' Harmonic Clarion SO           Sub
    Sub                           Super
    Super                         Blank
    Chimes
    Blank                         SOLO
                               8' Flauto Major
    SWELL                      8' Gross Gamba
16' Lieblich Gedeckt           8' Gamba Celeste
 8' Open Diapason              4' Flute Ouverte
 8' Rohr Flute                16' Tuba Profunda
 8' Viole d'Orchestre          8' Harmonic Tuba    12
 8' Viole Celeste              4' Harmonic Clarion 12
 8' Echo Salicional               Tremolo
 4' Flauto Traverso               Sub
 2' Piccolo                       Super
16' Contra Posaune                Blank
 8' Trompette
 8' Oboe                          PEDAL
 8' Vox Humana                32' Resultant        --
    Tremolo                   16' Open Diapason    32
    Sub                       16' Bourdon          GT
    Super                     16' Lieblich Gedeckt SW
    Blank                     16' Contre Viole     CH
                          10 2/3' Quint            GT
    ECHO                       8' Gross Flute      12
    Prepared for               8' Flauto Dolce     GT
                              16' Tuba Profunda    SO
                               8' Harmonic Tuba    SO
                               4' Harmonic Clarion SO
                                  Blank

[Received online from Jeff Scofield  October 20, 2012]