First Baptist Church / Grace Baptist Church: Sanctuary
1700 West Oakland Avenue
Austin, MN
Images
1950's - Church exterior (Photograph from an archival source: Vintage postcard, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
2019-04-14 - Chancel with Pipework Grilles Visible (Photograph by Ryan Hulshizer/Database Manager)
2019-04-14 - Console (Photograph by Ryan Hulshizer/Database Manager)
2019-04-14 - Builder Nameplate 1 (Photograph by Ryan Hulshizer/Database Manager)
2019-04-14 - Builder Nameplate 2 (Photograph by Ryan Hulshizer/Database Manager)
2019-04-14 - Console (Photograph by Ryan Hulshizer/Database Manager)
2019-04-14 - Left Stop Jamb (Photograph by Ryan Hulshizer/Database Manager)
2019-04-14 - Right Stop Jamb (Photograph by Ryan Hulshizer/Database Manager)
2019-04-14 - Pipework Grille (Photograph by Ryan Hulshizer/Database Manager)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
- Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
- 3 manuals
- 20 registers
- 4 divisions
- Key action Type: Electrical
- Stop action Type: Electrical
- Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Flat Jambs
- 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 tutti toe pistons
Notes
2012-08-06 - Updated through online information from Richard C Greene. -Database Manager
2019-05-15 - Updated by Ryan Hulshizer, who has heard or played the organ. Identified through a personal visit. Organ is in good condition but not being used. -Database Manager
Stoplist
Source: Twin Cities AGO Organ List; OHS Database console photos January 15, 2021
Austin, Minnesota
First Baptist Church / Grace Baptist Church
M.P. Moller, Opus 1804, 1915
Fred C. Weickhardt & Son, 1950's - Moving, Enlarging, Re-installation
GREAT SWELL (Expressive)
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8' Principal 16' Bourdon
8' Gamba 8' Geigen Principal
8' Doppel Floete 8' Gedeckt
8' Melodia 8' Salicional
8' Dulciana 8' Voix Celeste
4' Octave 4' Flute Harmonic
4' Rohr Floete 2 2/3' Nasard
2' Super Octave 2' Piccolo
8' Trumpet III Rk Dolce Cornet
Chimes 8' Oboe
Tremolo
Great to Great 16' Chimes
Great Unison Off
Great to Great 4' Swell to Swell 16'
Swell Unison Off
Swell to Swell 4'
CHOIR (Expressive)
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8' Aeoline PEDAL
4' Flute d'Amour 16' Principal
2' Wald Floete 16' Bourdon
1-1/3' Larigot 16' Lieblich Gedeckt
8' Clarinet 8' Violon-Cello
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Chimes blank
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Choir to Choir 16' blank
Choir Unison Off blank
Choir to Choir 4' Chimes
COUPLERS FINGER PISTONS
Swell to Pedal 8,4 General 1 - 6
Great to Pedal 8,4 Swell 1 - 6
Choir to Pedal 8,4 Great 1 - 6
Choir 1 - 6
Swell to Great 16,8,4 Gen. Can.
Choir to Great 16,8,4
Swell to Choir 16,8,4 TOE STUDS
General 1 - 6
Pedal 1 - 4
COMBINATION COUPLERS (pistons) Gt. to Ped. (rev)
Man. to Ped. [Sw.] On / Off Sforzando (rev)
Man. to Ped. [Gt.] On / Off
Man. to Ped. [Ch.] On / Off
PEDAL MOVEMENTS
Choir Expression (bal.)
Swell Expression (bal.)
Crescendo (bal.)
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