Austin Avenue Methodist Church: Sanctuary
1300 Austin Avenue
Waco, TX
Images
Unknown - Church Interior, Chancel, and Chamber Grillework ((1964) Sketch of Proposed Chancel Alterations (never completed); image courtesy of T. Bradford Willis/Database Manager)
Unknown - Church Exterior (Photograph courtesy of Bradford Willis (1960's)/Database Manager)
Unknown - Church exterior, ca.1952 (Vintage postcard, courtesy of Brad Willis/Database Manager)
1961-04-15 - Sanctuary interior and organ chambers (Photo from the cover of the 1961 dedication/Database Manager)
1956-02-11 - Chancel and console (Photograph from the cover of the Organ Dedication, March 11, 1956/Database Manager)
1995-11-15 - Chancel and chambers (Photograph by Ralph Hitt/Database Manager)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
- Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
- 3 manuals
- 29 stops
- 42 registers
- 4 divisions
- Key action Type: Electrical
- Stop action Type: Electrical
- Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled 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)
- Combination action: Remote Pneumatic/Mechanical Capture
- Has combination thumb pistons
- Has tutti thumb pistons
- Has tutti toe pistons
Notes
2009-12-02 - Identified through online information from T. Bradford Willis, DDS. -- This was a Methodist Episcopal Church, South; later a Methodist Church; now a United Methodist Church. This is the third pipe organ for the congregation. This is the second organ at the present church edifice. According to records in the church archives, the second organ was by George Kilgen. Except for the blower (still in use with the Casavant organ), the Kilgen organ was lost in a fire. -Database Manager
2009-12-31 - Updated through online information from T. Bradford Willis, DDS. -- The Casavant organ and its chimes were dedicated to the glory of God on March 5, 1961 by Bishop William C. Martin. The Rev. Dr. Erwin F. Bohmfalk was the senior pastor of the church. -Database Manager
2010-01-04 - Updated through online information from T. Bradford Willis, DDS. -- A zimbelstern was dedicated on August 20, 1989 in honor of Nancy Tripp Henson who had served for twenty years as the organist at Austin Avenue Church. The Zimbelstern cost $1,250. -Database Manager
2010-01-05 - Updated through online information from T. Bradford Willis, DDS. -- The contract/memo of agreement for the Casavant organ was signed in Waco on February 15, 1955 and in St. Hyacinthe, Quebec on February 28, 1955. The cost of the organ was $32,350.00 US. The organ was shipped by rail on the Missouri Pacific Lines and it arrived in Waco on January 16, 1956. The chimes were donated by Mr. Fred N. Oliver, president of Casavant, in memory of his parents, Jefferson D. and Lina N. Oliver, who were early members of Austin Avenue Church. Mr. Fred N. Oliver was the husband of Juliette Casavant. There is an engraved, bronze plate on the console noting this donation. -Database Manager
2010-01-27 - Updated through online information from T. Bradford Willis,. -- A piece by Michael Burkhardt was commissioned for the 50th anniversary of the installation of the Casavant organ. The piece was dedicated in memory of Professor Robert Hopkins, Austin Avenue choir director; Mrs. Fred Smith, Austin Avenue organist; and in honor of Nancy Tripp Henson, Austin Avenue organist. -Database Manager
2010-05-24 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Tonal changes by Casavant in 1997; now 3/39. -Database Manager
2010-11-20 - Updated through online information from T. Bradford Willis, DDS. -Database Manager
2010-11-28 - Updated through online information from T. Bradford Willis, DDS. -- The Official Texas Historical Building Marker states: Austin Avenue Methodist Church Designed by R.H. Hunt, this edifice is a substantial interpretation of Gothic architecture. It was built in 1925 during the ministry of the Rev. Cullom H. Booth. The two-story- equivalent brick structure, which rests on a raised basement, features a prominent bell tower. The original tracery detail in the tower was removed by the 1940's. The original art glass windows and tracery detail in the sanctuary were replaced after a 1954 fire caused extensive damage. RECORDED TEXAS HISTORIC LANDMARK - 1990 -Database Manager
2015-04-17 - Updated through online information from T. Bradford Willis, DDS. -Database Manager
Stoplist
Stoplist copied from the factory specifications Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Waco, Texas
Austin Avenue Methodist Church
Casavant Op. 2307 1956 3/30
Courtesy of the Casavant Frères Archives
St. Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada
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GREAT CHOIR
16' Flute Conique 12 8' Viola 68
8' Open Diapason 68 8' Concert Flute 68
8' Hohl Flute 68 8' Dulciana 68
8' Gemshorn 68 8' Unda Maris GG 61
4' Octave 68 4' Nachthorn 68
2 2/3' Twelfth 61 2' Piccolo 61
2' Fifteenth 61 8' Clarinet 68
8' Harmonic Trumpet 68 Tremolo
Unison off Sub
Super Unison Off
Chimes Super
Chimes 25 Deagan
SWELL Harp Deagan
16' Rohr Bourdon 12
8' Geigen Principal 68 PEDAL
8' Rohr Flute 68 16' Contrabass 32
8' Viol da Gamba 68 16' Bourdon 32
8' Voix Celeste GG 61 16' Flute Conique GT
4' Flute Harmonic 68 16' Rohr Bourdon SW
2' Flautina 61 8' Cello 12
IV Mixture 244 8' Stopped Flute 12
16' Contra Fagotto 68 8' Gemshorn GT
8' Trompette 68 4' Choral Bass 12
8' Oboe 68 4' Gemshorn GT
4' Clarion 68 16' Trombone 12 GT
Tremulant 16' Fagotto SW
Sub 8' Trumpet GT
Unison Off 4' Clarion GT
Super Chimes CH
[Received on line from Jeff Scofield May 27, 2010.]
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