Austin Organs, Inc. Opus 1839-B (1999)

Images

Unknown - Console - Terrill Organ Co. (Photograph by Rob St. Cyr, 2007/Database Manager)

Unknown - Console, 2007. (Photograph by Rob St. Cyr/Database Manager)

Unknown - Great Pipework, 2007. (Photograph by Rob St. Cyr/Database Manager)

Unknown - 16' Open Wood, 2007. (Photograph by Rob St. Cyr/Database Manager)

Unknown - Swell Division, 2007. (Photograph by Rob St. Cyr/Database Manager)

Unknown - Choir Division, 2007. (Photograph by Rob St. Cyr/Database Manager)

Unknown - Enclosed Great, 2007. (Photograph by Rob St. Cyr/Database Manager)

Unknown - Great Division, 2007. (Photograph by Rob St. Cyr/Database Manager)

Unknown - Stop jamb (Photograph by Rob St. Cyr/Database Manager)

Unknown - Chancel, 2007. (Photograph by Rob St. Cyr/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Notes

2012-08-30 - Identified through online information from Scott Crowell. -- Rebuild with new console of existing organ. <br><br>Organ moved to its present location in 1959. Austin added 8 new ranks in 1995 and the organ was re-regulated by Robert Leslie. In 1999 Austin added 3 new ranks and revoiced 6 stops. Also at this time, a new console was built by Terrill Organ Company and two new windchests were built by K.R. Bengtson. The organ was rededicated by Brian Jones in October 1999. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from the factory specifications Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Manchester, New Hampshire Brookside Congregational Church Austin Organ Co. Opus 1839 1933 Console: Three Manuals and Pedals Total Ranks: 45 Total No. Pipes: 2, 922 GREAT ORGAN Montre 16’ 61 pipes Revoiced by Austin, 1998 Principal (40 scale) 8’ 61 pipes Revoiced by Austin, 1998 Montre 8’ (Ext. 16) 12 pipes Diapason (43 scale) 8’ (Expressive) 73 pipes Regulated, 1995 Gross Flute 8’ (Expressive) 73 pipes Revoiced by Austin, 1998 Gamba 8’ (Expressive) 73 pipes Gemshorn 8’ (Expressive) 73 pipes Regulated, 1995 Octave (44 scale) 4’ 61 pipes Regulated, 1995 Waldflute 4’ (Expressive) 73 pipes Regulated, 1995 Twelfth (43 scale) 2 2/3’ 61 pipes New Austin, 1995 Fifteenth (44 scale) 2’ 61 pipes New Austin, 1995 Fourniture (43 scale) IV (19-22-26-29) 244 pipes New Austin, 1995 Trumpet 8’ 61 pipes New Austin, 1995 Clarion 4’ 12 pipes New Schopp, 1999 Tuba 8’ (Expressive) 73 pipes Revoiced by Austin, 1995 Chimes SWELL ORGAN Bourdon 16’ 73 pipes Regulated, 1995 Diapason (42 scale) 8’ 73 pipes Regulated, 1995 Stopped Diapason 8’ 73 pipes Regulated, 1995 Salicional 8’ 73 pipes Regulated, 1995 Voix Celeste 8’ (Tenor C) 49 pipes Regulated, 1995 Principal 4’ 61 pipes Regulated, 1995 Flauto Traverso 4’ 61 pipes Regulated, 1995 Octavin 2’ 61 pipes Regulated, 1995 Quint 1 1/3’ 61 pipes Regulated, 1995 Plein Jeu III (19-22-26) 183 pipes Regulated, 1995 Contra Fagotto 16’ 73 pipes Regulated, 1995 Cornopean 8’ 73 pipes Revoiced by Austin, 1998 Oboe 8’ 73 pipes Regulated, 1995 Regal 8’ 61 pipes Regulated, 1995 Vox Humana 8’ (from Regal) 61 pipes Regulated, 1995 Tremolo CHOIR ORGAN Geigen (44 scale) 8’ 73 pipes Regulated, 1995 Dulciana 8’ 73 pipes Revoiced by Austin, 1998 Gedeckt 8’ (Estey pipes) 73 pipes New, 1995 Celeste (Tenor C) 8’ 61 pipes Principal 4’ 61 pipes New Schopp, 1999 Flute D’Amour 4’ 73 pipes Regulated, 1995 Nasard 2/3’ 61 pipes New Schopp, 1999 Piccolo 2’ 61 pipes Regulated, 1995 Tierce 1 3/5’ 61 pipes New Schopp, 1999 Clarinet 8’ 73 pipes Revoiced by Austin, 1998 Trumpet 8’ (Great) 61 notes Tuba 8’ (Great) 61 notes Tremolo PEDAL ORGAN Open Wood Diapason 16’ 32 pipes Principal 16’ (Great Montre) 32 notes Violone 16’ 32 pipes Regulated, 1995 Bourdon 16’ 32 pipes Regulated, 1995 Lieblich Gedeckt 16’ (Swell) 32 notes Regulated, 1995 Octave 8’ (Great Montre) 32 notes Violoncello 8’ (Ext. 16’) 12 pipes Regulated, 1995 Gedeckt 8’ (Ext. 16’) 12 pipes Regulated, 1995 Lieblich Gedeckt 8’ (Swell) 32 notes Regulated, 1995 Chorale Bass 4’ (Great Montre) 32 notes Rausch Quint II (19-24) 64 pipes Trombone 16’ (Ext. Gt. Trumpet 8’) 12 pipes New Austin, 1995 Contra Fagotto 16’ (Swell) 32 notes Trumpet 8’ (Great) 32 notes Tuba 8’ (Great) 32 notes Clarion 4’ (Great) 32 notes Tuba 4’ (Great) 32 notes COUPLERS Great to Pedal 8’ Great Unison Off Choir to Choir 16’ Exp. Great to Pedal 8’ Exp. Great Unison Off Choir Unison Off Exp. Great to Pedal 4’ Exp. Great to Great 4’ Choir to Great 4’ Swell to Pedal 8’ Swell to Great 16’ Swell to Choir 16’ Swell to Pedal 4’ Swell to Great 8’ Swell to Choir 8’ Choir to Pedal 8’ Swell to Great 4’ Swell to Choir 4’ Choir to Pedal 4’ Swell to Great 4’ Swell to Choir 8’ Swell to Swell 4’ Choir to Great 16’ Exp. Great to Choir 8’ Swell to Swell 16’ Choir to Great 8’ Swell Unison Off Choir to Great 4’ Pedal on Manual Pistons --CONTINUE-- The Brookside Sanctuary Organ The organ was built in 1933 by the Austin Organ Company, Inc. of Hartford, Connecticut, using a significant amount of pipework from the church’s existing 1902 Hutchings-Votey Opus 1505 organ. When the congregation relocated from the downtown to the current site in 1959, the organ was moved. While the move involved dismantling the organ, it was essentially unchanged except for a row of previously visible pipes that was placed out of sight in the new location. Austin Organ Company moved the organ. The organ as it existed in the early 1990’s functioned very reliably, due to the dependable mechanisms for which Austin organs are known. However, tonally it lacked much. Many organs built in the 1920’s and 30’s had a voicing style that was characterized by a dull, opaque sound. The 1933 Brookside Sanctuary organ had those characteristics. In addition, when the instrument was relocated in 1959, in spite of the fact that organs are custom designed for the room in which they are housed, no effort was made to regulate the instrument to the new room. Most organs built in the 1930’s have ceased to exist, because necessary tonal renovations have resulted in entirely new instruments. Since much of the Brookside Sanctuary organ’s pipework and all of the mechanisms is of very high quality, to discard everything would not have been responsible stewardship of our resources. In 1993, with the assistance of Robert Leslie of New England Organ Service, Brookside developed a three-phase plan for rebuilding the sanctuary organ, which would first address the tonal limitations of the instrument, while planning for the eventual replacement of the 1933 console and the need to re-leather the entire mechanism. Phase 1 had as its purpose to enlarge the tonal pallet of the organ by enhancing the bass and treble areas of the sound. Phase 2 would complete the tonal enhancement begun in Phase 1 and replace the console. Phase 3 would re-leather the mechanism. Phase 1 was completed in 1995 and included extensive regulation of 31 ranks of the sanctuary organ and the addition of eight new ranks. Robert Leslie did all the regulation, while the new pipes were supplied by Austin Organ Company. Phase 2 was initiated in 1998. Six stops, containing 402 pipes, were transported to Austin Organ Company in Hartford, Connecticut and revoiced. In addition, 183 new pipes made by A.R. Schopp’s Sons, Inc. were added. The pipe transportation, final regulation, and construction of two new windchests were spear-headed by K. R. Bengston of Laconia, New Hampshire. The new drawknob console, which was made possible by a generous donation from the family of Mary Schow, was designed and built by Dudley Terrill of the Terrill Organ Company of Bow, New Hampshire. The three keyboard manuals have bone naturals and rosewood sharps. The pedal board has maple naturals and rosewood sharps. The keydesk and trim are walnut. The stop action contains Harris drawknobs and tilting tablet couplers. The combination action/stop processor is a solid state Peterson system with 99 levels of memory. The white woodwork is matched to the other colonial architectural features in the sanctuary. Brookside is excited to announce the beginning of the third and final phase of the organ restoration project: releathering the entire sanctuary organ. Currently, Brookside has raised about $30,000 to fund Phase 3 of the project. A generous donation of $19,000 was given by Dr. and Mrs. Robert Lord in honor of the Rev. William Donoghue, recently retired Pastor of Brookside Church. Work for the final phase began summer 2007. [Received from Rob St. Cyr 2014-03-04.]

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