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The Aeolian Co. Opus 1274 (1913)

Images

ca. 1914 - Organ and console in Library (Photograph by Unknown, submitted by Richard Lange /Richard Lange )

Unknown - Organ Facade (Photograph by Beaumont Retirement Community courtesy of Robert Bury (2019)/Database Manager)

Unknown - Console (Photograph by Robert Bury (2014)/Database Manager)

Unknown - Right Stop Jamb (Photograph by Robert Bury (2014)/Database Manager)

Unknown - Left Stop Jamb (Photograph by Robert Bury (2014)/Database Manager)

2024 - Organ facade after re gilding of dummy pipes (Richard Lange/Richard Lange)

2024 - Facade detail (Richard Lange/Richard Lange)

Consoles

Keydesk

• Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
• Console position: Keydesk Attached
• 3 manuals
• 4 divisions
• Key action Type: Electrical
• Stop action Type: Electrical
• Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
• Manual compass: 61 notes
• Pedal compass: 30 notes
• Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Not Meeting AGO Standards)
• Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Not Meeting AGO Standards)
• Combination action: Setterboard
• Has combination thumb pistons

Notes

2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1992 -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - Refurbished c. 1991 by residents and Columbia Organ Works. Building was residence of William L. Austin. -Database Manager

2011-01-29 - Updated through online information from Paul Marchesano. -- Original ventil, duplexed manual chests appear to have been modified with direct electric magnet installation. Most treble string pipes appear to have been replaced with spotted metal supply house pipes. Original action remains in offset Pedal chests. Combination action not functioning. Original relay has been replaced with solid state. (Personal inspection, November 2010) -Database Manager

2022-12-13 - William Liseter Austin was an organist of sorts. He studied with the legendary blind Philadelphia organist, David Duffle Wood (1838-1910). Austin's name appears on a printed list of over 400 students taught by Wood during his lifetime. He was also part of the committee responsible for the memorial wall sculpture of David Wood installed at St Stephen's Episcopal Church in Philadelphia in 1914 along with Dr. Carl Grammer, John Cadwalader, Dr. Russell Conwell, William W. Gilchrist, Philip Goepp, and J. Fred Wolle. (Source: The Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · Sun, Jan 26, 1913, page 10) -Jeff Fowler

Documents

• (1913-06-12) Specifications for an Aeolian Pipe Organ prepared for the residence Of Mr. William L. Austin A copy of the original order for Austin's Lister Hall Aeolian Organ. Dated June 12, 1913. -Richard Lange
• (1914-01-09) Factory drawing Factory drawing. Interior layout, front elevation -Paul R. Marchesano

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