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Austin Organs, Inc. Opus 523A (1955)

Baldwin Wallace College: Gamble Auditorium
Berea, OH

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Movable Console
4 manuals
47 stops
64 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)
Has crescendo
Combination action: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2014-02-08 - This is a rebuild of an existing organ. Identified by Jeff Scofield, using information found in <i>The Diapason</i> June 1955. -- -Database Manager

2014-02-09 - Originally installed in 1915 as 4/66 Austin Op. 523; rebuilt in 1955 as 4/53 Austin Op. 523A; rebuilt with tonal changes in 1980 as 4/62 by Samuel Koontz. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from <i>The Diapason</i> June 1955 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

        Berea, Ohio
        Baldwin-Wallace College
        Gamble Auditorium

        Austin   Op. 523    1915   4/66
        Austin   Op. 523A   1955   4/53
        __________________________________________________

        OPEN GREAT                     SWELL
    16' Quintaten        24        16' Gedeckt          73
     8' Diapason         61         8' Geigen           73
     8' Harmonic Flute   61         8' Rohrflöte        73
     4' Octave           61         8' Gambe            73
 2 2/3' Twelfth          61         8' Gambe Celeste    61
     2' Fifteenth        61         4' Geigen Octave    73
III-IV  Mixture         214         4' Violina          73
                                    4' Flauto Traverso  73
        ENCLOSED GREAT          2 2/3' Rohr Nasat       61
     8' Claribel Flute   61         2' Flageolet        61
     8' Gemshorn         61        IV  Plein Jeu       244
     4' Principal        61        16' Fagotto          73
     4' Quintaten        61         8' Trompette        73
     2' Flautino         61         8' Oboe             73
   III  Cymbal           pf         8' Vox Humana       61
        Chimes                      4' Clarion          73
                                       Tremulant
        CHOIR              
    16' Contra Viole     73            PEDAL
     8' Viola            73        32' Bourdon          12
     8' Bourdon          73        16' Diapason         32
     8' Dolce            73        16' Violone          32
     8' Dolce Celeste    61        16' Quintaten        GT
     4' Koppelflöte      73        16' Gedeckt          SW
 2 2/3' Nazard           61        16' Contra Viole     CH
     2' Blockflöte       61         8' Octave           12
 1 3/5' Tierce           61         8' Violone          12
     8' Clarinet         73         8' Quintaten        GT
     8' English Horn     73         8' Gedeckt          SW
        Tremulant                   4' Fifteenth        32
                                    4' Quintaten        GT
        SOLO                        4' Gedeckt          SW
     8' Principal Flute  pf         2' Twenty-Second    32
     8' Gamba            73            Mixture          pf
     8' Gamba Celeste    73        16' Bombarde         12 SO
     4' Flute Ouverte    73        16' Fagotto          SW
     8' Harmonic Trumpet 73         8' Bombarde         SO
     8' French Horn      pf         4' Harmonic Trumpet SO
     8' Orchestral Oboe  73         4' Clarinet         CH
        Tremulant                   2' Fagotto          SW

      [Received online from Jeff Scofield February 9, 2014]

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