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Austin Organs, Inc. Opus 1235R (1958)

Institute for the Education of the Blind
999 Pelham Parkway
New York City: The Bronx, NY

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)

Images

1925 - 1924 auditorium interior (Photograph by Wurts Bros. via the Nyc AGO NYC Organ Project, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

1958 - Console (Photograph by The American Organist, February 1959, via the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

1950's - Console (Sales booklet THE AUSTIN CONSOLE, via Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
3 manuals
37 stops
51 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)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from <i>The American Organist</i> September 1956 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

        Bronx, New York
        New York Institute for the Education of the Blind

        Austin   Op. 1235-A   1958   3/43
        _________________________________________________

        GREAT                        SWELL
    16' Gemshorn      61          16' Rohrbourdon      68
     8' Diapason      61           8' Geigen Principal 68
     8' Bourdon       61           8' Rohrflöte        68
     8' Dulciana      61           8' Salicional       68
     4' Principal     61           8' Voix Celeste     61
     4' Koppelflöte   12           4' Principal        68
     4' Gemshorn      24           4' Waldflöte        68
 2 2/3' Octave Quint  61       2 2/3' Rohrnasat        61
     2' Super Octave  61           2' Flautino         61
   III  Fourniture   183       1 1/3' Larigot          61
     8' Trumpet       61         III  Plein Jeu       183
     4' Clarion       61          16' Fagotto          68
        Sub                        8' Trumpet          68
        Unison Off                 8' Oboe             12
        Super                      8' Vox Humana       68
        Chimes                     4' Clarion          68
                                      Tremulant
        PEDAL                         V H Tremulant
    16' Principal     32              Sub
    16' Gemshorn      GT              Unison Off
    16' Rohrbourdon   SW              Super
10 2/3' Quint         --
     8' Geigen        32              CHOIR
     8' Gemshorn      GT           8' Viola            68
     8' Rohrbourdon   SW           8' Bourdon          68
     4' Geigen        12           8' Dulciana         68
     4' Flute         GT           8' Unda Maris       61
   III  Mixture       96           4' Koppelflöte      68
    16' Trombone      12 GT    2 2/3' Nasard           61
    16' Fagotto       SW           2' Blockflöte       61
     8' Trumpet       GT       1 3/5' Tierce           61
     4' Clarion       GT           8' Krummhorn        68
                                      Tremulant
                                      Sub
                                      Unison Off
                                      Super

       [Received online from Jeff Scofield May 26, 2014]

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