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Austin Organs, Inc. Opus 1163R (1954)

West Side Presbyterian Church: Sanctuary
6 South Monroe St.
Ridgewood, NJ

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
34 stops
45 registers
4 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)
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons

Notes

2014-06-13 - Originally installed in 1923; rebuild and some tonal changes in 1954 to 3/38; facade replaced with a screen in 1964, Antiphonal and Fanfare Trumpet added; the Antiphonal was located in three open arches in the left transept, opening into an adjacent auditorium; the powerful horizontal Fanfare Trumpet was quickly moved from the rear wall to the main organ; in 1976, the organ was renovated and new Great and Pedal divisions were moved to the right and left of the choirloft, respectively; in 1982 a metal screen replaced the 1964 cloth screen; in 1989, the 1923 console was rebuilt again; the organ and most of the church buildings were destroyed by fire on January 8, 2002. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from <i>The Diapason</i> July 1954 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

       Ridgewood, New Jersey
       West Side Presbyterian Church

       Austin   Op. 1163   1923   3/
       Austin   Op. 1163R  1954   3/38
       _________________________________________________

       GREAT (*enclosed)             SWELL
   16' Gemshorn         12 *     16' Bourdon          73
    8' Open Diapason    61        8' Open Diapason    73
    8' Diapason Conique 73 *      8' Rohrgedeckt      73
    8' Harmonic Flute   73 *      8' Salicional       73
    8' Gemshorn         73 *      8' Voix Celeste     61
    4' Octave           61        4' Spitz Principal  73
    4' Waldflöte        73 *      4' Flauto Traverso  73
2 2/3' Twelfth          61      III  Cornet          183
    2' Fifteenth        61        8' Trumpet          73
  III  Mixture         183        8' Oboe             73
    8' Trumpet          73 *      8' Vox Humana       61
       Sub                        4' Clarion          12
       Unison Off                    Tremolo
       Super                         Sub
       Chimes                        Unison Off
                                     Super

       CHOIR                         PEDAL
    8' Open Diapason    73       32' Resultant        --
    8' Melodia          73       16' Open Diapason    32
    8' Dulciana         73       16' Bourdon          32
    8' Unda Maris       61       16' Gemshorn         GT
    4' Flute d'Amour    73       16' Gedeckt          SW
2 2/3' Nazard           61        8' Principal        32
    2' Blockflöte       61        8' Flute            12
1 3/5' Tierce           61        8' Gemshorn         GT
    8' Cor Anglais      73        4' Principal        12
       Tremolo                    4' Flute            12
       Sub                       16' Bombarde         32
       Unison Off                 8' Bombarde         12
       Super                      4' Bombarde         12
       Chimes           GT

      [Received online from Jeff Scofield June 13, 2014]

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