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Austin Organ Co. Opus 453 (1915)

Balboa Park: Spreckels Organ Pavilion
San Diego, CA

Images

Unknown - Pavilion, Pipe Facade, and Console (Vintage Postcard, courtesy of T. Bradford Willis, DDS (1954)/Database Manager)

Unknown - Pavilion with Open Air Facade (Vintage Postcard, image courtesy of T. Bradford Willis/Database Manager)

Unknown - Garden Court and Pavilion with Open Air Facade (Vintage Postcard, image courtesy of T. Bradford Willis/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Movable Console
4 manuals
44 stops
58 registers
5 divisions
Stop layout Type: Stop Keys Above Top Manual
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Has crescendo
Combination action: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons

Stoplist

Specification from <i>Austin Organs</i> by Orpha Ochse Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

San Diego, California
Balboa Park - Spreckels Organ Pavilion

Austin Organ Company   Opus 453   1915          4 manuals, 44 stops, 46 ranks
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        GREAT ORGAN                             SOLO ORGAN
    16' Major Diapason       46 a            8' Grand Diapason       73
     8' Stentorphone         61              8' Tibia Plena          73
     8' Open Diapason        61              8' Gross Gamba          73
     8' Horn Diapason        61              4' Flute Ouverte        73
     8' Tibia Major          61              8' Orchestral Oboe      73
     8' Doppel Floete        61 b           16' Tuba Profunda        85
     8' Violoncello          61 b            8' Tuba Sonora (ext)    --
     4' Octave               61              4' Tuba Clarion (ext)   --
     4' Harmonic Flute       61 b               Solo to Solo 16, 4
     2' Super Octave         61                 Solo Unison Off
    16' Tuba Profunda        SO                 Tremulant
     8' Tuba Sonora          SO                 Cathedral Chimes
     4' Tuba Clarion         SO                 Bass Drum
        Swell to Great 16, 8, 4                 Snare Drum
        Orch to Great 16, 8, 4                  Cymbals
        Solo to Great 8, 4                  
                                                PEDAL ORGAN
        SWELL ORGAN                         32' Contra Magnaton      44
    16' Quintaton            73             16' Magnaton (ext)       --
     8' Diapason Phonon      73             16' Open Diapason (ext)  12 GT Tibia
     8' Violin Diapason      73             16' Violone              44
     8' Tibia Clausa         73             16' Bourdon              44
     8' Rohr Floete          73             16' Contra Viole         CH
     8' Flauto Dolce         73              8' Gross Floete         GT Tibia
     8' Viole d'Gamba        73              8' Flauto Dolce (ext)   -- Bourdon
     8' Concert Celeste      73              8' Violoncello (ext)    --
     4' Principal            73             16' Tuba Profunda        SO
     4' Flauto Traverso      73             16' Posaune              SW
     2' Piccolo              61              8' Tuba                 SO
   III  Dolce Cornet        183                 Great to Pedal 8
    16' Contra Posaune       73                 Swell to Pedal 8, 4
     8' Cornopean            73                 Orch. to Pedal 8
     8' Oboe                 73                 Solo to Pedal 8, 4
     8' Vox Humana           61
        Tremulant                            a  1-15 from Ped. Violone
        Swell to Swell 16, 4                 b  enclosed in Swell   
        Swell Unison Off                        
                                                ADJUSTABLE COMBINATIONS
        ORCHESTRAL ORGAN                        Solo      1-6
    16' Contra Viole         73                 Great     1-9
     8' Geigen Principal     73                 Swell     1-11
     8' Concert Flute        73                 Orch.     1-7
     8' Viole d'Orchestre    73                 Pedal     1-6
     8' Viole Celeste        73
     4' Violina              73                 REVERSIBLES
     4' Flute d'Amour        73                 Sforzando
     8' French Horn          73                 Great to Pedal
     8' Clarinet             73                 Solo to Great
        Concert Harp
        Tremulant                               BALANCED PEDALS
        Orch. to Orch. 16, 4                    Crescendo (adjustable)
        Orch. Unison Off                        Great and Solo
        Swell to Orch. 16, 8, 4                 Swell
        Solo to Orch. 8, 4                      Orchestral

        WIND PRESSURE: 10" for most of organ; 15" for Solo and part of Pedal


[Received from Steven E. Lawson  2014-08-06]

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