OHS convention: 1994
2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1994 -Database Manager
2004-10-30 - Restored by Austin Organs Inc. 1988-89. -Database Manager
2009-01-18 - Updated through online information from John W. Tremblay. -- This organ is strongly reminiscent of the 1912 Kotzschmar Memorial Organ (Opus #323) at the Portland City Hall Auditorium (now the Merrill Auditorium) prior to its enlargement to five manuals and well over a hundred stops, including at least one prepared-for division. The console at the Bushnell Memorial Hall retains its Art Deco styling and a traditional Austin electromechanical hold-and-set piston action. The console was equipped with solid-state interface which makes it movable to any point on the stage, with three points for plugging in the coaxial cable which replaced the large original cable. The organ is in chambers, with part of the unenclosed Great on display in front of the appropriate chamber opening, "caged" to prevent damage by stage hands moving lights, etc. The organ renovation, in the late 80s or early 90s, was written up in The American Organist. -Database Manager
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Stoplist from OHS Convention Handbook Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Hartford, Connecticut
Horace Bushnell Hall
Austin Op. 1627 1929 4/76
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GREAT - (*Unenclosed) CHOIR PEDAL
16' Dbl Open Diapason 73 * 16' Contra Gamba 73 32' Contra Bourdon 32
8' First Diapason 73 * 8' English Diapason 73 32' Resultant Bass --
8' Second Diapason 73 * 8' Viola da Gamba 73 16' First Diapason 32
8' Third Diapason 73 8' Concert Flute 73 16' Second Diapason GT
8' Viola 73 * 8' Flute Celeste 61 16' Bourdon 12
8' Claribel Flute 73 * 8' Dulciana 61 16' Violone 32
8' Harmonic Flute 73 8' Unda Maris 61 16' Muted Viole 12 GT
8' Doppel Flute 73 8' Quintadena 73 16' Lieblich Bourdon SW
4' First Octave 73 * 4' Rohr Flute 73 16' Contra Gamba CH
4' Second Octave 73 4' Dulciana 12 10 2/3' Quint (Violone) 7
4' Harmonic Flute 73 4' Unda Maris 73 8' Octave 12
2 2/3' Twelfth 61 2 2/3' Twelfth 7 8' Gedeckt 12
2' Fifteenth 61 2' Piccolo 61 8' Violoncello 5
III Mixture 183 2' Dulcet 5 8' Dolce GT
16' Double Trumpet 73 1 1/3' Nineteenth 7 8' Gamba Celeste II SO
8' Trumpet 73 1' Octave Dulciana 5 5 1/3' Octave Quint --
4' Clarion 73 16' Bassoon 73 4' Super Octave 12
Sub 8' Corno d'Amore 73 32' Contra Bombarde 32
Unison Off 8' Clarinet 73 16' Bombarde 12
Super 8' Cor Anglais 73 16' Tuba SO
Chimes ƒ SO Tremolo (valve) 16' Contra Posaune SW
Chimes p SO Sub 16' Bassoon CH
8' Harp CH Unison Off 8' Tromba 12
4' Celesta CH Super 8' Tuba SO
Tuba Mirabilis on GT 8' Harp tc 4' Clarion 12
4' Celesta 49 Chimes SO
SWELL Snare Drum Roll Bass Drum Strike
16' Bourdon 73 Snare Drum Strike Bass Drum Tympani
8' Open Diapason 73 Triangle Tuba Mirabilis on PD
8' Violin Diapason 73 Tuba Mirabilis on CH
8' Stopped Flute 73 PERCUSSION (toe stud)
8' Flauto Dolce 73 SOLO (*unenclosed) Chinese Gong
8' Viole d'Amour 73 8' Grand Diapason 73 Cymbal
8' Violin 73 8' Major Flute 73 Triangle
8' Violin Celeste 61 8' Solo Gamba 73
8' Viole d'Orchestre 73 8' Gamba Celeste 73
8' Viole Celeste 73 4' Octave 73
4' Octave 73 4' Orchestral Flute 73
4' Flauto Traverso 73 16' Tuba Profunda 73
4' Gemshorn 73 8' Tuba Mirabilis 73 *
2 2/3' Nazard 61 8' Harmonic Tuba 73
2' Flautino 61 8' Orchestral Trumpet 73
III Mixture 183 8' French Horn 73
16' Contra Posaune 73 8' Orchestral Oboe 73
8' Cornopean 73 8' Musette 73
8' Oboe 73 4' Clarion 73
8' Vox Humana 61 Tremolo
4' Clarion 73 Sub
Tremolo (valve) Unison Off
Sub Super
Unison Off Chimes ƒ 25
Super Chimes p
8' Harp CH
4' Celesta CH
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