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Austin Organ Co. Opus 1787 (1931)

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

Consoles

Main

• Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
• 2 manuals
• 30 registers
• Key action Type: Electrical
• Stop action Type: Electrical
• Stop layout Type: Stop Keys Above Top Manual
• Manual compass: 61 notes
• Pedal compass: 32 notes
• Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
• Has crescendo
• Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
• Has combination thumb pistons

Notes

2017-06-18 - Built in 1931 and rented to First Presbyterian Church, Jamaica (Queens), New York City. The Jamaica Church chose not to purchase the organ, and on April 3, 1934, it was sold from the factory to Sacred Heart R.C. Church, Torrington, Connecticut, for $1200 and an old organ. --<i>Austin Organs</i>, by Orpha Ochse (OHS: 2001)<br> At an unknown time, the organ was moved to St. Clement Mary R.C. Church, New York City. -Database Manager

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

• #37683†* - Austin Organ Co. Opus 1787 (1940s)
• #12930†* - Austin Organ Co. Opus 1787 (1931)

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