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Austin Organs, Inc. Opus 2201 (1988)

Southminster Presbyterian Church
799 Washington Road
Pittsburgh: Mount Lebanon, PA

Images

2023-11-05 - Exposed Great pipework (Photograph by Ryan Croyle/Ryan Croyle)

2023-11-05 - Console (Photograph by Ryan Croyle/Ryan Croyle)

1995-09-26 - Church exterior (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

1995-09-26 - Unique console shell (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

1995-09-26 - Console to left (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2024-12-28 - Church exterior (Pawsburgh /Scanlon Andrew)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
4 manuals
79 registers
6 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Stop Keys 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: Remote Pneumatic/Mechanical Capture
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2021-07-16 - Installed by Austin in 1954 as a 3/43; tonal changes and new 4-manual console by Austin in 1988; renovated in 2016 by Bunn=Minnick. -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

Source: Taken from the console September 26, 1995

       Pittsburgh (Mount Lebanon), Pennsylvania
       Southminster Presbyterian Church

       Austin   Op. 2201   1954   3/43
                           1988   4/52
       ________________________________________________

       GREAT                       POSITIV
   16' Principal                8' Spitz Principal
    8' Stentor Diapason         8' Holzgedeckt
    8' Diapason                 4' Principal         12
    8' Harmonic Flute           4' Holzgedeckt       12
    8' Gemshorn                 2' Oktav             12
    4' Principal            1 1/3' Larigot           17
    4' Cor de Nuit              8' Krummhorn
2 2/3' Twelfth                     Tremulant Doux
2 2/3' Nazard                      Unison Off        
    2' Fifteenth                   Super
1 3/5' Seventeenth
   IV  Furniture [sic]             PEDAL
    8' Cornopean               32' Bourdon         elec
       Unison Off              32' Resultant
       Super                   16' Open Diapason
                               16' Subbass
       SWELL                   16' Principal         GT
   16' Lieblich Gedeckt        16' Bourdon    
    8' Geigen Diapason         16' Gamba             12
    8' Melodia                 16' Lieblich Gedeckt  SW
    8' Salicional          10 2/3' Quint           elec
    8' Voix Celeste             8' Octave            12
    8' Flauto Dolce  12         8' Subbass           12
    8' Flute Celeste            8' Bourdon           12
    4' Fugara                   8' Flauto Dolce      SW
    4' Chimney Flute        5 1/3' Quint           elec
    2' Flageolet                4' Choralbass        12
   II  Sesquialtera             4' Bourdon           12
  III  Scharf                 III  Mixture         prep
   16' Hautbois                32' Contra Trombone elec
    8' Trompette               16' Trombone
    8' Hautbois      12        16' Trompette      SW 12
    8' Cor Anglais             16' Hautbois          SW
    8' Voix Humaine             8' Trumpet           12
    4' Clairon                  4' Clarion           12
       Tremulant                4' Krummhorn         PO
       Sub                         Chimes            BO
       Unison Off
       Super                       GALLERY GREAT (prep)
                               16' Principal
       CHOIR                   16' Quintaton
    8' Gamba                    8' Principal
    8' Metal Bourdon            8' Flute a Cheminee
    8' Spire Flute              8' Quintaton
    8' Flute Celeste            4' Principal
    4' Prestant               III  Mixture
    4' Copula                   8' Schalmei
2 2/3' Nazard                   4' Schalmei
    2' Recorder                    Unison Off
1 1/3' Quint
    8' Clarinet                    GALLERY SWELL (prep)       
       Tremulant               16' Quintaton
       Sub                      8' Flute a Cheminee
       Unison Off               8' Quintaton
       Super                    8' Erzähler
    8' Harp                     4' Quintaton
    4' Harp                     4' Erzähler
    8' Trumpet      PED     2 2/3' Flute Creuse
                               II  Rauschpfeife
       SOLO (prep)              8' Schalmei
    8' Flauto Mirabilis         4' Schalmei
    8' Viola Pomposa               Tremulant
   16' Festival Trumpet            Unison Off
    8' Festival Trumpet
    4' Festival Trumpet            GALLERY PEDAL (prep)
       Unison Off              16' Principal
                               16' Quintaton
       BOMBARDE                 8' Principal
   16' Hautbois      SW         8' Flute a Cheminee
    8' Trumpet       CH         4' Principal
    8' Trompette     SW         4' Flute a Cheminee
    8' Cornopean     GT     1 1/3' Principal
    8' Hautbois      SW       III  Mixture
    4' Trumpet       CH
    4' Cornopean     GT
       Chimes
    8' Harp          CH
    4' Harp          CH

         [Received from Jeff Scofield July 16, 2021]

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