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Austin Organ Co. Opus 1833 (1933)

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints/Unification Church: Washington Chapel
1610 Columbia Road NW
Washington DC, DC

Images

1933 - Chapel exterior (Photograph from an archival source: history.churchofjesuschrist.org, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
3 manuals
38 stops
52 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)

Stoplist

Source: The American Organist, January 1934

       Washington, District of Columbia
       Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

       Austin   Op. 1833   1933   3/40
       ______________________________________________

       GREAT (*unenclosed)         CHOIR
   16' Diapason          73 *   8' Violin Diapason 73
    8' 1st Diapason      73 *   8' Concert Flute   73
    8' 2nd Diapason      73     8' Viola           73
    8' Claribel Flute    73     8' Viola Celeste   73
    8' Gamba             73     8' Dulciana        73
    8' Gemshorn          73     8' Unda Maris      61
    4' Octave            73 *   4' Flute           73
    4' Flute             73     2' Piccolo         61
2 2/3' Twelfth           61     8' Clarinet        73
    2' Super Octave      61     8' Cor d'Amore     73
    8' Trumpet           73 *      Tremulant
       Chimes            25        Harp            61
  
       SWELL                       PEDAL
   16' Bourdon           73    32' Resultant       --
    8' Diapason          73    16' Diapason        32
    8' Stopped Flute     73    16' Bourdon         32
    8' Viole d'Orchestre 73    16' Diapason        GT
    8' Viole Celeste     61    16' Gamba        GT 12
    8' Flauto Dolce      73    16' Bourdon         SW
    8' Aeoline           73     8' Diapason        12
    4' Octave            73     8' Bourdon         12
    4' Orchestral Flute  73     8' Gamba           GT
    2' Flautino          61 +   8' Bourdon         SW
  III  Mixture          122 +  16' Trumpet      GT 12
   16' Posaune           73    16' Posaune         SW
    8' Cornopean         73     8' Trumpet         GT
    8' Oboe              73
    8' Vox Humana        61
    4' Clarion           73
       Tremulant
       Vox Tremulant

As per the policy of THE AMERICAN ORGANIST at the time,
stop names of extensions and borrows are shown with the
same name as the parent rank.

      [Received from Jeff Scofield March 31, 2022]