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Austin Organ Co. Opus 1382 (1926)

Wheaton College: College Church of Christ/Pierce Chapel
Wheaton, IL

Images

ca. 1950 - Building exterior (Photograph by ebay.com, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
3 manuals
24 stops
29 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)

Notes

2023-01-02 - Rebuilt by Austin in 1956 and dispersed in March 2006; the building was known as Pierce Memorial Chapel by that time. -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

Source: From THE DIAPASON November 1925

    Wheaton, Illinois
    Wheaton College
    Pierce Memorial Chapel

    Austin   Op. 1382   1926   3/24
    _______________________________________________

    GREAT                      CHOIR
 8' Open Diapason     73    8' Violin Diapason   73
 8' Tibia             73    8' Melodia           73
 8' Concert Flute     73    8' Dulciana          73
 8' Viol d'Gamba      73    8' Unda Maris        61
 8' Gemshorn          73    4' Flute d'Amour     73
 4' Harmonic Flute    73    8' Clarinet          73
 8' Tuba Mirabilis    73       Tremolo
    Chimes            20
                               ECHO (prepared)
    SWELL                   8' Cor d'Nuit
16' Bourdon           73    8' Chimney Flute
 8' Open Diapason     73    8' Viole Aetheria
 8' Stopped Diapason  73    8' Vox Angelica
 8' Viole d'Orchestre 73    4' Fernflöte
 8' Viol Celeste      61    8' Cor Anglais
 8' Muted Viole       73       Tremolo
 4' Violina           73
 4' Flute             12       PEDAL
 8' Cornopean         73   16' Dbl Open Diapason 32
 8' Oboe              73   16' Bourdon           32
 8' Vox Humana        61   16' 2nd Bourdon       SW
    Tremolo                 8' Flute (DblOpen)   12
                           16' Trombone       GT 12

     [Received from Jeff Scofield January 2, 2023]

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