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Austin Organs, Inc. Opus 1003 (1921)

Westminster Presbyterian Church
724 Delaware Avenue
Buffalo, NY

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

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
4 manuals
45 stops
61 registers
6 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)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons

Notes

2004-10-30 - "Included an Echo division speaking into the chancel. Relocated to the Cathedral of Pueblo, Mexico except for the chancel Echo. Replaced by Aeolian-Skinner Op. 1249 in 1955." -Database Manager

2008-06-11 - Updated through information adapted from E. M. Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner Opus List, by Sand Lawn and Allen Kinzey (Organ Historical Society, 1997), and included here through the kind permission of Sand Lawn: Replaced. Echo retained in Aeolian-Skinner Opus 1249 (1955). -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from The Diapason February 1921 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

    Buffalo, New York
    Westminster Presbyterian Church

    Austin   Op. 1003   1921   4/45
    ____________________________________________________

    GREAT (*encl with CH)           SWELL
16' Double Diapason    61       16' Bourdon           73
 8' Principal Diapason 61        8' Open Diapason     73
 8' Small Diapason     61        8' Rohr Flute        73
 8' Gross Flute        61 *      8' Salicional        73
 8' Stopped Flute      61 *      8' Viole d'orchestre 73
 8' Violoncello        61 *      8' Viole Celeste     61
 4' Octave             61 *      8' Echo Salicional   73
 4' Flute              61 *      4' Flute             73
16' Tuba Profunda      SO        4' Violina           73
 8' Harmonic Tuba      So        2' Flautina          61
 8' French Horn        61 *     16' Contra Fagotto    73
 4' Harmonic Clarion   SO        8' Cornopean         73
    Sub                          8' Oboe              73
    Unison Off                   8' Vox Humana        61
    Super                           Tremulant
    Chimes             EC           Sub
                                    Unison Off
    CHOIR                           Super
16' Contra Viole       73           Celestial Harp    61
 8' Geigen Principal   73
 8' Concert Flute      73           ECHO
 8' Dulciana           73        8' Lieblich Gedeckt  61
 8' Unda Maris         61        8' Echo Viole        61
 4' Flute d'Amour      73        8' Vox Angelica      61
 2' Harmonic Piccolo   61        4' Fern Flute        61
 8' Clarinet           73        8' Vox Humana        61
 8' Cor Anglais        73           Tremulant
    Tremulant                       Cathedral Chimes  20
    Sub
    Unison Off                      PEDAL
    Super                       32' Resultant         --
                                16' Open Diapason     32
    SOLO                        16' Bourdon           32
 8' Stentorphone       73       16' Violone           GT
 8' Gamba              73       16' Gedeckt           SW
 8' Gamba Celeste      61       16' Viole             CH
 8' Flauto Major       42 PD     8' Gross Flute       12
16' Tuba Profunda      61        8' Flute Dolce       12
 8' Harmonic Tuba      12        8' Violoncello       SO
 8' Orchesral Oboe     73       16' Trombone          32
 4' Harmonic Clarion   12       16' Tuba Profunda     SO
    Sub                         16' Contra Fagotto    SW
    Unison Off                   8' Tromba            12
    Super

   [Received online from Jeff Scofield July 9, 2014]

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