Better Pipe Organ Database

Austin Organs, Inc. Opus 581R (1966)

First Presbyterian Church: Sanctuary
305 E. Main St.
Durham, NC

Images

2023-01-25 - Church exterior (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2018-02-24 - Casework in Chancel (Photograph by Don Sizemore/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
40 stops
32 registers
5 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)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
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

2004-10-30 - Originally installed in 1915 as Op. 581; rebuild, new console and tonal changes in 1966 as Op. 581R. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from <i>The Diapason</i> July 1965 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

     Durham, North Carolina
     First Presbyterian Church

     Austin   Op. 581   1915   3/30
     Austin   Op. 581R  1966   3/39
     ____________________________________________

     GREAT                       CHOIR
  8' Diapason         61      8' Nason Flute   73
  8' Bourdon          61      8' Dulciana      73
  8' Gambe            61      8' Unda Maris    61
  8' Gemshorn         61      4' Koppelflöte   73
  4' Octave           61      2' Blockflöte    61
  4' Harmonic Flute   61     II  Sesquialtera 122
  2' Fifteenth        61      8' Clarinet      73
III  Mixture         183         Tremulant
     Sub                         Sub
     Unison Off                  Unison Off
     Super                       Super
     Chimes
                                 ANTIPHONAL
     SWELL                    8' Gedeckt       61
 16' Lieblich Gedeckt 73      8' Prestant      61
  8' Hohlflöte        73    III  Mixture      183
  8' Viola            73      8' Trumpet       61
  8' Voix Celeste     61         Tremulant
  4' Spitzflöte       73
  2' Flautino         61         PEDAL
III  Plein Jeu       183     16' Diapason      32
 16' Contra Hautbois  24     16' Bourdon       32
  8' Trompette        73     16' Gemshorn      12 GT
  4' Hautbois         73     16' Gedeckt       SW
     Tremulant                8' Principal     32
     Sub                      8' Gemshorn      GT
     Unison Off               8' Gedeckt       SW
     Super                    4' Fifteenth     12
                             16' Trumpet       32
                             16' Hautbois      SW
                              8' Trumpet       12

[Received online from Jeff Scofield April 9, 2014]