2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 2000. -Database Manager
2004-10-30 - "in a 1934 building. Earlier building had an 1870 Wm. Johnson, Op. 313, 2-22. Organ listed as failing in 2003 and funds were being raised for a restoration. The key failure results from expected deterioration of fine leather materials used in the construction of 622 small bellows that service the pipes" -Database Manager
2014-06-29 - Echo severely damaged by air-conditioning installers in 1975, disconnected and pipes removed by Austin; Chimes action replaced and Ramshorn releathered in 2002; work in 2003 by Austin Organ Service Co. included reactioning the main organ windchests, rebuilds of the large wind pressure regulator bellows and two expression engines, as well as miscellaneous repairs. -Database Manager
Stoplist copied from undocumented source Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
West Hartford, Connecticut Temple Beth Israel Austin 1935 Op. 1853 4/45 __________________________________________________ GREAT (*encl w/CH) SWELL 16' Open Diapason 73 16' Bourdon 73 8' 1st Open Diapason 73 8' Open Diapason 73 8' 2nd Open Diapason 73 * 8' Stopped Diapason 73 8' Violoncello 73 * 8' Salicional 73 8' Claribel Flute 73 * 8' Voix Celeste 61 8' Gemshorn 73 * 8' Aeoline 73 4' Octave 73 4' Octave 73 4' Harmonic Flute 73 * 4' Orchestral Flute 73 2 2/3' Twelfth 61 2' Flautino 61 2' Super Octave 61 16' Posaune 73 III Grave Mixture 183 8' Horn 73 8' Trumpet 73 * 8' Oboe 73 Sub 4' Clarion 73 Unison Off Tremolo Super Sub Chimes 25 Unison Off Super ECHO 8' Gedeckt 73 CHOIR 8' Muted Viole 73 8' Violin Diapason 73 8' Vox Angelica 61 8' Viola da Gamba 73 4' Chimney Flute 73 8' Concert Flute 73 8' Vox Humana 61 8' Flute Celeste 61 Sub 8' Dulciana 73 Unison Off 8' Unda Maris 61 Super 4' Flute d'Amour 73 8' Ramshorn G-G25 25 2' Piccolo 61 Chimes ƒ 8' Clarinet 73 Chimes p 8' Corno d'Amour 73 Tremolo PEDAL Sub 32' Resultant -- Unison Off 16' Open Diapason 32 Super 16' 2nd Open Diapason GT 8' Harp 61 16' Bourdon 32 4' Harp Celesta -- 16' Violone 12 GT 16' Lieblich Gedeckt SW The organ also has a 8' Octave 12 Shofar stop, but the 8' Major Flute 12 stoplist available did 8' Violoncello GT not say on which manual 8' Minor Flute SW it played. 16' Trombone 12 SO 16' Posaune SW 8' Trumpet GT [Received from Jeff Scofield June 29, 2014]
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