Better Pipe Organ Database

Austin Organ Co. Opus 890 (1920)

St. Mary's Roman Catholic Catholic Church
435 Xenia Avenue
Dayton, OH

Images

2016-02-27 - Church exterior (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2016-02-27 - Church interior (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Unknown - Echo Organ facade at front of church, side altar (Photograph from an archival source: Church website, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)

Unknown - Organ in rear gallery (Photograph from an archival source: internet, unidentified photographer, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)

Consoles

Main

3 manuals
36 stops
45 registers
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes

Notes

2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1998 -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - Ded. Dr. Marcus Kellerman, 24 Oct 1920. Cleaned and repaired by Kilgen in 1955. Rebuilt 1996 by Peebles Herzog, with no tonal alterations. Original windchest rebuilt. Console computerized, new wood keyboards. [Previous organ sold in 1920 to a R. C. church in Sheboygan, WI.] -Database Manager

2007-07-28 - Updated through on-line information from Michael Hughes. -Database Manager

2022-04-13 - From church website: In July 1919, a contract was signed with the Austin Organ Company (later Austin Organs, Inc.) of Hartford Connecticut, to build a large romantic organ. The organ took over two months to install, and it was possible that the choir loft, in which the organ resides, was erected at this time, as well. The dedicatory recital was performed by Dr. Marcus Kellerman on Sunday, October 24, 1920. In 1996, Peebles-Herzog, Inc. was hired to rebuild the organ. Tonally the organ would be left alone, to sound just as it had for three-quarters of a century. Pipes numbering the thousands were removed, washed, vacuumed, and reinstalled, with volunteers doing much of the work. The organ has over 2,800 pipes in the Gallery organ, and nearly 1,000 pipes in the Echo organ. As the instrument approaches its centennial, tastes have seemingly come full circle and there is again a growing appreciation for these vintage pipe organs. As so many have been lost to neglect or changes in taste, it is most fortunate that we have preserved today in the acoustical and visual splendor of St. Mary, a rare jewel of early 20th century American Romantic organ building. -Paul R. Marchesano

Stoplist

Typed stoplist from the OHS PC Database. Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Dayton, Ohio
St. Mary's R. C.

1920 Austin Organ Co., Op. 890
Renovated with new console Peebles Herzog 1996

(Stoplist from 1998 program)

Great
16' Bourdon
8' First Diapason
8' Second Diapason
8' Gross Flute
8' Clarabella
8' Viole d'Gamba
8' Dulciana
4' Harmonic Flute
8' Harmonic Trumpet
Chimes
MIDI Channels I/II
Gt/Gt 16.4
Sw/Gt 16.8,4
Ch/Gt 16,8.4

Swell
16' Contra Viole
8' Open Diapason
8' Rohr Flute
8' Viole d'Orchestral
8' Viole Celeste
8' Salcional
4' Violina
4' Flauto Traverso
2' Harmonic Piccolo
III Dolce Cornet
8' Cornopaen 8 [sic]
Orcherstal Oboe
MIDI Channels IIVIV
Tremolo
Sw/Sw 16,4

Echo

8' Violin Diapason
8' Cor de Nuit
8' Chimney Flute
8' Viole Aetheria
8' Vox Angelica
4' Flute
8' Vox Humana
Tremolo

Choir
8' Open Diapason
8' Clarabella (gt)
8' Unda Maris
8' Quintadena
8' Dulciana (gt)
4' Harmonic Flute (gt)
2' Piccolo
8' Clarinet
Harp
MIDI Channels V/VI
Tremolo
Ch/Ch 16.4
Sw/Ch 6.8,4

Pedal
32' Resultant Bass
16' Double Diapason
16' Violone
16' Contra Viole
16' Bourdon
8' Gross Flute
8' Flufe Dolce
16' Tuba Profunda (ext gt)
Carillon (gt)
MIDI Channels VII/VIII
Sw/Ped 8.4
Gt/Ped 8/4
Ch/Ped 8/4

Pedal Echo
16' Echo Bourdon