Better Pipe Organ Database

Austin Organs, Inc. Opus 2490 (1969)

Mount Vernon Presbyterian Church
471 Mount Vernon Hwy. NE
Atlanta, GA

Images

2008-10-22 - Sanctuary interior, exposed pipework and en-chamade (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

2008-10-22 - Exposed pipes and en-chamade (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

2008-10-22 - Console (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

2008-10-22 - Church exterior (Photo by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
3 manuals
34 stops
44 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)
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 - Status Note: There 2003. -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - Probable rebuilt or enlarged since 1969. -Database Manager

2006-12-30 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -Database Manager

2013-10-16 - Received new four-manual console by Parkey Organ Builders in 2012. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist from the church website Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

       Sandy Springs, Georgia
       Mount Vernon Presbyterian Church

       Austin   Op. 2490   1969   3/40
       _______________________________________________

       GREAT                          SWELL
   16' Gemshorn      61            8' Rohrflote     61
    8' Principal     61            8' Viola         61
    8' Bourdon       61            8' Voix Celeste  54
    8' Gemshorn      61            8' Aeoline       61
    4' Octave        61            4' Principal     61
    4' Nachthorn     61            4' Waldflote     61
    2' Super Octave  61            2' Octavin       61
   IV  Fourniture   244          III  Plein Jeu    183
                                   8' Trompette     61
       POSITIV (2002)              8' Hautbois      61
    8' Nason Flute   61            4' Hautbois      12
    4' Prestant      61               Tremulant
    2' Oktav         61               Sub
1 1/3' Quint         61               Unison Off
    8' Trumpet       61 a             Super

       PEDAL                          CHOIR
   32' Bourdon       dg            8' Gedeckt       61
   16' Principal     32            8' Flauto Dolce  61
   16' Bourdon       dg            8' Flute Celeste 49
   16' Gedeckt       12 SW         4' Koppelflote   61
    8' Octave        32        2 2/3' Nasard        61
    8' Gemshorn      GT            2' Blockflote    61
    8' Rohrflote     SW        1 3/5' Tierce        61
    4' Super Octave  12            8' Clarinet      61
   II  Rauschquint   64               Tremulant
   16' Trompette     12 SW            Sub
    8' Trompette     SW               Unison Off
    4' Clarinet      CH               Super

       Chimes (25 notes) added in 1981
       Zimbelstern added in 1992
    a  En-Chamade, added in 1994

   [Received online from Jeff Scofield October 26, 2012]