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Builder: Austin Organ Co, Opus 615, 1916 Manuals: 4 Ranks: 71 Action: Electropneumatic Notes: Replaced in 1979 by Robert Sipe. Many pipes from this organ were reworked for the new organ. GREAT ORGAN 16' Open Diapason 8' 1st Open Diapason 8' 2nd Open Diapason 8' 3rd Open Diapason 8' 4th Open Diapason 8' Gross Flute 8' Gemshorn 8' Gedeckt 8' Gamba 4' Octave 4' Flute 2.2/3' Octave Quint [3' in spec] 2' Super Octave Mixture III 16' Trumpet 8' Trumpet 4' Clarion SWELL ORGAN 16' Bourdon 8' Open Diapason 8' Stopped Diapason 8' Salicional 8' Viole d'Orchestre 8' Viole Celeste 8' Spitzflöte 8' Flauto Vibrato 8' Aeoline 8' Vox Celeste 4' Octave 4' Flute 4' Violina 2' Super Octave Solo Mixture III 16' Bassoon 8' Cornopean 8' Oboe 8' Vox Humana 4' Clarion "The Hennepin Avenue M. E. Church of Minneapolis has given to the Austin Company, through Elisha Fowler, New England representative, the contract for a four-manual organ containing eighty stops, with Echo and Chimes. Professor John P. Marshall of Boston University prepared the specification. Mr. Marshall is official organist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra" -- The Diapason, December, 1915 "Correspondence in the company files reveals that when the organ was installed, it could scarcely be heard. The problem was not just the scaling and voicing. Only after the organ was installed was it discovered that the real villain was the architect, who had lined the walls of the organ chambers, and the arch above, with sound-absorbing materials. It was then necessary to try to remedy the situation by painting or plastering over the chambers and cutting away the arch in front of the Solo division. Even before the organ was finished, some ranks were replaced with larger scales and other stops were regulated with more power. Opus 615 illustrated some of the obstacles that can thwart the success of an instrument even when the builder is experienced and the stop list looks like a winning proposition. In spite of its rocky beginning, Opus 615 survived to be re-actioned in 1954." -- From Austin Organs, by Orpha Ochse and available through the Organ Historical Society. |
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CHOIR ORGAN 16' Dulciana 8' Open Diapason 8' Geigen Principal 8' Concert Flute 8' Dulciana 8' Unda Maris 4' Octave 4' Flute Harmonique 4' Fugara 2' Piccolo 8' Clarinet SOLO ORGAN 8' Stentorphone 8' Concert Flute 8' Gamba 8' Gamba Celeste 8' Tuba Mirabilis 8' Orchestral Oboe ECHO ORGA 8' Small Diapason 8' Clarabella 8' Unda Maris 8' Dolce 4' Flauto Dolce 8' Vox Humana Cathedral Chimes (20) PEDAL ORGAN 32' Double Open Diapason (wood) 16' 1st Open Diapason 12 16' 2nd Open Diapason GT 16' Bourdon 32 16' Violone 32 16' Gedeckt SW 16' Dulciana CH 16' Echo Gedeckt 12 Echo 10.2/3' Quint 8' Flute 12 8' Violoncello 12 32' Contra Bombarde 32 16' Trombone 12 16' Bassoon 8' Tromba 12 |
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