Austin Organ Co.
Opus 903, 1920
First Baptist Church
Birmingham, AL, US
50 Ranks
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CONSOLES
Builder: Unknown
Position: Unknown
Design: Unknown
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Details Unknown)
Features:
4 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal5 DivisionsElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop Action✓ Crescendo✓ Combination Thumb Piston(s)Stop Layout: Unknown
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Combination Action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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DETAILS
This instrument is: Not Extant and Not Playable in this location
The organ was the first four-manual in Alabama.
Database Manager on May 28th, 2007:
Updated through on-line information from James R. Stettner. -- The Echo division was retained when the new Wicks was installed in 1980.
Database Manager on December 16th, 2004:
The instrument was modified around 1940: a three-rank Mixture replaced one of the Great Diapasons, and some other changes might have been made. (Records are sketchy.) The room was enlarged and re-configured, leaving the organ in the original chambers, but moving the console to a new location against the opposite wall. In order for the choir to hear the organ from their new position, microphones were hung in the chambers and the sound relayed to the choir through small speakers.
Database Manager on December 15th, 2004:
Information identifying this instrument from the Austin Organs, Inc. web site, accessed December 15, 2004: http://www.austinorgans.com/organ-research.htm.
Related Instrument Entries: Wicks Pipe Organ Co. (Opus 5808, 1981)
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