Austin Organ Co.
Opus 1807, 1932
Originally Austin Organ Co. (Opus 405, 1912)
First Baptist Church
48 West River Street
Wilkes-Barre, PA, US
32 Ranks
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CONSOLES
Builder: Unknown
Position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
Design: Traditional With Roll Top
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Features:
3 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal5 Divisions38 StopsElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop Action✓ Crescendo✓ Combination Thumb Piston(s)✓ Combination Toe Piston(s)✓ Coupler Thumb Piston(s)✓ Sforzando Thumb Piston(s)✓ Sforzando Toe Piston(s)Stop Layout: Stop Keys Above Top Manual
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination Action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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DETAILS
This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location
Updated through online information from Jim Tartella [October 17, 2025]: Church closed in 2018. Building was purchased by the Westmoreland Club for use as a catering venue. Renovations were planned. No word what will become of the organ as it needed a lot of work at the time of the closure.
Database Manager on May 4th, 2010:
Updated through on-line information from Paul Marchesano. -- The organ was renovated by Brant Duddy of Cedars, PA in the 1970s-80s in stages after a flood. Some tonal modifications/replacement of pipework has occurred.
Database Manager on December 21st, 2004:
Information identifying this instrument from the Austin Organs, Inc. web site, accessed December 20, 2004: http://www.austinorgans.com/organ-research.htm.
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