Austin Organ Co.
Opus 1496, 1928ca.
First Presbyterian Church
1314 12th Street
Altoona, PA, US
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CONSOLES
Builder: Unknown
Position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
Design: Traditional With Roll Top
Pedalboard Type: Flat Straight
Features:
3 Manuals Electrical Key ActionElectrical Stop Action✓ Combination Thumb Piston(s)✓ Coupler Toe Piston(s)✓ Sforzando Thumb Piston(s)✓ Sforzando Toe Piston(s)Stop Layout: Tilting/Rocking Tablets Above Top Manual
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination Action: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
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 Claude Fabinyi. -- Visited church in Winter of 2015 to prepare for a wedding which was meant to use the organ -- found the organ in poor condition. Wind chests seem to work, but majority of pipes are not speaking.
Database Manager on December 28th, 2013:
Updated through online information from Kevin M. Clemens. -- Church is one of the many mainline protestant churches closed in downtown Altoona. Building and Austin Organ still exist.
Database Manager on March 20th, 2010:
Updated through on-line information from Carol Albright McCracken. -- This Austin had been sitting silent for 2 years as its congregation merged with another Presbyterian church. However, last year it was coaxed back into service (contacts cleaned and organ tuned) and it performed beautifully!
Database Manager on April 17th, 2009:
Updated through on-line information from Kevin M. Clemens. -- This instrument is extant but the building is closed. The organ was playable five years ago, but I do not know the condition. The First Presbyterian congregation merged with Broad Avenue Presbyterian and now worships at the Broad Avenue Presbyterian. The First Presbyterian Church now sits empty with the Austin.
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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