Austin Organs, Inc.
Opus 2347, 1961
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church
Sanctuary
Fifth Avenue / 55th Street
New York City: Manhattan, NY, US
120 Ranks - 6,685 Pipes
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CONSOLES
Builder: Unknown
Position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
Design: Traditional Without Cover
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Features:
4 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal8 Divisions90 Stops117 RegistersElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop Action✓ Crescendo✓ Combination Thumb Piston(s)✓ Combination Toe Piston(s)✓ Coupler Thumb Piston(s)✓ Coupler Toe Piston(s)✓ Sforzando Thumb Piston(s)✓ Sforzando Toe Piston(s)Stop Layout: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination Action: Remote Pneumatic/Mechanical Capture
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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DETAILS
This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location
New Wicks console in 1996; rebuilt and releathered by Austin in 1998; revoicing and tonal changes by Daniel Angerstein in 1999.
Database Manager on December 20th, 2005:
Updated through information adapted from E. M. Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner Opus List, by Sand Lawn and Allen Kinzey (Organ Historical Society, 1997), and included here through the kind permission of Sand Lawn:
Includes 30 ranks from E. M. Skinner Opus 206, which it replaced.
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.
Webpage Links: Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church [NYC AGO Organ Project Web Site]
Related Instrument Entries: Ernest M. Skinner Company (Opus 206, 1913) , Ernest M. Skinner & Son (Opus A-864, 1945) , Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co. (Opus A-215, 1955)
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