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
Instrument ID: 12076 ● Builder ID: 7360 ● Location ID: 11045
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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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This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location

Database Manager on May 13th, 2014:

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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