Austin Organ Co.
Opus 994, 1922
Prospect Avenue Congregational Church [1906-07]
2844 Prospect Avenue
Kansas City, MO, US
4 Ranks - 316 Pipes
Instrument ID: 13385 ● Builder ID: 224 ● Location ID: 12255
⬆️ These are database IDs that may change. Don't use as academic reference.EXPLORE IMAGESVIEW STOPLISTSomething not quite correct?Suggest an Edit
IMAGES
Category:
Only show images in a specific category ☝️
Something missing or not quite correct?Add ImageorSuggest an Edit
STOPLISTS
Selected Item:
View additional stoplist entries if they exist ☝️
Something missing or not quite correct?Add StoplistorSuggest an Edit
CONSOLES
Selected Item:
View additional console entries if they exist ☝️
Builder: Unknown
Position: Movable Console
Design: Traditional With Roll Top
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Features:
2 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal3 Divisions13 Stops27 RegistersElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop Action✓ Crescendo✓ Combination Thumb Piston(s)Stop Layout: Stop Keys 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
Something missing or not quite correct?Add ConsoleorSuggest an Edit
DETAILS
Switch between notes, documents, and blowers ☝️
This instrument is: Not Extant and Not Playable in this location
Database Manager on August 5th, 2018:
Updated by Benjamin Clark, who maintains the organ. According to a previous owner of the instrument, Prospect Avenue Congregational Church (PACC) had sold this organ to St. John's College in Winfield, Kansas, in the mid-1940s. The Austin Organ Co. opus list designates PACC as the original owner of opus 994, which was the 44th of 129 total "Chorophone" stock models built by Austin. Research from The Black Archives of Mid-America reveals PACC disbanded their congregation in June 1948, and the organ was presumably sold to the college at that time. The building was subsequently home to the Metropolitan AME Zion Church until 1978 when their new church building was constructed on an adjacent lot. According to a 1994 survey on local church architecture from the Kansas City Architectural and Art Historical Research foundation, the original PACC building was constructed in 1906-7, designed in a German Baroque style by architect Rudolph Markgraf. Having fallen into disrepair after 16 years of disuse and neglect, the building was not recommended for preservation by the study, and it was razed between 1994-1997.
Updated by Benjamin Clark, who maintains the organ. According to a previous owner of the instrument, Prospect Avenue Congregational Church (PACC) had sold this organ to St. John's College in Winfield, Kansas, in the mid-1940s. The Austin Organ Co. opus list designates PACC as the original owner of opus 994, which was the 44th of 129 total "Chorophone" stock models built by Austin. Research from The Black Archives of Mid-America reveals PACC disbanded their congregation in June 1948, and the organ was presumably sold to the college at that time. The building was subsequently home to the Metropolitan AME Zion Church until 1978 when their new church building was constructed on an adjacent lot. According to a 1994 survey on local church architecture from the Kansas City Architectural and Art Historical Research foundation, the original PACC building was constructed in 1906-7, designed in a German Baroque style by architect Rudolph Markgraf. Having fallen into disrepair after 16 years of disuse and neglect, the building was not recommended for preservation by the study, and it was razed between 1994-1997.
Related Instrument Entries: Kansas City Organ Service & Supply Co. (1940s) , Unknown Builder (1979) , Owner (2018)
Something missing or not quite correct?Add NoteorAdd WebpageorAdd Cross ReferenceorSuggest an Edit
Pipe Organ Database
A project of the Organ Historical Society Website by John RoperEditor Login