Austin Organ Co.
Opus 47, 1905before
Trinity Episcopal Church
Highland Park, IL, US
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CONSOLES
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This instrument is: Not ExtantandNot Playable in this location
Updated through online information from john bicknell. -- I am currently going through old correspondence at church to figure out when Austin enlarged opus 47. it was in the early 1930's that the organ was nearly doubled in size from 2/14 to 3/33. I checked the Austin web and it doesn't list any enlargements. The work was done by Emmanuel Semerade and his son. They were the Austin agents in Chicago. That console was only 20 some years old when the Aeolian-Skinner was purchased so the sent the console to Boston to be reworked. My assistant organist Sheldon Oartel confirmed that the old organ was simply hauled away for scrap. Only the console,organ blower (spencer) and the rectifier were saved by Aeolian-Skinner. There is a memorial plaque in the church that says the organ expansion was in memory of a church school teacher.
Database Manager on June 25th, 2008:
Replaced by Aeolian-Skinner Opus 1311 (contract 1955), retaining console.
Database Manager on January 8th, 2005:
Information identifying this instrument from the Austin Organs, Inc. web site, accessed December 31, 2004: http://www.austinorgans.com/organ-research.htm.
Related Instrument Entries: Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co. (Opus 1311, 1958)
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