Austin Organs, Inc.
Opus 2766

I inspected this instrument in the late 1990s with the builder and with consultants associated with Allen (digital) Organ Company. A moderately large specification had pipe ranks for most of the Great, and for core stops of Swell and Pedal. The remainder, including large Solo and String divisions were digital. My notes and a few pictures are temporarily in storage (maybe for 9 more months). The pipe builder was a single operator. Most major components were from American organ-builders and supply warehouses such as Laukhuff.

Updated through on-line information from Victor Searle. -- Since Austin has not given any details, I suspect that this is the organ installed in CUBE Hall, Shiroishi City, with the maker listed as JUBAL. There is no maker in Japan capable of building such an instrument, and the hall is very secretive about letting anyone look around the instrument. Photos can be seen by accessing CUBE on Internet. Nowhere on the site is there any information about the builder.

Information identifying this instrument from the Austin Organs, Inc. web site, accessed December 31, 2004: http://www.austinorgans.com/organ-research.htm.