Austin Organ Co.
Opus 732, 1919

First Presbyterian Church in Germantown

Sanctuary

35 West Chelton Avenue
Philadelphia (Germantown), PA, US

98 Ranks
Instrument ID: 11808 ● Builder ID: 224 ● Location ID: 10792
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Builder: Austin Organ Co.
Position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
Design: Traditional With Roll Top
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Features:
4 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal11 Divisions96 Stops123 RegistersElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop Action✓ Crescendo✓ Combination Thumb Piston(s)✓ Combination Toe Piston(s)✓ Sforzando Thumb Piston(s)✓ Sforzando Toe Piston(s)
Stop Layout: Tilting/Rocking Tablets on Horizontal Curved Jambs
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination Action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Control System: Unknown or N/A

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Paul R. Marchesano on December 2nd, 2021:

Replaced a 1903 Hutchings-Votey which itself had been a rebuild of the previous 1872, 3-manual, 53-rank W.B.D. Simmons & Co. instrument.

Database Manager on June 7th, 2012:

Rebuild, tonal changes and new console by Austin in 1964 as 4/87 Op. 732R; new console by R.A. Colby in 1999; at the same time, digital voices by Walker Technical Co. replaced the original divisions in the front that were removed in a 1964 rebuilding.

Database Manager on May 9th, 2010:

Updated through online information from Paul Marchesano.

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.

Related Instrument Entries: Austin Organs, Inc. (Opus 732R, 1964) , R. A. Colby, Inc. (1999)

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