Austin Organ Co.
Opus 507, 1914

St. Clement's Church, Episcopal

Church

2013 Appletree Street
Philadelphia, PA, US

49 Ranks - 3,221 Pipes
Instrument ID: 11925 ● Builder ID: 224 ● Location ID: 10907
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Builder: Unknown
Position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
Design: Traditional With Roll Top
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Features:
4 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal5 Divisions44 Stops55 RegistersElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop Actionβœ“ Crescendoβœ“ Combination Thumb Piston(s)βœ“ Combination Toe Piston(s)βœ“ Coupler Toe Piston(s)βœ“ Sforzando Toe Piston(s)

Stop Layout: Stop Keys Above Top Manual
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination Action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Control System: Unknown or N/A

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Exhibited in the 1996, 2016 OHS convention(s)
This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location

Paul R. Marchesano on October 20th, 2022:
The Austin organ Op. 507, 1914, which cost $11,900, incorporated much of the 1883 Roosevelt pipework (and therefore, possibly, some of the Standbridge pipework.) -- *1996 OHS Handbook*

Paul R. Marchesano on December 29th, 2020:
The 1997 renovations included installing a new console built by R.A. Colby, including expression slide bars on the manual keyslips "a la" Wanamaker Organ.

Database Manager on June 7th, 2014:
The organ retained 24 ranks from 1883 Hilborne L. Roosevelt Op. 125; according to the church website "In 1948, a new Austin console was installed, and some tonal changes were made; additional tonal 'modernizations' occurred in the 1960's. With the exception of a few new voices, the instrument is now restored to its original 1914 specification, using vintage Austin pipework wherever possible. Several orchestral voices, including a French Horn (E.M. Skinner) have been added to the specification. A comprehensive restoration project, completed in 1997, involved several fine craftsmen: Samuel H. Hughes (reed voices restoration), Steven Emery (mechanical restoration and tuning), Robert Wuestoff/Fritzsche Organ Co. (chamber and pipe cleaning), Bynum Petty (Choir Organ pipework revoicing) and Bob Schopp (FaΓ§ade refinishing and Trumpets En Chamade)."

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.

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Related Instrument Entries: John C. B. Standbridge (1863 ca.) , Hilborne L. Roosevelt (Opus 125, 1883) , Curt Mangel (2012) , John C. B. Standbridge (1854)

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