The Aeolian Co.
Opus 1274, 1913
Residence: William L. Austin [now, Beaumont at Bryn Mawr Retirement Community]
601 North Ithan Avenue
Bryn Mawr, PA, US
28 Ranks - 1,837 Pipes
Instrument ID: 5135 ● Builder ID: 51 ● Location ID: 4875
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IMAGES
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STOPLISTS
| Great (II - Expressive)🛈 | ||
| 8' | Open Diapason | 73 |
| 8' | Gamba | 73 |
| 8' | Grosse Flute | 73 |
| 8' | Concert Flute | 73 |
| 8' | Gemshorn | 73 |
| 8' | Dulciana | 73 |
| 4' | Octave | 73 |
| 4' | Flute Harmonique | 73 |
| 8' | Trumpet | 73 |
| 8' | Clarinet🛈 | 73 |
| Tremolo | ||
| 8' | Harp🛈 |
| Swell (III - Expressive)🛈 | ||
| 16' | Bourdon | 73 |
| 8' | Violin Diapason | 73 |
| 8' | Salicional | 73 |
| 8' | Viol D’Orchestre | 73 |
| 8' | Viol Celeste | 73 |
| 8' | Orchestral Celeste | 73 |
| 8' | Stopped Diapason | 73 |
| 4' | Flute Traverso | 73 |
| 5 Rks' | Cornet🛈 | 275 |
| 8' | Cornopean | 73 |
| 8' | Oboe | 73 |
| 8' | Vox Humana | 73 |
| Tremolo | ||
| Swell Unison Off |
| Choir (I - Expressive)🛈 | ||
| Duplexed entirely from Great | ||
| Choir Unison Off |
| Played-Ch (I - Expressive)🛈 |
| Pedal🛈 | ||
| 16' | Open Diapason | 30 |
| 16' | Bourdon | 30 |
| 16' | Lieblich Gedeckt | SW |
| 8' | Violone🛈 | 30 |
| 8' | Flute | 12 Bourdon |
Mechanical Levers: Great/Choir Chimes F[orte] & P[iano] and Great/Choir Harp F[orte] & P[iano]
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CONSOLES
Builder: The Aeolian Co.
Position: Keydesk Attached
Design: Traditional With Roll Top
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Not Meeting AGO Standards)
Features:
3 Manuals (61 Notes)30 Note Pedal4 Divisions49 StopsElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop Action✓ Combination Thumb Piston(s)Stop Layout: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Not Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination Action: Setterboard
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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DETAILS
This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location
William Liseter Austin was an organist of sorts. He studied with the legendary blind Philadelphia organist, David Duffle Wood (1838-1910). Austin's name appears on a printed list of over 400 students taught by Wood during his lifetime. He was also part of the committee responsible for the memorial wall sculpture of David Wood installed at St Stephen's Episcopal Church in Philadelphia in 1914 along with Dr. Carl Grammer, John Cadwalader, Dr. Russell Conwell, William W. Gilchrist, Philip Goepp, and J. Fred Wolle. (Source: The Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · Sun, Jan 26, 1913, page 10)
Database Manager on January 29th, 2011:
Updated through online information from Paul Marchesano. -- Original ventil, duplexed manual chests appear to have been modified with direct electric magnet installation. Most treble string pipes appear to have been replaced with spotted metal supply house pipes. Original action remains in offset Pedal chests. Combination action not functioning. Original relay has been replaced with solid state. (Personal inspection, November 2010)
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
Status Note: There 1992
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
Refurbished c. 1991 by residents and Columbia Organ Works. Building was residence of William L. Austin.
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