Pipe Organ Database

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Austin Organ Co. (Opus 1285, 1925)

Location:

First-Trinity Presbyterian Church
500 N 5th Ave.
Laurel, MS 39440 US
Organ ID: 11394

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Presbyterian Churches
  • The organ has been rebuilt or substantially revised.
  • The organ's condition is unknown.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Jeff Scofield on January 10, 2023.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Information unknown or not applicable
  • 45 ranks. 3,070 pipes. 5 divisions. 4 manuals. 44 stops. 56 registers.
All:
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Main:
  • Manuals: 4
  • Divisions: 5
  • Stops: 44
  • Registers: 56
  • Position: Console in fixed position, center.
  • Manual Compass: 61
  • Pedal Compass: 32
  • Key Action: Electrical connection from key to chest.
  • Stop Action: Electric connection between stop control and chest.
  • Console Style: Traditional style with roll top.
  • Stop Controls: Drawknobs in vertical rows on angled jambs.
  • Combination Action: 'Hold and Set' pneumatic/mechanical system.
  • Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals, AGO standard placement.
  • Pedalboard Type: Concave radiating pedalboard meeting AGO Standards.
  • Has Crescendo Pedal
We received the most recent update for this console from Jeff Scofield on January 10, 2023.
Database Manager on May 24, 2008:

Updated through information in E. M. Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner Opus List, by Sand Lawn and Allen Kinzey (Organ Historical Society, 1997): Rebuilt by Aeolian-Skinner as Opus 1498 in the late 1960s, re-using thirty-one ranks.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on December 17, 2004:

Information identifying this instrument from the Austin Organs, Inc. web site, accessed December 16, 2004: http://www.austinorgans.com/organ-research.htm.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
From THE DIAPASON January 1926: Open In New Tab
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Jeff Scofield on January 11, 2023.
Write-up from THE DIAPASON January 1926: Open In New Tab Stoplist and commentary
We received the most recent update for this document from Jeff Scofield on January 10, 2023.

Instrument Images:

Church exterior: Photograph by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 2017-10-30

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