Pipe Organ Database

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Unknown Builder (1950s moved)

Originally Austin Organ Co. (Opus 667, 1916)

Location:

St. Vitus' Roman Catholic Church
1785 East 32nd Street
Lorain, OH 44055 US
Organ ID: 13305

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Roman Catholic Churches
  • The organ is unaltered from its original state.
  • The organ's condition is not playable.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Charles Kegg on February 01, 2022.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Austin Universal Air
  • 18 ranks. 470 pipes. 3 divisions. 2 manuals. 18 stops. 31 registers.
Great/Pedal:
  • Chest Type(s): Austin Universal Air chests
  • Position: In side chambers at the front of the room. Facade pipes or case front visible.
  • Built by Austin Organ Co.
We received the most recent update for this division from Paul R. Marchesano on February 01, 2022.

Swell:
  • Chest Type(s): Austin Universal Air chests
  • Position: In side chambers at the front of the room. Facade pipes or case front visible.
  • Built by Austin Organ Co.
We received the most recent update for this division from Paul R. Marchesano on February 01, 2022.
Main:
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.

Gallery:
  • Built by Austin Organ Co.
  • Manuals: 2
  • Divisions: 3
  • Stops: 18
  • Registers: 31
  • 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: Stop keys above top manual.
  • 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 Tutti Reversible Toe Pistons
  • Has Combination Action Thumb Pistons
  • Has Combination Action Toe Pistons
  • Has Coupler Reversible Thumb Pistons
We received the most recent update for this console from Charles Kegg on February 01, 2022.
Database Manager on May 12, 2017:

Updated by Joe Sechkar, who has heard or played the organ. This Austin organ, Opus 667, is also listed as being installed in the Alhambra Theatre, Cleveland, Ohio. The nameplate on the console states that it was installed in the 1950's at St. Vitus, Lorain, OH. I believe that it originally was built for the Alhambra theatre and later installed in St. Vitus. The pipe façade in the theatre looks identical to the one located on each side of front sections of St. Vitus Church. St. Vitus was sold by the Cleveland Diocese a few years back due to church merging. Thanks! Joe Sechkar

We received the most recent update for this note from Paul R. Marchesano on February 01, 2022.
Database Manager on January 08, 2005:

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

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Taken from console and chamber inspection: Open In New Tab Originally published 01/18/2022
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Charles Kegg on February 01, 2022.

Instrument Images:

Swell pipes with elevated Vox Humana chest: Photograph by Charles Kegg. Taken on 2022-01-18

Great and Pedal pipes: Photograph by Charles Kegg. Taken on 2022-01-18

Builder's plate: Photograph by Charles Kegg. Taken on 2022-01-18