Pipe Organ Database

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Austin Organ Co. (Opus 688, 1916)

Location:

Larabee Memorial Presbyterian Church
500 Milwaukee Ave.
Deer Lodge, MT 59722 US
Organ ID: 13596

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Presbyterian Churches
  • The organ is unaltered from its original state.
  • The organ's condition needs attention, but in usable condition.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Austin Universal Air
  • 8 ranks. 567 pipes. 3 divisions. 2 manuals. 8 stops. 9 registers.
All:
  • Chest Type(s): Austin Universal Air chests
  • Position: In side chambers at the front of the room. Facade pipes or case front visible.
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Main:
  • Manuals: 2
  • Divisions: 3
  • Stops: 8
  • Registers: 9
  • Position: Console in fixed position, right.
  • 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: Adjustable mechanical system.
  • Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals.
  • Pedalboard Type: Concave radiating pedalboard.
  • Has Combination Action Thumb Pistons
  • Has Coupler Reversible Toe Pistons
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Database Manager on July 28, 2014:

Updated through online information from Kent Brocklebank. -- This organ is used weekly for Sunday services but is not in the best condition. Budget restraints have limited the resources to maintain this instrument Played this organ June 2014

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on November 21, 2005:

Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- Console originally installed in fixed, center position in front gallery. Organ had a matching, dummy façade on the right side. Front gallery later removed. Right dummy façade eliminated. Left façade dummy pipes eliminated. Console placed in front right corner of chancel on 45 degree angle with organist facing chancel/congregation. Pipes removed/cleaned, chests cleaned, stoppers releathered, offset extension chest moved in 1999 by Stettner & Larson.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on February 11, 2019.
Database Manager on June 02, 2005:

Entry updated through information from James R. Stettner.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
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.
Source not recorded: Open In New Tab Stoplist copied from the console July 3, 1994
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

Instrument Images:

Left Pipe Facade and Great Chamber Grillework: (1999) Photograph by James R. Stettner.

Great Pipework (f-b): Open Diapason, Dulciana, Concert Flute: (1999) Photograph by James R. Stettner.

Swell Pipework (l-r): Salicional, Geigen Principal, Rohr Flute, Cornopean: (1999) Photograph by James R. Stettner.

Pipework (offset treble extensions on slider chest): (1999) Photograph by James R. Stettner.

Console: (1999) Photograph by James R. Stettner.

Chancel, Pipe Facades, and Console: (ca. 1916) Photograph from Church Archives; image courtesy of James R. Stettner.