Austin Organ Co.
Opus 1416, 1926
University of Pennsylvania
Irvine Auditorium
3401 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA, US
162 Ranks - 10,731 Pipes
Instrument ID: 2553 ● Builder ID: 224 ● Location ID: 2444
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Builder: Austin Organ Co.
Position: Movable Console
Design: Traditional With Roll Top
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Features:
4 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal6 DivisionsElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop Action✓ Crescendo✓ Combination Thumb Piston(s)✓ Combination Toe Piston(s)✓ Coupler Thumb Piston(s)✓ Coupler Toe Piston(s)✓ Sforzando Thumb Piston(s)✓ Sforzando Toe Piston(s)Stop Layout: Stop Keys Above Top Manual
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Combination Action: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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This instrument is: Not Extant and Not Playable in this location
Database Manager on January 29th, 2011:
Updated through on-line information from paul marchesano.
Updated through on-line information from paul marchesano.
Database Manager on September 8th, 2008:
Updated through on-line information from Paul Marchesano.
Database Manager on August 4th, 2005:
Organ relocated from Sesquicentennial Exposition and reinstalled in Irvine Auditorium by Austin Organs representative Herbert Brown, paid directly by Cyrus H. K. Curtis. Installation took place 1928-1929.
Database Manager on January 19th, 2005:
Hall renovated 1997-2001. Concurrently pipework removed, crated, cleaned and repaired. New actions installed (by Austin). 1926 Austin pipework matching missing original ranks obtained and installed during restoration (Swell Fagotto 16' and Solo Tuba Magna 8'). All pipework restored at Austin factory. New 4 manual drawknob solid state console. Approximate cost of project $1,400,000.
Database Manager on January 19th, 2005:
Expression shoe coupling, originally Austin electo-pneumatic, removed 1980; currently solid-state.
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
Historic Organ recital 21 Jan 1990. Historic organ recital 12 Jun 2004.
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
Renovated by Austin in 1961: 4 ranks replaced. Original Console partially solid stated 1980. 2 original ranks recovered c.1986 (Swell French Trumpet 8' and Oboe Clarion 4').
Related Instrument Entries: Austin Organ Co. (Opus 1416, 1926) , Austin Organs, Inc. (2002)
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