Pipe Organ Database

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Austin Organ Co. (Opus 1607, 1928)

Location:

First Congregational Church
6501 Wydown
St. Louis, MO 63105 US
Organ ID: 4187

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Congregational Church
  • 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 Database Manager on June 11, 2019.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Information unknown or not applicable
  • 41 ranks. 2,593 pipes. 4 divisions. 3 manuals. 46 stops. 38 registers.
All:
  • Position: In side chambers at the front of the room. No visible pipes.
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on June 11, 2019.
Main:
  • Manuals: 3
  • Divisions: 4
  • Stops: 46
  • Registers: 38
  • 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.
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on June 11, 2019.
Database Manager on March 17, 2010:

Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Unusual in that the Austin console was drawknob. Received a new 4-manual Moller console in 1956.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on June 11, 2019.
Database Manager on October 30, 2004:

"Rebuilt 1994 by ? The congregation was first known as the First Trinitarian Church at Tenth and Locust Streets, moved to a wooden chapel at Grand and Delmar in 1879. In 1885, the present stone church building at that location was occupied by the congregation. In 1915 they moved to Wydown Boulevard and University Lane near Washington University. The building on Delmar became the home of the Union Methodist Church."

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Source not recorded: Open In New Tab Stoplist from <i>The Diapason</i> July 1928
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

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