Pipe Organ Database

a project of the organ historical society

Visser-Rowland Associates (Opus 43, 1983)

Location:

University of Texas
Austin, TX 78713 US
Bates Recital Hall
Organ ID: 6529

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Colleges and Universities
  • The organ is unaltered from its original state.
  • The organ's condition is good, in regular use.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Jim Stettner on January 28, 2023.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Slider
  • 99 ranks. 5,315 pipes. 5 divisions. 4 manuals. 67 stops.
All:
  • Chest Type(s): Slider chests
  • Position: In a case at the front of the room.
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on July 12, 2019.
Main:
  • Manuals: 4
  • Divisions: 5
  • Stops: 67
  • Position: Keydesk attached.
  • Manual Compass: 61
  • Pedal Compass: 32
  • Key Action: Mechanical connection from key to chest (tracker, sticker or mix).
  • Stop Action: Electric connection between stop control and chest.
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on July 12, 2019.
Database Manager on July 12, 2019:

Updated by Sam Cherubin, listing this web site as a source of information: https://list.uiowa.edu/scripts/wa.exe?A3=ind9603B&L=PIPORG-L&E=0&P=792872&B=--&T=text%2Fplain&header=1.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on July 13, 2019.
Stoplist from UIowa: Open In New Tab Original document from Sam Cherubin. Originally published 2019-06-13
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Database Manager on June 13, 2019.

Instrument Images:

Organ case: Photograph by Joseph Doll. Taken on 2019-05-11

Organ at front of Bates Recital Hall: Photograph from an archival source: Builder's 1980's color promotional brochure, submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken approx. 1980's

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