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Austin Organs
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- Opus 2 â Sweetest Heart of Mary Roman Catholic Church (Detroit, Michigan), 1894. The oldest Austin in existence. As of 2022 reported as "needs attention, but in usable condition".WEB,weblink Austin Organ ID: 13504, Pipe Organ Database, Organ Historical Society, 13 July 2022,
- Opus 25 â Rushden Baptist Church, Northamptonshire, United Kington, 1897. The two manual, 14 rank instrument was moved to the what is now the Park Road Baptist Church in 1901.WEB,weblink Important Dates in Park Road Baptist Church History, 11 August 2020, Reported to be good condition and in regular use as of 2018,WEB,weblink Austin Organ Co. (Opus 25, 1890s), Pipe Organ Database, Organ Historical Society, 11 August 2020, making this the only surviving instrument from Austin's year based in Boston.WEB,weblink Historical Summary of Opus List, 11 August 2020,
- Opus 167 â St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church (Manayunk, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), 1906.WEB,weblink Austin Organ Co. (Opus 167), Pipe Organ Database, Organ Historical Society, 21 July 2020,
- Opus 265 â The Lodge at the Regency Center, San Francisco, 1909. Originally built for the Scottish Rite Freemasons, the facility is now an event space. In 2009 the two manual, 24 rank organWEB,weblink Austin Organs Opus No. 265, Pipe Organ Database, Organ Historical Society, 21 July 2020, was listed as available for useWEB,weblink The Lodge Level â the Regency Center, 5 June 2009, 21 July 2020,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20090705111428weblink">weblink 5 July 2009, but in July 2020 the status of the organ was not listed.WEB,weblink The Lodge at the Regency Center, The Regency Ballroom, AEG Presents, 21 July 2020,
- Opus 301 â Immanuel Baptist Church (Scranton, Pennsylvania), 1910. Now the Houlihan-McLean Center at the University of Scranton. In 2005 the four manual, 45 rank instrument was restoredWEB,weblink Houlihan-McLean Center, 1 August 2020, and the console modernized.WEB,weblink Portfolio â University of Scranton, 1 August 2020,
- Opus 323 â Kotzschmar Memorial Organ, Portland City Hall Auditorium, (now Merrill Auditorium), Portland, Maine, 1912. Restored 2012-2014.WEB,weblink Kotzschmar Organ â The History, 1 August 2020,
- Opus 453 â Spreckels Pavilion Organ, Balboa Park, San Diego, California, 1914. The four manual, 46 rank instrument plays in the open air when in use.WEB,weblink Austin Organ Co. (Opus 453), Pipe Organ Database, Organ Historical Society, 2 August 2020, Renovated in 1993 with changes from its original state.WEB,weblink Lyle Blackinton & Associates, Inc. (1993), Pipe Organ Database, Organ Historical Society, 2 August 2020, Used for about 62 performances each year.WEB,weblink Spreckels Organ Pavilion, Balboa Park, 2 August 2020,
- Opus 464 â Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul (Providence, Rhode Island), 1914. 3 Manual, 31 stop gallery organ and a 2 manual, 17 stop Chancel Organ. Replaced in 1972 by a 4 manual, 126 rank Casavant, Opus 3145.
- Opus 490 â St. Michael's Roman Catholic Church, Convent, Rectory, and School, Providence, Rhode Island. Circa 1915. Condition Unknown.
- Opus 500 â PanamaâPacific International Exposition Organ, San Francisco, California, 1915. The four manual, 121 rank instrument was originally installed in Festival Hall of the exposition then relocated to what is now the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in 1917. Heavily damaged in the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, the instrument was shipped to Austin for restoration. The space occupied by the organ was re-purposed and the instrument was not re-installed.WEB,weblink Pulling Out All the Stops to Save a 40-Ton, 100-Year-Old World's Fair Pipe Organ, Marks, Ben, 17 January 2014, Collectors weekly, 2 August 2020, As of July 2023 it was listed with a Maine-based instrument broker, free of charge, provided that the new owner would keep it "...intact and historically whole."WEB, Organs for Sale - 3141, Austin, San Francisco,weblink Organ Clearing House, 6 July 2023,
- Opus 558 â Medinah Temple, Chicago, Illinois, 1915. Austin's first five-manual organ. The 92-rank instrument was controlled by a five-manual gallery console and a movable four-manual console.WEB,weblink Historic Austin organ to St. Raphael the Archangel Catholic Church (April 25, 2015), 10 August 2020, Before the building interior demolition began for conversion to retail space in 2001, the City Council approved funding to remove the organ for eventual donation to a non-profit organization.NEWS, City Will Save Organ and Medinah Temple,weblink Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Illinois, 23 March 2001, 10 August 2020
- Opus 591 â Calvinistic Congregational Church (now Casa De Gracia y Restauración) Fitchburg, Massachusetts, 1915. As of May 2018 the condition of the three manual, 38 rank instrument was reported as unknown.WEB,weblink Austin Organ Co. (Opus 591, 1915) ), Pipe Organ Database, Organ Historical Society, 3 August 2020,
- Opus 681 â Ninth Church of Christ, Scientist (now Christ Church), Chicago, Illinois, 1915. Three manuals, 47 ranks. Fate unknown after a 2022 major renovation.WEB,weblink Austin Organ Co. (Opus 681, 1915) ), Pipe Organ Database, Organ Historical Society, 13 July 2023,
- Opus 770 â University United Methodist Church (Originally University Methodist Episcopal Church), Salina, Kansas, 1917. Originally three manuals, 13 ranks.WEB,weblink Austin Organ Co. (Opus 770, 1917), Pipe Organ Database, Organ Historical Society, 3 August 2020, Rebuilt and expanded to 21 ranks by another builder in 1990.WEB,weblink Brian Larson (Pipe Organ Co., Inc) ), Pipe Organ Database, Organ Historical Society, 3 August 2020, In use as of 2018.WEB,weblink Special Church Events, Demuth, Gary, 6 April 2018, Salina Journal, 3 August 2020,
- Opus 844 â Trinity United Methodist Church (originally Trinity Methodist Church), Kansas City, Missouri, 1919. Three manuals, 23 ranks.WEB,weblink Trinity United Methodist Church, KCAGO Area Organs, Greater Kansas City Chapter, American Guild of Organists, 5 August 2020,
- Opus 913 â Bohemian Grove, a campground near Monte Rio, California, 1920. Organ plays outdoors when in use.NEWS, The San Francisco Chapter of the American Guild of Organists, Paul W. Motter, September 2003,weblink Remembering Wallace Sabin, 5 August 2020, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20111007225545weblink">weblink 2011-10-07, As of May 2018 the condition of the three manual, 28 rank instrument was reported as unknown.WEB,weblink Austin Organ Co. (Opus 913), Pipe Organ Database, Organ Historical Society, 5 August 2020,
- Opus 1028 â St. Joseph of the Holy Family â Harlem, New York City, c. 1922. Two manuals, 13 ranks. Condition unknown as of 2018.WEB,weblink Austin Organ Co. (Opus 1028, 1920s), Pipe Organ Database, Organ Historical Society, 29 July 2020,
- Opus 1167 â Lewis and Clark High School, Spokane, Washington, 1924. Four manual, 34 rank orchestral organ and the largest civic organ west of the Mississippi River at the time of its construction. Rebuilt and upgraded in 2002.WEB,weblink History of the LC Pipe Organ, Stoess, Rita, Spokane Public Schools, Lewis & Clark High School, September 1, 2020,
- Opus 1206 â Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Auditorium, Chattanooga, Tennessee, 1924. Installed in 1924 at a cost of $50,000 in Memorial Auditorium, the organ contains 81 ranks and originally had 5,261 pipes. It was restored over a 21 years long process by the Chattanooga Music Club from 1986 to 2007 and was first played in its restored form on July 2, 2007. The organ is the only Austin-manufactured one remaining in the Southeast.WEB,weblink Auditorium Organ History, City of Chattanooga, 29 July 2012,
- Opus 1215 â Saint Matthew Lutheran Church, Hanover, Pennsylvania. Organ has four manuals, 231 ranks, and is among the world's largest. (1924)WEB,weblink St. Matthew Lutheran Church-About the organ, 7 July 2020, WEB,weblink Austin Organs Opus 1215, 7 July 2020,
- Opus 1267 â First United Methodist Church, Elgin, Illinois â Restored by Rogers Instruments Corp. in 2004. Now uses a Rogers console and several ranks have been added.
- Opus 1416 â Curtis Organ in the Irvine Auditorium of the University of Pennsylvania, with 10,719 pipes/162 ranks. It was restored along strict historical guidelines by Austin in 2002 and modified to be MIDI programmable. (1926)
- Opus 1526 â St. Florian Church (Hamtramck, Michigan). The organ, with 3 manuals and 26 ranks, dating from 1928, was renovated and rededicated April 13, 2008.WEB,weblink St. Florian's Church, Detroit1701.org, September 2002, 2011-05-05,
- Opus 1548 â Main Auditorium of Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1928. The four manual, 77 rank instrument is also called the Curtis Organ as it was donated and endowed by the same benefactors of Opus 1416 for the University of Pennsylvania.WEB,weblink Drexel Student Life â Traditions, 2 August 2020, As of 2018 the instrument was reported to be mechanically and tonally unaltered and the condition described as "playable but not usable".WEB,weblink Austin Organ Co. (Opus 1548, 1928), Pipe Organ Database, Organ Historical Society, 2 August 2020,
- Opus 1591 â Holy Trinity Church Inwood, New York, New York, 1928. The two manual, 7 rank instrumentWEB,weblink Church of the Holy Trinity (Inwood)
, NYC Organ Project List, New York City American Guild of Organists, August 3, 2020, was removed in 2019 for relocation to a new sanctuary.WEB, Organ removed in anticipation of renovation,weblink HolyTrinityInwood.org, Holy Trinity Church Inwood, 15 June 2023,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20200926042251weblink">weblink 26 September 2020, 19 June 2019, As of 2023 the restored instrument was in use in the new parish house Worship Hall.WEB,weblink Holy Trinity Church space rentals - Worship Hall, 15 June 2023,
- Opus 1712 & 1713 â Scranton Cultural Center (Masonic Temple and Scottish Rite Cathedral), Scranton, Pennsylvania. Both are operable but are in need of restoration to be fully playable. 1713 is housed in the main theater, 1712 in the larger lodge hall.
- Opus 1717 â Bulkeley Memorial Hall (now Aetna Auditorium), Rogers Building headquarters of Aetna Inc, Hartford, Connecticut, 1930. Three manuals, 20 ranks.WEB,weblink Austin Organ Co. (Opus 1717, 1930), Pipe Organ Database, Organ Historical Society, 12 August 2020, The only Austin Quadruplex organ (roll player) still in its original installation.WEB, The World's Largest Colonial Style Building,weblink Connecticut Museum Quest, 16 May 2008, 12 August 2020, As of 2017 the instrument was reported still extant but playing condition unknown.
- Opus 1865 â Bard College, Annandale on Hudson, NY, Chapel of the Holy Innocents. 3 manuals, 47 stops.
- Opus 2180 â Third Presbyterian Church, sanctuary, Rochester, New York. Built 1952; new console & revisions 1991, with 79 ranks and 4 manuals. Features multi-level SSL combination action with piston sequencer â 40 generals per level + divisionals â 5 each.
- Opus 2199 â St. Patrick's Seminary and University, Menlo Park, California. The organ was built in 1955 and installed at St. Joseph's College in Mountain View, California. Moved and rebuilt after the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake heavily damaged the original building.WEB, St. Patrick's Seminary Chapel,weblink 8 July 2023,weblink" title="archive.today/20140121215650weblink">weblink 21 January 2014, unfit,
- Opus 2237 â Bridgewater COGIC (Church of God in Christ), Cheshire, Connecticut. An organ of 7 ranks, it was purchased from St. John's Episcopal Church, West Hartford, Connecticut, in 1995.
- Opus 2369 â First Congregational Church, Stratford, Connecticut. One of the oldest continuously operating congregations in America (first gathered in 1639). The organ, with 3 manuals and 48 ranks, is installed in their fifth sanctuary that was originally built in 1859. (1962)
- Opus 2398 â Christ's Church, Rye, New York, 1964. Three manuals, 70 ranks, 56 stops.Pipe Organs Database: Austin Organs, Inc., opus 2398 (1964). Accessed on 22 December 2021.
- Opus 2432 â First Congregational Church, Port Huron, Michigan, 1965. Three manuals, 50 ranks,WEB,weblink Austin Organs, Opus 2432, 4 August 2020, condition as of September 2020 not reported.WEB,weblink 3007, Austin, Port Huron, MI, 1 September 2020,
- Opus 2465 â St. Matthew's German Evangelical Lutheran Church, Charleston, South Carolina. It has 3 manuals, 47 stops, 61 ranks and electropneumatic action. (1967)
- Opus 2599 and 2600 â Christ Church, Greenwich, Connecticut, 1976-1977. Two manuals, 25 ranks (gallery)WEB,weblink Austin Organs, Inc. (Opus 2599, 1976), Pipe Organ Database, Organ Historical Society, 4 August 2020, and four manuals, 67 ranks (chancel).WEB,weblink Austin Organs, Inc. (Opus 2600, 1977), Pipe Organ Database, Organ Historical Society, 4 August 2020, . Removed in 2021 and "returned to the builder to be repurposed"; status unknown as of 2023.NEWS, Papp, Justin, âItâs not the number of pipes:â Christ Church Greenwich prepares to install new organ custom built in England,weblink 15 June 2023, GreenwichTime, Hearst Media Services Connecticut, LLC, 16 July 2021,
- Opus 2613 â Church of the Good Shepherd (Rosemont, Pennsylvania), 1977. Three manuals, 57 ranks. In regular use as of 2020.WEB,weblink Church of the Good Shepard â The Organ, 1 September 2020,
- Opus 2616 â Christ Church of Oak Brook, sanctuary, Oak Brook, IL. 4-manual Allen console (added in 2002), 80 ranks with 40 additional digital ranks, 4440 pipes. (1978/80/82/86)
- Opus 2754 â First Presbyterian Church, Lakeland, Florida, 1994. Three manuals, 60 ranks. As of May 2018 reported to be in regular use.WEB,weblink Austin Organs, Inc. (Opus 2754), Pipe Organ Database, Organ Historical Society, 4 August 2020,
- Opus 2761 â St. John's Episcopal Church, West Hartford, Connecticut, with 51 stops, 64 ranks, and 3,721 pipes. Pipework from Austin Opus 2123 which survived a 1992 fire was incorporated into the new instrument.WEB,weblink History of the Organs of Saint Johnâs, West Hartford, CT, Music at the Red Door, St. John's Episcopal Church, 21 July 2020,
- Opus 2778 â Oxford-University United Methodist Church, Oxford, Mississippi. Installed in 2001. Two manuals, 30 ranks.WEB, The Austin Pipe Organ {{!, Oxford University United Methodist Church|url=http://www.ouumc.org/the-austin-pipe-organ/|access-date=2021-03-14|language=en-US}}
- Opus 2779 â Forbidden City Concert Hall, Beijing China, 1999WEB,weblink Forbidden City Concert Hall, 23 August 2020,
- Opus 2782 â Fountain Street Church, Grand Rapids, Michigan (1924; restored 2003)
- Opus 2785 â Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament, (Detroit, Michigan), 2003.
- Opus 2795 â The First Baptist Church of the City of Washington, D.C. As of 2020 it is only the second 5-manual instrument ever built by Austin. Completed in 2013WEB,weblink Instruments of Praise: The Austin Organ and Steinway Piano, 12 November 2020, with 120 ranks.WEB,weblink First Baptist Church Washington D.C., 12 November 2020,
- Opus 2800 â Connelly Chapel of the Sacred Heart, DeSales University, Center Valley, Pennsylvania, 2019.
- Opus 2804 â The Reformed Church of Bronxville, NY. Four manuals, 90 ranks.WEB, Opus 2804 The Reformed Church of Bronxville Bronxville, New York,weblink Austin Organs, 14 July 2022, Installation completed in February 2023.WEB, Fazio, Michael B., The Reformed Church of Bronxville, New York, Austin Organs Inc.,weblink The American Organist (July 2023), American Guild of Organists, 17 March 2024,
Lost instruments
- Opus 252 â Hotel Astor, New York, NY, 1910. Largest and most advanced instrument built by Austin at that point. Located on the ninth floor auditorium and the cafe L'Orangerie, it had 131 ranks. Three four-manual consoles could each control both organs. The main console contained an early form of combination pistons and two consoles were movable. There was also a roll player.WEB,weblink Hotel Astor, NYC Organs List, New York City Chapter, American Guild of Organists, 11 August 2020, The hotel was demolished in 1967 and the instrument lost to dispersion.WEB,weblink Austin Organ Co. (Opus 252, 1910), Pipe Organ Database, Organ Historical Society, 11 August 2020,
- Opus 309 â 1912 Chapel, Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, New York, 1912. Two manuals, 10 ranks.WEB,weblink Austin Organ Co. (Opus 309), Pipe Organ Database, Organ Historical Society, 12 August 2020, Disused since the 1970s, the chapel and its organ sustained heavy damage by neglect, vandalism, and exposure.WEB,weblink The future of Rochester's past, Fien, Christine Carrie, 5 August 2015, RochesterCityNewspaper.com, 12 August 2020,
- Opus 939 â Cathedral-Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1920. Four manuals, 71 ranks. Austin air chests were replaced with Tellers chests in 1957 in conjunction with a major enlargement and renovation of the cathedral. Instrument underwent additional modifications and rebuilds and only some Austin pipes remain.MAGAZINE, Marchesano, Paul R., Summer 2007, Brief History of the Organs of the Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul,weblink The Tracker, Villanova, Pennsylvania, Organ Historical Society, 10 August 2020
- Opus 1010 â Eastman Theatre, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, 1922. Four-manual theater organ originally listed at 229 ranks including percussion traps for the accompaniment of silent films. After rebuilding in 1951 and the theater traps were removed it was listed at 134 ranks. Removed in 1971 and dispersed. Only the echo chamber and its air chest, without pipes, remains in the theater.WEB,weblink Austin Organ Co. (Opus 1010, 1922), Pipe Organ Database, Organ Historical Society, 10 August 2020, In 1977 the console was installed in the Cathedral-Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul in Philadelphia.
- Opus 1019 â First Presbyterian Church (now Kinergy Lifestyle Center) Wyandotte, Michigan. Built in 1922, this organ had three manuals, four divisions, 33 stops and 33 registers. In 1983, the organ received a new Schantz console and the instrument was rebuilt by the Muller Organ Company.WEB,weblink Muller Pipe Organ Company (1983), Pipe Organ Database, Organ Historical Society, 21 July 2020, In 2015, the organ became non-functional due to an electrical malfunction with the blower motor that caused the instrument to short-circuit. In September 2017 the church closed after 161 years of service.WEB,weblink First Presbyterian Church of Wyandotte to close after 161 years, Rossi, Sharon, 22 September 2017, News-Herald, 21 July 2020, The building was sold and is now a complex offering worship, wellness, and event rental space.WEB,weblink Wyandotte's Kinergy Lifestyle Center combines healthy living and faith-based offerings, Russell, Zach, 19 November 2019, News-Herald, 21 July 2020, As of April 2021, the organ has been removed from the building and is no longer in existence.WEB,weblink Austin Organ Co. (Opus 1019, 1922), Pipe Organ Database, Organ Historical Society, 27 April 2021,
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- Opus List â Historic list of organs built.
- Spreckels Organ Society
- The Organs of St. John's Episcopal Church, West Hartford, Connecticut
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