Austin Organs, Inc.
1961
Originally Lyon & Healy (1900s)
Battle Creek Tabernacle
Sanctuary
254 W. Michigan Avenue
Battle Creek, MI, US
Instrument ID: 28019 ● Builder ID: 7360 ● Location ID: 24711
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CONSOLES
Builder: Unknown
Position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
Design: Traditional With Roll Top
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Features:
3 Manuals 4 DivisionsTubular Pneumatic (Unknown) Key ActionTubular Pneumatic (Unknown) Stop Action✓ Combination Thumb Piston(s)✓ Coupler Toe Piston(s)✓ Sforzando Thumb Piston(s)✓ Sforzando Toe Piston(s)Stop Layout: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination Action: Computerized/Digital
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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DETAILS
This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location
Now a hybrid organ with Rodgers Console and extensive electronics.
Database Manager on December 31st, 2011:
Updated through online information from Ricardo Antonio Basay.
Database Manager on March 15th, 2008:
Updated through on-line information from Trevor Dodd. -- Here's an update after more research: The manual chests are the original Lyon & Healy chests. All pipework is original except the Great principal chorus, Swell mixture and 4' Principal, pedal 8' Octave, 4' Nachthorn, III Mixture, and all reeds except the choir Clarinet.
Database Manager on September 5th, 2007:
Identified through on-line information from Trevor Dodd. -- The organ was originally in the First Congregational Church, but then replaced by the Casavant. It has been altered then neglected quite a bit over the years. It looks like the manual chests were replaced by Casavant ventil chests. The Great Trumpet has disappeared. The pipe racking is not substantial and hasn't been since the installation. Many reed pipes are broken and some diapason and string basses have fallen over. The Pedal division was very severely water damaged a few years back. The pipes and chests are covered in tar, roofing material and rot. Currently the pipe organ is being interfaced with the electronic they have now. The original console and the second (Austin?) console are long gone. The organ has an absolutely MASSIVE pedal reed.
Related Instrument Entries: Rodgers Organ Co. (Instrument Corp.) (2007ca.)
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