Austin Organ Co.
Opus 939, 1920
Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul [Roman Catholic]
18th Street & Benjamin Franklin Parkway (Logan Square)
Philadelphia, PA, US
56 Ranks - 3,672 Pipes
Instrument ID: 11918 ● Builder ID: 224 ● Location ID: 23083
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Builder: Unknown
Position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
Design: Traditional With Roll Top
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Features:
4 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal6 Divisions72 RegistersElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop Action✓ Crescendo✓ Combination Thumb Piston(s)✓ Combination Toe Piston(s)✓ Coupler Toe Piston(s)✓ Sforzando Toe Piston(s)Stop Layout: Stop Keys Above Top Manual
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination Action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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This instrument is: Not Extant and Not Playable in this location
Database Manager on August 4th, 2005:
Organ placed in original JCB Standbridge case, retained original case pipes.
Organ placed in original JCB Standbridge case, retained original case pipes.
Database Manager on August 4th, 2005:
Console had Austin Divisional patented "cancel bars." Contract refers to "Our new Patented 'deluxe' key touch."
Database Manager on January 26th, 2005:
Substantially rebuilt by Tellers 1957-59. New Tellers console, chests and pipework, 32' stops discarded and replaced with electronic voices; some Solo stops retained; Antiphonal organ retained (both on new Tellers chests). Rebuilt again 1970s Brantley A. Duddy, Cedars PA. New Positiv division, additions to Pedal, replacement of most reeds and Great chorus. Used Austin console from Eastman Theatre installed.
Database Manager on December 21st, 2004:
Information identifying this instrument from the Austin Organs, Inc. web site, accessed December 20, 2004: http://www.austinorgans.com/organ-research.htm.
Related Instrument Entries: Tellers Organ Co. (1955) , Brantley A. Duddy (1977) , John C. B. Standbridge (1868)
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