Austin Organ Co.
Opus 1466, 1926
Germantown Unitarian Society [Church]
Greene Street & West Chelten Avenue
Philadelphia: Germantown, PA, US
130 Ranks
Instrument ID: 11919 ● Builder ID: 224 ● Location ID: 10901
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CONSOLES
Builder: Austin Organ Co.
Position: Unknown
Design: Traditional With Roll Top
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Features:
4 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal5 DivisionsElectrical Key Action✓ Crescendo✓ Combination Thumb Piston(s)✓ Combination Toe Piston(s)✓ Coupler Thumb Piston(s)✓ Coupler Toe Piston(s)✓ Sforzando Thumb Piston(s)Stop Layout: Stop Keys Above Top Manual
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination Action: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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DETAILS
This instrument is: Not Extant and Not Playable in this location
This installation was in the Society's first building, built in 1867. It replaced a C.S. Haskell organ built 1909-1910. The congregation occupied this building until it built a new building on Lincoln Drive in 1928.
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: Austin Organ Co. (1928) , John Shaw (2008)
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