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Austin Organ Co., Opus 504, 1914

Trinity Episcopal Church
215 St. George St.
St. Augustine, Florida 32084

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The organ is no longer at this location, and is presumed destroyed, dispersed or relocated.
We received the most recent update on this organ's state and condition 2012-11-12.

Three manuals. 4 divisions. 25 stops. 22 registers. 22 ranks. Manual compass is 61 notes. Pedal compass is 32 notes.

Notes:

Information identifying this instrument from the Austin Organs, Inc. web site, accessed December 15, 2004: http://www.austinorgans.com/organ-research.htm. (James Cook. 2004-12-16)
Updated through on-line information from Stephen Hall. -- According to the church's website,the Austin organ had suffered both water and termite damage by the 1960s. The Austin instrument was replaced by Aeolian-Skinner Opus 1482 in 1967. (Database Manager. 2007-08-22)
Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. (Database Manager. 2012-11-12)

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Photographs. Larger images are available through the online version of this page.

Church Exterior, East Entrance. Photograph ca. 1936 by Frances Johnston ca. 1936, Courtesy of the Library of Congress. 0000-00-00.

Chancel and Case Facade. Postcard (1950's) from the Florida State Archives; image courtesy of Stephen Hall. 0000-00-00.

Stoplist copied from The Diapason January 1915

    St. Augustine, Florida
    Trinity Episcopal Church

    Austin   Op. 504   1914   3/22
    ____________________________________________

    GREAT                    CHOIR
 8' Open Diapason         8' Hohl Flute
 8' Gross Flute           8' Dulciana
 8' Gamba                 8' Unda Maris
 4' Harmonic Flute        8' Flute d'Amour
                          8' Clarinet
    SWELL                    Tremulant
16' Bourdon
 8' Open Diapason            PEDAL
 8' Rohr Flute           16' Open Diapason
 8' Viole d'Orchestre    16' Bourdon
 8' Viole Celeste        16' Violone          12 GT
 8' Echo Salicional      16' Lieblich Gedacht SW
 4' Flauto Traverso       8' Gross Flute      12
 2' Harmonic Piccolo        (from Open Diapason)
 8' Cornopean
 8' Oboe
 8' Vox Humana
    Tremulant
    
[Received from Jeff Scofield November 12, 2012]

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Austin Organ Co., Opus 504, 1914

We record information both on an organ's state (as an aspect of its existence as an historical artifact) and on its condition (as an aspect of its existence as a useful musical instrument)