Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co.
Opus 953, 1937
University of Rochester
Strong Auditorium
Wilson Boulevard
Rochester, NY, US
88 Ranks - 5,209 Pipes
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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:
4 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal6 Divisions66 Stops74 RegistersElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop ActionCrescendoCombination Thumb Piston(s)Combination Toe Piston(s)Coupler 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: Remote Pneumatic/Mechanical Capture
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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DETAILS
This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location
Updated through on-line information from Jonathan Ortloff. -- The organ was awarded an OHS citation in 2007. The date (1937) is the completion date. Contract was signed in December 1936. The organ was completed in May, 1937. Though all the pipes and chests are intact, the console, blower, static regulators, and remote combination machine have been removed and are in safe storage. The organ was last played in the early 1990s. There was originally an elevator shaft for a console lift. An elevator was never installed, so the console sat on a permanent platform built into the shaft. I'm not sure where the 74 stops comes from. By my count, there are 66 stops, i.e. top boards.
Database Manager on March 5th, 2007:
Identified through information adapted from E. M. Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner Opus List, by Sand Lawn and Allen Kinzey (Organ Historical Society, 1997), and included here through the kind permission of Sand Lawn:
Extant; in disrepair.
Webpage Links: Opus 953: Strong Auditorium, University of Rochester
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