Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co.
Opus 1320, 1956
First United Methodist Church [1910]
Sanctuary; front
1 East Broad Street
Westfield, NJ, US
43 Ranks - 2,499 Pipes - 4 Physical Divisions
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STOPLISTS
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CONSOLES
Builder: Unknown
Position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
Design: Traditional With Roll Top
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Details Unknown)
Features:
3 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal34 Stops43 RegistersElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop ActionCrescendoSforzando Thumb Piston(s)Stop Layout: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination Action: Unknown
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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DETAILS
This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location
Updated by Edgar Zalite, who has heard or played the organ.
The antiphonal pipes have been installed in the balcony at the back of the church. They can be played from the main console on the Swell keyboard.
Wonderful voicing of the pipes, and many interesting stop combinations work together very well. However, currently some ranks have pipes that do not sound. Most troublesome is the unplayable 8\' Principal on the Great. The instrument is kept in good tune otherwise, and a rebuild is planned - funds are being gathered.
Database Manager on September 10th, 2013:
A 13-rank Antiphonal was eventually added by Möller in 1975, as well as a two-manual Antiphonal console.
Database Manager on June 28th, 2008:
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:
Dedication recital played by Wilma Jensen on April 19, 1959; extant.
Webpage Links: Opus 1320: First Methodist Church
Related Instrument Entries: M. P. Möller (Opus 11093, 1975)
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