Ernest M. Skinner Company
Opus 224, 1914
First Presbyterian Church
Sanctuary; front
325 S. 1st Avenue
Walla Walla, WA, US
16 Ranks - 947 Pipes
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CONSOLES
Builder: Ernest M. Skinner Company
Position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
Design: Traditional With Roll Top
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Details Unknown)
Features:
3 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal4 Divisions16 Stops22 RegistersElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop Action✓ Crescendo✓ Combination Thumb Piston(s)✓ Coupler Toe Piston(s)✓ Sforzando Thumb Piston(s)Stop Layout: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Combination Action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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DETAILS
This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location
The only stop unique to the Great is the 8' Diapason. It stands on a single-stop pitman chest in front of the Choir shades. The Second Diapason included on the stop list would have been duplexed from the Swell. The knobs for all the duplexed stops, except for the 8' Gedeckt, were repurposed for Balcom and Vaughan's 1955 additions to the Great. In recent years solid-state switching, including cutouts for the key actions, has been added to the Great to reduce noise and wear on the key contacts.
Database Manager on December 1st, 2006:
Updated through online information from James R. Stettner.
Database Manager on December 21st, 2005:
Updated 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: Some tonal additions in 1955 by Balcom & Vaughan; releathered and some tonal changes by Herb Huestis in 1978; some tonal changes reversed by René Marceau; extant.
Webpage Links: Opus 224: First Presbyterian Church
Related Instrument Entries: Balcom and Vaughan (1955) , René Marceau , Herbert L. Huestis (1978)
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