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Additional details from the 50th Anniversary of the Sage Chapel Organ brochure: "In May 1909 a new contract was placed with the Ernest M. Skinner Company of Boston for a price of $12,000 and a completion date of October 15.
COUPLERS: Swell to Swell 4', Swell to Swell, 16', Swell to Choir, Swell to Great, Swell to Great 4', Swell to Great 16', Swell to Pedal, Swell to Pedal 4', Choir to Choir 16', Choir to Great, Choir to Pedal, Choir to Pedal 4', Great to Pedal, Solo to Great, Solo to Pedal.
COMBINATIONS: Swell 1-2-3-4-5, Great 1-2-3-4, Choir 1-2-3, Solo 1-2, Pedal 1-2-3
Balanced Swell, Balanced Choir and Solo, Balanced Crescendo, Sforzando, Great to Pedal Reversible
DETAILS: No stopped basses on normally open stops. All basses of the larger winded stops on separate chests. The reeds and selected flue stops to be voiced on heavy wind pressure. The organ to be erected in the Chapel, tuned and left ready for use. The action to be electro-pneumatic. Suitable electric blowing machinery, exclusive of wiring. Present case work to be used with such additional display pipes as are necessary to conceal the Pedal 32' Diapason. No mason's or builder's work to be included in this contract."
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:
Replaced 1875 two manual E. & G.G. Hook & Hastings, #816 which was rebuilt and enlarged in 1898 to three manuals by Wm. King & Sons; dedicated January 21, 1910 by Edward F. Johnston; replaced by #1009.
Webpage Links: Opus 175: Cornell University - Sage Chapel
Related Instrument Entries: Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co. (Opus 1009, 1940)
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