Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co.
Opus 325-B, 1951
Originally Skinner Organ Co. (Opus 325, 1920)
University of Rochester, Eastman School of Music
Kilbourn Hall
Rochester, NY, US
97 Ranks
Instrument ID: 22560 ● Builder ID: 52 ● Location ID: 636
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STOPLISTS
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CONSOLES
Builder: Unknown
Position: Movable Console
Design: Traditional With Roll Top
Pedalboard Type: Unknown
Features:
4 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal5 Divisions80 Stops109 RegistersElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop Action✓ Crescendo✓ Combination 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: Unknown
Combination Action: Remote Pneumatic/Mechanical Capture
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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DETAILS
Exhibited in the 2018 OHS convention(s)
This instrument is: Extant and Not Playable in this location
The work proposed by Aeolian-Skinner in 1951 consisted of the following:
Great
- The Great 4' Octave was to be rescaled from C25 to C61. The pipes were only to be sent back to the factory.
- The 12th and 15th to be rescaled and revoiced throughout, and pipes, top boards, and rack boards were to be returned to the factory.
- A new IV Fourniture was to be installed in place of the present 4 Rank Mixture. Top and Rack Boards to be returned to the factory.
- A III Cymbal to be installed in place of the old First Open Diapason. The pipes were to be given to someone for salvage. Top Boards and Rack Boards to be returned to the factory. In addition, a template showing the location of the twelve offset basses to be made and sent to the factory.
Swell
- A IV Plein Jeu was to be made in place of the old 8' First Open Diapason. The pipes were to be used later in the Pedal. Top and Rack Boards to be sent back to the factory and a template was to be made for the 12 offset basses.
- The 2-2/3, 1-3/5, and 1-1/3 were to be revoiced and rescaled to form an IV Cornet. Rack Boards and Top Boards to be sent back to the factory.
- The 16' Fagotto was to be sent back and revoiced.
- A new 8' Trompette was to be installed in place of the present 8' Cornopean, and the old pipes, top boards, and rack boards were to be sent back.
- The old 4' Clarion was to be revoiced as a 4' Clairon. Top Boards, Rack Boards, and pipes sent back to the factory.
Choir
- The present 4' Trumpet to be reset so that it speaks at 4' Pitch.
- The old III Dulciana Cornet complete with Top and Rack Boards to be returned to the factory for rescaling and revoicing as a III Zimbel Mixtur.
Pedal
- The old Swell 8' First Open Diapason to be used as an 8' Principal.
- The old Choir 8' Diapason to be used as a unit stop playing at 4', 2-2/3, and 2'.
Aeolian-Skinner quoted $6,250 for the above listed work
Database Manager on January 4th, 2006:
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:
Alterations to E. M. Skinner Opus 325 (1920).
Webpage Links: Opus 325-B: Univ. of Rochester, Eastman School of Music - Kilbourn Hall
Related Instrument Entries: Skinner Organ Co. (Opus 325, 1920)
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