Skinner Organ Co.
Opus 486, 1924

First Presbyterian Church

310 Fifth Street SE
Cedar Rapids, IA, US

40 Ranks - 2,682 Pipes

Instrument ID: 22919 ● Builder ID: 7374 ● Location ID: 20585

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Builder: Unknown

Position: Unknown

Design: Traditional With Roll Top

Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Details Unknown)

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4 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal5 Divisions35 Stops44 RegistersElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop Action✓ Combination Thumb Piston(s)✓ Coupler Toe Piston(s)✓ Sforzando Toe 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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This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location

Database Manager on July 23rd, 2012: 
Updated through online information from Richard C Greene.

Database Manager on October 16th, 2007: 
Updated through online information from James R. Stettner.  -- The chimes, while actually playable from the Great, Solo, and Pedal, were located in the Solo box. The organ was installed behind the facade of the previous instrument. The dedicatory recital was played by Marshall Bidwell, the church's organist, on Thursday, March 12, 1925 at 8:15 p.m. Source: Dedicatory Recital Program.

Database Manager on January 19th, 2006: 
Identified through information adapted from <i>E. M. Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner Opus List</i>, by Sand Lawn and Allen Kinzey (Organ Historical Society, 1997), and included here through the kind permission of Sand Lawn: <br><i> Replaced by 3/45 Reuter, #1752 in 1971 retaining 6 Skinner ranks; some pipework now in #771 in Coe College; the rest went to Freeport Organ Co.</i>

Webpage Links: Opus 486: First Presbyterian Church

Related Instrument Entries: Reuter Organ Co. (Opus 1752, 1971)

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