Skinner Organ Co.
Opus 590, 1926
Bethesda-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church
141 South County Road
Palm Beach, FL, US
48 Ranks - 3,134 Pipes
Instrument ID: 23193 ● Builder ID: 7374 ● Location ID: 10276
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Builder: Unknown
Position: Unknown
Design: Traditional With Roll Top
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Features:
4 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal39 Stops50 RegistersElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop Action✓ 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: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Combination Action: Remote Pneumatic/Mechanical Capture
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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This instrument is: Not Extant and Not Playable in this location
Database Manager on February 21st, 2014:
Updated through online information from Thomas R. Thomas. -- The C.E. Morey tracker from the original building was electrified by Skinner and playable from the console as an Antiphonal located on the rear balcony. A second 4 manual console was in the Atrium and shades in tower opened to the outside, so that the organ could be heard in the cloister. Was replaced in 1970 by an 80 rank Schlicker; that organ replaced in 2001 by an Austin with 2 four manual consoles and complete Gallery and Chancel organs. The Skinner was moved to a church in the Bahamas minus the 16' Wood Open used by Schlicker as a 32' Bourdon.
Updated through online information from Thomas R. Thomas. -- The C.E. Morey tracker from the original building was electrified by Skinner and playable from the console as an Antiphonal located on the rear balcony. A second 4 manual console was in the Atrium and shades in tower opened to the outside, so that the organ could be heard in the cloister. Was replaced in 1970 by an 80 rank Schlicker; that organ replaced in 2001 by an Austin with 2 four manual consoles and complete Gallery and Chancel organs. The Skinner was moved to a church in the Bahamas minus the 16' Wood Open used by Schlicker as a 32' Bourdon.
Database Manager on March 25th, 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> Duplicate console in cloister. Used C. E. Morey, #273 as Antiphonal; two consoles. one could be moved outside for open-air weddings; 2nd console stolen; releathered and cleaned in 1957, #590-A; replaced by 3/85 Schlicker in 1970; moved to St. Barnabas' Church, Nassau, Bahamas; Morey relocated to small church by Forseman.</i>
Webpage Links: Opus 590: Bethesda-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church
Related Instrument Entries: Klug & Schumacher (1981) , Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co. (Opus 590-A, 1957)
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