Columbia Organ Works
1995

Originally Skinner Organ Co. (Opus 679, 1927)

St. John's Episcopal Church

1105 Quarrier Street
Charleston, WV, US

30 Ranks - 2,084 Pipes
Instrument ID: 23381 ● Builder ID: 1341 ● Location ID: 6647
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Builder: Unknown
Position: Movable Console
Design: Traditional With Roll Top
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Features:
3 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal5 Divisions25 Stops35 RegistersElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop Action✓ Sequencer✓ 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 (Meeting AGO Standards)
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 September 28th, 2012:
Updated through online information from Daniel Faber. Refurbished with additions in 2019 Manual and pedal claviers refurbished, new solid-state switching, offset chests refurbished. Bottom octave of Swell Geigen 8 replaced. Addition of three additional ranks: a Grave Mixture II to the Great (new pipework) and a Principal 4 to the Swell (vintage A-S pipework). All pipework was removed, cleaned, regulated, and voiced. All work was performed by John Muller of Muller Pipe Organ Company, Croton, Ohio

Database Manager on October 5th, 2007:
Updated through online information from Stephen Hall. -- The original Skinner organ was III/23. The 1960 revision replaced the Great chest and added a small mixture. The 1995 revision removed the mixture but reinstated the 73 note chest and octave coupler. Vintage Skinner pipes and chests were used to add a Bourdon to the Pedal and an Unda Maris in the Choir to complement the existing Dulciana. A new Ancillary division was added (essentially a floating 2-rank Solo division) with a French Horn and Tuba. The console was refurbished and updated to solid state with a new combination action. The organ is in regular use for services (2007)

Database Manager on April 21st, 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> Restoration work on E. M. Skinner Opus 679 (1927 - altered by Lewis & Hitchcock in 1968) planned by Samuel Koontz in 1992; due to death of Koontz, restoration completed by Columbia Organ Works in 1995 with additions using pipework from #415, #417, #429, #434 and #602.</i>

Webpage Links: Opus 679: St. John's Episcopal Church

Related Instrument Entries: Lewis & Hitchcock, Inc. (1968)

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