Skinner Organ Co.
Opus 860, 1931

Ascension Episcopal Church

36 Fifth Avenue at 10th Street
New York City: Manhattan, NY, US

69 Ranks - 4,251 Pipes
Instrument ID: 23684 ● Builder ID: 7374 ● Location ID: 21113
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4 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal61 Stops70 RegistersElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop Action

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Database Manager on December 11th, 2019:
In 1931, the Skinner Organ Company of Boston rebuilt and enlarged the 1912 J. W. Steere & Son organ, itself a rebuild of the original chancel organ built in 1895 by George S. Hutchings. Skinner added a Solo division in a new chamber on the right side, and an Echo division in a gallery chamber. Tone openings of the chancel divisions were masked by pipe screens. The four-manual drawknob console was in a shallow pit and attached to the case on the left side of the chancel. The Skinner organ was replaced in 1967 by a new Holtkamp organ that retained five of the Solo stops (Flauto Dolce, Flute Celeste, English Horn, French Horn and Orchestral Oboe), plus the old Swell Vox Humana and Choir Clarinet. The Echo division was sold to St. Paul's Church, Chestnut Hill, Penn. The console was removed by James McGregor, organ curator from 1949-2009, and sold to Douglas Pennoyer, Bernardsville, N.J. In 1983, the console was acquired by Robert Lockridge, who renovated it by replacing the removed combination action, swell shoes, etc.

Database Manager on May 16th, 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> Rebuild of Geo. S. Hutchings, #388 which had been rebuilt by Steere in 1912 reusing thirty-four ranks; replaced by Holtkamp in 1966; Solo retained; Echo division sold to St. Paul's, Chestnut Hill, PA, #724.</i>

Webpage Links: Opus 860: Church of the Ascension, Episcopal , Church of the Ascension

Related Instrument Entries: George R. Ellis (1966) , Steere Organ Company (1912) , Geo. S. Hutchings (& Co.) (Opus 388, 1895)

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