Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co.
Opus 888, 1932
Perkins School for the Blind
Dwight Hall, Howe Bldg.
175 N. Beacon St.
Watertown, MA, US
39 Ranks - 2,568 Pipes
Instrument ID: 2404 ● Builder ID: 52 ● Location ID: 2310
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CONSOLES
Builder: Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co.
Position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
Design: Traditional With Roll Top
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Features:
4 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal4 Divisions36 Stops44 RegistersElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop Action✓ Crescendo✓ Combination Thumb Piston(s)✓ Combination 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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DETAILS
This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location
Updated through online information from Jim Overly.
Minimal regular maintenance is done to reduce the deterioration of the instrument, however, restoration would be needed to bring the instrument to full functionality. I had the opportunity to play the instrument in November 2016. That that time most of the stops worked except of course the non-existent Gallery organ and the chimes. The pistons and toe studs seemed to be inoperable. Otherwise the organ was just tuned and in good shape.
Database Manager on November 16th, 2006:
Updated 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:
Extant; Great Trumpet revoiced; otherwise original.
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
Status Note: There 1976.
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
Some later tonal work by Lahaise.
Webpage Links: Opus 888: Perkins Institution for the Blind
Related Instrument Entries: Frazee Organ Co. (1939) , Frazee Organ Co. (1939)
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