Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co.
Opus 950, 1936
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
121 High Street
Mount Holly, NJ, US
23 Ranks - 1,441 Pipes
Instrument ID: 25399 ● Builder ID: 52 ● Location ID: 9225
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STOPLISTS
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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:
2 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal3 Divisions19 Stops21 RegistersElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop Action✓ Crescendo✓ 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 (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination Action: Blind Action
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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DETAILS
This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location
From "A History of St. Andrew's Church 1742-1992", page 133
In 1936 Mr. Edward H. Levis, who had been organist at Trinity and served temporarily in that capacity at St. Andrew's in 1910, offered a new organ to the church. The Vestry accepted this gracious gift and a two manual organ, purchased from the Aeolian-Skinner Organ Company, was installed on the north side of the chancel behind the decorative pipes. The manual [sic] which had faced these pipes, necessitating the organist to use a mirror to instruct and watch his choir, was moved to the opposite side of the chancel so that he now faced the choir and could direct them more easily.
The contract specifies "old casework and display pipes are to be used". These would have been from the 1901 Bates & Culley organ. Some pipework from the Bates & Culley (which may have originated in even older organs) may have been reused.
Paul R. Marchesano on January 5th, 2022:
There were two minor alterations to that organ in 1970 which included replacing the Great 4' Flute with a new metal capped flute which blends as it should and the two top octaves of the Swell 16' Bourdon were new at the same time. Curiously, the organ never had a combination action except for a "blind" system that was factory wired. We will be adding a solid state multi-memory level system and new drawknob actions but intend to use the original drawknob heads if possible so there is no visible alteration to the 1936 console. All original wind switching will remain. -- Information from Chuck Gibson who maintains the organ
Database Manager on May 4th, 2017:
Updated by Jonathan Stark, who has heard or played the organ.
Everything is working except for the Deagan Harp. The organ is regularly maintained by Chuck Gibson of Monroeville, New Jersey.
Database Manager on August 10th, 2011:
Updated through online information from Paul Marchesano. -- The organ contains a Deagan Harp, 49 notes, with vacuum action, mounted above the Swell pipework, inside the Swell box.
Database Manager on August 10th, 2011:
Updated through online information from Paul Marchesano.
Database Manager on March 5th, 2007:
Identified 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:
No information.
Webpage Links: Aeolian-Skinner Opus 950 [Facebook - Paul Marchesano]
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