Quimby Pipe Organs, Inc.
1986
Originally Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co. (Opus 969, 1937)
St. Paul's Memorial Episcopal Church
225 St. Paul's Avenue
New York City (Staten Island: Stapleton), NY, US
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STOPLISTS
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CONSOLES
Builder: Unknown
Position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
Design: Traditional With Roll Top
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Features:
3 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal4 Divisions37 StopsElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop ActionCombination 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: Computerized/Digital
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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DETAILS
This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location
According to the Quimby website, "Made major repairs following failure of the overlying plaster ceiling, 1995".
Database Manager on November 27th, 2010:
Updated through online information from Connor Annable.
Database Manager on March 29th, 2007:
Updated through online information from Kevin Jones. -- The current stoplist of the organ was slightly altered by Quimby in the 1986 installation.
Database Manager on March 12th, 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:
Aeolian-Skinner Opus 969, originally built for St. Thomas' Episcopal, Whitemarsh, Pennsylvania, restored and relocated here from First Presbyterian Church, Tallahassee, Florida.
Webpage Links: St. Paul's Episcopal Church - Staten Island, NY [NYC Organ Project web site]
Related Instrument Entries: Unknown Builder (1964) , Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co. (Opus 969, 1937)
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