Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co.
Opus 1035-A, 1947

Originally W. W. Kimball Co.

Gobin Memorial Methodist Church

307 Simpson Street
Greencastle, IN, US

Instrument ID: 31207 ● Builder ID: 52 ● Location ID: 24000
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Paul R. Marchesano on January 25th, 2023:

On December I I , 1947, Aeolian-Skinner drew a contract with the church for changes to the Kimball in the amount of $5,000. (A letter from Thompson to the Moller firm, dated August 20, 1947, indicates that he also considered this builder for the project.) Harrison again signed for the builder, and Charles C. McCurry, chairman of the board of trustees, for the church. Completion was to be by April 30, 1948. The Positiv department on 3½" wind pressure was to be as follows:
8' Cor de Nuit ("common spotted (French)," 61 pipes)
4' Prestant ("E[rnest] W[hite] 995 scale spotted," 61 pipes)
2⅔ Nazard ("Baroque spotted," 61 pipes)
2 Doublette ("Baroque spotted," 61 pipes)
1⅗ Tierce ("Baroque spotted," 61 pipes)
III Cymbale (183 pipes)

III Cymbale composition
CC-BB 29-33-36
C0- f0 26-29-33
f'0- b0 22-26-29
c1-f1 19-22-26
f'1-f2 15-19-22
f'2-b2 12-15-19
c3-c4 8-12-15
Scale 49 at 8' C (i.e., CC); ¼ mouth; ½ on 18th

The other arrangements in the paragraph above were done as Thompson wrote, except that the Positiv would couple through to the Pedal if either the Positiv to Swell or the Positiv to Great coupler was drawn. The pipes withdrawn from the Kimball organ became the property of Aeolian-Skinner. The contract and its $500 down payment were received in Boston by year's end. The final bill for opus 1035-A, which was due when the instrument was completed, was issued on April 6. On April 13 Harrison acknowledged settlement of the account. Eli Lilly wrote Thompson on May 3 that a plaque for the memorial organ would meet the approval of the family. The Lilly family had also paid for the alterations to the Kimball organ.
-- 2007 OHS Atlas


Database Manager on March 11th, 2008:

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:
Gallery organ made playable from chancel organ (Aeolian-Skinner Opus 1035 [1941]), along with additions (10 ranks) to chancel organ (1929 Kimball).


Database Manager on November 23rd, 2007:

Identified through information in the 2007 Organ Atlas. Addition of a six-stop Positiv and tonal modifications to the existing Kimball organ.

Webpage Links: Opus 1035-A: Gobin Memorial Methodist Church

Related Instrument Entries: W. W. Kimball Co. (1930) , Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co. (Opus 1035, 1943) , M. P. Möller (Opus R-592, 1957)

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