Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co.
Opus 1062
St. Bernard Catholic Church
311 Washington Road
Pittsburgh: Mount Lebanon, PA, US
98 Ranks
Instrument ID: 33886 ● Builder ID: 52 ● Location ID: 23219
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Builder: Unknown
Position: Unknown
Design: Traditional With Roll Top
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Features:
4 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal7 Divisions71 Stops76 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: Remote Pneumatic/Mechanical Capture
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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This instrument is: Not Extant and Not Playable in this location
Database Manager on October 21st, 2018:
World War II intervened and, when the organ was re-priced after the war, Aeolian-Skinner's price had more than doubled; plus, the organ would have been installed in six different areas of the nave; Casavant was contacted for a quote on that stoplist and came up with a much lower quote, helped in no small way by a favorable rate-of-exchange; however, Casavant proposed a more efficient installation at an even lower price for the same size organ, though with a more up-to-date tonal scheme; Casavant got the contract and built one of the most important organs of that era.
World War II intervened and, when the organ was re-priced after the war, Aeolian-Skinner's price had more than doubled; plus, the organ would have been installed in six different areas of the nave; Casavant was contacted for a quote on that stoplist and came up with a much lower quote, helped in no small way by a favorable rate-of-exchange; however, Casavant proposed a more efficient installation at an even lower price for the same size organ, though with a more up-to-date tonal scheme; Casavant got the contract and built one of the most important organs of that era.
Database Manager on March 15th, 2008:
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> Cancelled or not signed contract.</i>
Webpage Links: History of the Music Ministry of St. Bernard Church
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