Rebuilt w/ additions byQuimby Pipe Organs, Inc.
1990

Originally Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co. (Opus 1255, 1953)

First Presbyterian Church

300 West Wayne Street
Fort Wayne, IN, US

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STOPLISTS

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Zimbelstern (toe) all swells to swell (rocker Tablet) manual transfer l-ll (rocker tablet) reeds off (thumb) 32-16 off (thumb) Mix's off (thumb) SFZ reversables (thumb & toe)

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CONSOLES

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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 PedalElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop ActionSequencerCombination Thumb Piston(s)Combination Toe 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

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This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location

Database Manager on April 16th, 2015:

Updated through online information from Stephen Hall. -- Quimby replaced the original three manual console with a new four manual, replaced the relay system, and releathered the chests. John Hendrickson made tonal revisions as part of the project. (source: Church Website, accessed April 2015)

Database Manager on June 11th, 2008:

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:
Tonal changes by Michael Quimby and John Hendrikson to esixting Aeolian-Skinner organ, with new four manual David Harris console; console relocated to St. Matthew's RC, Central Falls, RI.

Webpage Links: First Presbyterian Church of Fort Wayne Music

Related Instrument Entries: Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co. (Opus 1255-B, 1958) , Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co. (Opus 1255-A, 1956) , Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co. (Opus 1255, 1953) , Estey Organ Co. (Opus 2329, 1925)

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