Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co.
1954
Church of the Advent, Episcopal
104 W. Elizabeth Street
Brownsville, TX, US
23 Ranks - 1,494 Pipes
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CONSOLES
Builder: Unknown
Position: Unknown
Design: Unknown
Pedalboard Type: Unknown
Features:
3 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal20 Stops27 RegistersElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop Action✓ Crescendo✓ Combination Thumb Piston(s)✓ Combination Toe Piston(s)✓ Coupler Thumb Piston(s)✓ Coupler Toe Piston(s)✓ Sforzando Thumb Piston(s)✓ Sforzando Toe Piston(s)Stop Layout: Unknown
Expression Type: Unknown
Combination Action: Unknown
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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DETAILS
This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location
Updated by David Miron, who maintains the organ. The 4\'reed is labeled on both pipes and console as Hautbois, not Fagotto.
Database Manager on March 16th, 2019:
Updated by David Miron, who maintains the organ.
This is a Whiteford-signature instrument, the dedication program was played by Virgil Fox.
Almost all the leather is in need of replacement as of 3/1/2019. The organ is playable with dead notes in many registers. restoration is proceeding as funds become available.
Database Manager on December 28th, 2017:
Updated by T. Bradford Willis, DDS, listing this website as a source of information: https://adventbrownsville.org/.
Database Manager on June 23rd, 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:
Extant.
Webpage Links: Opus 1288: Church of the Advent, Episcopal
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