Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co.
Opus 1346, 1959
Epworth Methodist Church
124 W. Freemason St.
Norfolk, VA, US
52 Ranks - 3,041 Pipes
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CONSOLES
Builder: Unknown
Position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
Design: Traditional With Roll Top
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Features:
3 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal4 Divisions39 Stops50 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: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination Action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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DETAILS
This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location
The church has closed; the last service was held January 5, 2025.
Database Manager on November 11th, 2011:
Updated through online information from Gordon Auchincloss. -- Nov 10, 2011: In reasonable condition for 54 years; begins to show age signs of brown gusset leather drying and occasional pouch failure, but still in regular use.
Database Manager on June 28th, 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:
Reusing seventeen ranks from previous Hall rebuild of 1894 three manual Hook & Hastings, #1633; dedication recital played by Frederick Swann on December 27, 1959; extant.
Webpage Links: Opus 1346: Epworth Methodist Church
Related Instrument Entries: Hall Organ Co. (1922) , Hook & Hastings (Opus 1633, 1894)
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