Skinner Organ Co.
Opus 656, 1927

Princeton University

Chapel

Princeton, NJ, US

99 Ranks - 6,249 Pipes
Instrument ID: 410 ● Builder ID: 7374 ● Location ID: 404
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4 Manuals 100 Stops78 RegistersElectrical Key Action

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Database Manager on April 18th, 2006:

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:
G. Donald Harrison was largely responsible for scaling and voicing, especially chorus work, and took part in tonal finishing; installation of remote combination action, #656-A in 1928; Ralph Downes shifted some ranks ca. 1935; work on Swell chorus reeds and French Trumpet in 1948, #A-561; pipe substitution in Great, Positiv, Brustwerk, Pedal Mixture with Choir and Solo shades removed ca. 1952, also #656-A; Antiphonal added in 1954, #656-B; tonal changes in 1956-57 and 1968; Flentrop reeds added to Brustwerk, date unknown; replaced by N.P.Mander in 1991 reusing much original pipework on slider chests.


Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:

G. Donald Harrison. Rebuilt 1954-56 by Aeolian-Skinner; Rebuilt 1991 by N. P. Mander using much A-S pipework on slider chests.

Webpage Links: Opus 656: Princeton University - Chapel

Related Instrument Entries: Flentrop Orgelbouw , Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co. (Opus 656-B, 1954) , Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co. (Opus A-561, 1948) , Ralph Downes (1935) , Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co. (Opus 656-A, 1952) , N. P. Mander (1991)

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