Skinner Organ Co.
Opus 322, 1920
Second Congregational Church / United Congregational Church
295 High Street
Holyoke, MA, US
70 Ranks - 4,699 Pipes
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CONSOLES
Builder: Unknown
Position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
Design: Traditional With Roll Top
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Features:
4 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal6 Divisions66 Stops84 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
Exhibited in the 2015 OHS convention(s)
This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location
Updated through online information from Nicholas Russotto. -- There are ventil-style registration aids in hitchdown fashion. When used they bring on "Reeds," "Diapasons," "Strings." There is also a hitchdown for "All Swells" and one for "Chimes on Pedal."
Database Manager on January 4th, 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:
Replaced #167; Echo organ is #322-A; dedication recital by William Churchill Hammond on June 21, 1922; extant; unaltered; restorative work by Czelusniak et Dugal from 1977 to 1992. (see # 179 for chapel organ)
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
Status Note: There 1991
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
Restored by Czelusniak et Dugal 1979. Restoration completed 1990. Reeds refurbished by David Broome, Austin Organs. [Replaced Skinner Op. 167, which was a rebuild of 1894 Hutchings Op. 327. Burned 1919.]
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Webpage Links: Opus 322: Second Congregational Church
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