Skinner Organ Co.
Opus 722, 1928
Originally Hutchings-Votey Organ Co. (Opus 1469, 1902)
Yale University - Woolsey Hall
500 College Street
New Haven, CT, US
197 Ranks - 12,641 Pipes
Instrument ID: 7108 ● Builder ID: 7374 ● Location ID: 6734
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Builder: Unknown
Position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
Design: Traditional With Roll Top
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Features:
4 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal7 Divisions142 Stops171 RegistersElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop Action✓ Combination 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: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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Database Manager on May 26th, 2018:
The work of reconstructing the organ was completed during the summer of 1929. The inaugural recital was given by Professor Harry Benjamin Jepson on December 6, 1929. Jepson's program was:<br> <br> Franck, Grand Pièce Symphonique, Op. 17<br> Jepson, Nocturne from the Third Sonata<br> Bach, Passacaglia and Fugue<br> Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Choral Prelude, "Have mercy Lord, my sin forgive"<br> Vierne, Temp di scherzo ma non troppo vivo from the Fifth Organ Symphony, Op. 47<br> Howells, Psalm Prelude, Op. 32, No. 3<br> Dupré, Suite Bretonne, Op. 21<br> Â Â Â Â Â Â II. The Spinner<br> Borodin, Two Transciptions<br> Â Â Â Â Â Â At the Convent<br> Â Â Â Â Â Â Revery<br> Widor, Finale from the Seventh Organ Symphony, Op. 42<br>
The work of reconstructing the organ was completed during the summer of 1929. The inaugural recital was given by Professor Harry Benjamin Jepson on December 6, 1929. Jepson's program was:<br> <br> Franck, Grand Pièce Symphonique, Op. 17<br> Jepson, Nocturne from the Third Sonata<br> Bach, Passacaglia and Fugue<br> Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Choral Prelude, "Have mercy Lord, my sin forgive"<br> Vierne, Temp di scherzo ma non troppo vivo from the Fifth Organ Symphony, Op. 47<br> Howells, Psalm Prelude, Op. 32, No. 3<br> Dupré, Suite Bretonne, Op. 21<br> Â Â Â Â Â Â II. The Spinner<br> Borodin, Two Transciptions<br> Â Â Â Â Â Â At the Convent<br> Â Â Â Â Â Â Revery<br> Widor, Finale from the Seventh Organ Symphony, Op. 42<br>
Database Manager on February 5th, 2013:
Updated through online information from Bob Meister (OHS member).
Database Manager on July 15th, 2009:
Updated through online information from James R. Stettner.
Database Manager on May 8th, 2006:
Updated through information adapted from <i>E. M. Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner Opus List</i>, by Sand Lawn and Allen Kinzey (Organ Historical Society, 1997), and included here through the kind permission of Sand Lawn: <br><i>Rebuild of 1902 Hutchings-Votey/1915 J. W. Steere, #682; (42 registers by H-V; 24 registers by Steere; 60 registers by Skinner; 11 registers part Skinner, part H-V; 4 rg part Skinner, part Steere) ; dedication recital by Harry Jepson, December 6, 1929; additional work added two planned for reeds in 1931 piggybacked on contract of 1852; lst Orchestral Trombone re-installed by A. ThompsonAllen in 1994; extant; unaltered.</i>
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
Status Note: There 1994.
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
Incorporates parts of Hutchings-Votey Op. 1469 (1902) and J.W. Steere & Son Op. 682 (1915).
Webpage Links: Opus 722: Yale University - Woolsey Hall , Newberry Organ, Woolsey Hall
Related Instrument Entries: J. W. Steere & Sons (1915) , Hutchings-Votey Organ Co. (1902)
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