Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co.
Opus 911, 1933
Amherst College
Johnson Chapel
Amherst, MA, US
54 Ranks - 3,437 Pipes
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CONSOLES
Builder: Unknown
Position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
Design: Traditional With Roll Top
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Details Unknown)
Features:
3 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal45 Stops52 RegistersElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop ActionCombination 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 (Details Unknown)
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
Updated through online information from Bill Czelusniak. -- The console position listed is correct; and, it / the player faces a facade of pipework, all of which is mute and decorative only, and is mounted against (the inside of) an outside wall of the building. The Great is NOT there. The ENTIRE organ is an ATTIC installation - the Great and Pedal are above the console and speak downwards (if that is possible!) through open grillework in that ceiling. The Choir division is to the left and the large Swell division to the right, which speak both through side grilles in the choir area, and into and down through the Great/Pedal chamber and grille. In case this description sounds questionable, let me inform that the tonal egress of this instrument is highly challenged, at best. In the chambers, this organ is spectacular, the well-considered work of a master; and, it remains wholly unaltered (as well as unrestored) since 1933.
Database Manager on February 27th, 2008:
Updated through online information from Alex Speir. -- Experienced slight water damage in the past; two side chambers in the chancel hold the pipes which speak through screens in the upper walls; great faces the congregation; tutti function inoperable but crescendo pedal achieves the same function.
Database Manager on November 17th, 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:
Extant; unaltered; ceiling installation.
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
Status Note: There 1996.
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
Ceiling installation.
Webpage Links: Opus 911: Amherst College, Johnson Chapel
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