Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co.
Opus 940, 1936
Originally Hutchings, Plaisted & Co. (1883)
Church of the Advent, Episcopal
30 Brimmer Street, Beacon Hill
Boston, MA, US
77 Ranks - 4,473 Pipes
Instrument ID: 7398 ● Builder ID: 52 ● Location ID: 7007
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CONSOLES
Builder: Unknown
Position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
Design: Traditional With Roll Top
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Features:
3 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal5 Divisions60 StopsElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop Action✓ Sequencer✓ 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: Computerized/Digital
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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DETAILS
This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location
Tonal changes by Aeolian-Skinner as Op. 940-A, 1964.
Database Manager on August 2nd, 2012:
Updated through online information from Jonathan Ambrosino. -- In their 1936 instrument, Aeolian-Skinner re-employed the following elements and pipes of the 1883 Hutchings-Plaisted organ: 1. Chancel- and transept-facing façades were retained without alteration. 2. CCC-DD# of the Pedal Violone were retained as the bass of the present Great 16 Diapason. 3. CC-AA of the Great Open Diapason were retained as the bass of the present Great 8 Principal. 4. FFFF-BBBB of the present 32 Sub Bass were made from pipes of the original Pedal 16 Diapason.
Database Manager on February 10th, 2007:
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:
Retained 1881 Hutchings, Plaisted & Co., #107 case. in 1964 as #940-A.
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
G. Donald Harrison. Used the façade and 7 wood pipes from its predecessor, an 1887 Hutchings-Plaisted, Op. 107. Restoration work on console by Nelson Barden c. 2000.
Webpage Links: Opus 940: Church of the Advent , Church of the Advent , Church of the Advent
Related Instrument Entries: Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co. (Opus 940-A, 1964) , Hinners Organ Company (1923) , Unknown Builder (1968) , Nelson Barden (& Associates) (1978 ff.) , Hutchings, Plaisted & Co. (Opus 107, 1883)
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