Skinner Organ Co.
1929

Originally Hilborne L. Roosevelt (Opus 150, 1885)

First Baptist Church in America

75 N. Main Street
Providence, RI, US

49 Ranks - 2,843 Pipes

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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:

3 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal80 StopsElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop Action✓ Crescendo✓ 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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This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location

Database Manager on February 15th, 2008:

Updated through online information from Milovan Popovic. -- Skinner rebuilt by Wicks as Opus 3801 in 1958, new windchests and console, reusing pipes from previous instruments. Rebuilt by Foley-Baker, Inc. in 2000 with additions. Tonally modified and revoiced by Stephan J. Drexler, 2000. Trompette Harmonique replaced by Foley-Baker, Inc., 2007.

Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:

Originally 1853 E. & G. G. Hook Op. 11(3-30reg.)(Hook case remains). Rebuilt by Hilborne Roosevelt in 1884. [Charitable Baptist Society, Providence, R. I. is on the Roosevelt list with Op. 150, 1885, 3-30.] Then enlarged and rebuilt by Skinner 1929. [Not on Kinzey & Lawn Skinner List.] Choir and console by Wicks in 1957. [On Wicks list as Op. 3801, 3-31, May 1957, First Baptist Meeting House, Providence, RI.]

Related Instrument Entries: E. & G. G. Hook (Opus 11, 1833) , Foley-Baker Inc. (2000)