Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co.
Opus 1070-A, 1947
First Presbyterian Church
140 E. Orange Street
Lancaster, PA, US
69 Ranks
Instrument ID: 8510 ● Builder ID: 52 ● Location ID: 7949
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Builder: Unknown
Position: Unknown
Design: Traditional With Roll Top
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Features:
4 Manuals (6132 Notes)6 Divisions5766 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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This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location
Database Manager on March 31st, 2014:
Updated through online information from harold ulmer. -- SDG Pipe Organs, Millersville, PA is restoring the instrument, as close as possible, to its 1947 state reversing some changes made in 1984. original combination action and switching removed in 1984; de chests on main organ being returned to ep; classic system being installed; vintage skinner tuba being added to echo division.
Updated through online information from harold ulmer. -- SDG Pipe Organs, Millersville, PA is restoring the instrument, as close as possible, to its 1947 state reversing some changes made in 1984. original combination action and switching removed in 1984; de chests on main organ being returned to ep; classic system being installed; vintage skinner tuba being added to echo division.
Database Manager on December 28th, 2007:
Updated through on-line information from Brett Miller.
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
Status Note: There 1996
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
Op. 1070 was a console for preceeding Austin Op. 418 in 1946. New organ in 1947 using that console and existing echo. G. Donald Harrison design. New console 1969. Overhauled by Grundling 1983, with combination action replaced by solid-state.
Webpage Links: Opus 1070-A: First Presbyterian Church
Related Instrument Entries: Austin Organ Co. (Opus 411, 1912 ca.) , Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co. (Opus 1070, 1946) , S.D.G. Pipe Organs (2015)
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