Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co.
Opus 872, 1933
Girard College
Chapel
2101 South College Avenue
Philadelphia, PA, US
106 Ranks - 6,829 Pipes
Instrument ID: 9021 ● Builder ID: 52 ● Location ID: 8376
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CONSOLES
Builder: Austin Organs, Inc.
Position: Console on Lift
Design: Traditional With Roll Top
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Features:
4 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal6 Divisions80 Stops100 RegistersElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop Action✓ Crescendo✓ 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: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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DETAILS
Exhibited in the 1996, 2016 OHS convention(s)
This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location
Updated through online information from Gregg Patruno.
Database Manager on June 16th, 2012:
Updated through online information from Gregg Patruno.
Database Manager on February 27th, 2012:
Updated through online information from Julien Girard.
Database Manager on February 16th, 2011:
Updated through online information from Doug Backman.
Database Manager on March 10th, 2009:
Updated through information posted to PIPORG-L March 9, 2008 by Nathan Smith: -- "I had the honor of tuning the pipes of the Girard instrument for the last five years up until I relocated to NY last fall.
Although there are modifications to the voicing and missing/replaced mixture ranks in places, the vast majority of the organ is more-or-less there. The Solo Tubas have been goosed and "Frenchified", there are two ranks that have been simply swapped around, and several soft ranks that have been ruined at some point, their beards plucked and/or mouths cut-up with what could only have been fingernail clippers. It is also reasonable to assume the reports of the 32' Bombarde having been loudened as it is a real rip-snorter; pretty out of character for a Wood-bassed rank of its kind. The poor Tuba Mirabilis still sports the hooks and supports that were soldered all over it to hang it upside-down, though it now rests on its side grazing the chamber ceiling opening. Most of the conical reeds were fitted with slides that have a habit of falling down, ... .
The organ chambers and surrounding attic are probably one of the coolest organ-spaces on earth."
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
Status Note: There 1996
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
Tonal changes Burger & Schafer in 1972; some changes reversed 1986; Austin console in 1986. Restoration work by A. Thompson-Allen in 1991.
Webpage Links: Girard College Organ [DTR web site] , The Legacy Series , Opus 872: Girard College
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