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FINGER PISTONS: General 1-4, Solo 1-6, Swell 1-8, Great 1-6, Choir 1-5, Set [blank], Cancel; TOE STUDS: Pedal 1-6, 4 unidentified toe levers; COMB. COUPLER PISTONS: Ped. to Man. On/Off [Solo], Ped. to Man. On/Off [Swell], Ped. to Man. On/Off [Great], Ped. to Man. On/Off [Choir]; PEDAL MOVEMENTS: Solo/Echo Expression (balanced), Great/Choir Expression (balanced), Swell Expression (balanced), Crescendo (balanced). Stoplist verified against console photos.

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Builder: Skinner Organ Co.
Position: Unknown
Design: Traditional With Roll Top
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Features:
4 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal6 Divisions40 Stops51 RegistersElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop ActionCrescendoCombination Thumb Piston(s)Combination Toe Piston(s)Coupler Toe 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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This instrument is: ExtantandPlayable in this location

Database Manager on August 19th, 2019:

Merged with Hyde Park Congregational in 1930 to become the United Church of Hyde Park, using the Hyde Park Presbyterian facilities.


Database Manager on March 19th, 2010:

Updated through online information from Martin Hill. -- Mostly playable, but has suffered some water damage in solo and pedal.


Database Manager on January 19th, 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.


Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:

Status Note: There 1999


Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:

Replaced an 1890 Hook & Hastings, Op. 1442, which was sold by La Marche of Chicago to a Tucson, AZ church.

Webpage Links: Opus 443: First Presbyterian Church of Hyde Park

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