J. Allen Farmer, Inc.
1995

Originally Skinner Organ Co. (Opus 248, 1916)

Biltmore Estate

Dining Room

One Approach Road
Asheville, NC, US

16 Ranks - 901 Pipes
Instrument ID: 9768 ● Builder ID: 3082 ● Location ID: 8986
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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:
2 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal16 Stops31 RegistersElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop Action✓ Combination Thumb Piston(s)

Stop Layout: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination Action: Unknown
Control System: Unknown or N/A

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Exhibited in the 2001 OHS convention(s)
This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location

Database Manager on February 3rd, 2012:
Updated through online information from Stephen Hall. -- The elaborate case sketched by Richard Morris Hunt was never constructed, the Pedal 16 Open Metal Diapason is arranged as three unencased towers with four flats behind them. There is some elegant cabinetry below the pipes but no case work around the pipes.

Database Manager on August 20th, 2008:
Updated through online information from James R. Stettner.

Database Manager on December 22nd, 2005:
Updated through information adapted from <i>E. M. Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner Opus List</i>, by Sand Lawn and Allen Kinzey (Organ Historical Society, 1997), and included here through the kind permission of Sand Lawn: <br><i>Restoration and relocation of E. M. Skinner Opus 248 (1916).</i>

Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
The original builder was Skinner Organ Co. (Opus 248, 1916).

Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
Status Note: There 2001

Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
Relocated from Presbyterian Church, Bedford, NY. Installed behind a case built by Hutchings in 1897, with no organ behind it. No mechanical alteration, but reconfigured for the space. Façade pipes made to speak. Console roll player.

Related Instrument Entries: Ernest M. Skinner Company (Opus 248, 1957) , Ernest M. Skinner Company (Opus 248, 1916)

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