Pipe Organ Database

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The Ernest M. Skinner Co. (Opus 270, 1917)

Location:

Carnegie Music Hall
Pittsburgh, PA US
Organ ID: 22358

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Auditoriums and Concert Halls
  • The organ has been rebuilt or substantially revised.
  • The organ's condition is unknown.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Database Manager on July 19, 2018.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: EP pitman
  • 108 ranks. 7,324 pipes. 4 manuals. 87 stops. 106 registers.
All:
  • Chest Type(s): EP pitman chests
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on July 19, 2018.
Main:
  • Manuals: 4
  • Stops: 87
  • Registers: 106
  • Manual Compass: 61
  • Pedal Compass: 32
  • Key Action: Electrical connection from key to chest.
  • Stop Action: Electric connection between stop control and chest.
  • Console Style: Traditional style with roll top.
  • Stop Controls: Drawknobs in vertical rows on angled jambs.
  • Has Crescendo Pedal
  • Has Tutti Reversible Toe Piston(s)
  • Has Combination Action Thumb Piston(s)
  • Has Combination Action Toe Piston(s)
  • Has Coupler Reversible Thumb Piston(s)
  • Has Coupler Reversible Toe Piston(s)
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on July 19, 2018.
Database Manager on December 23, 2005:

Identified 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:
Replaced #180, retaining ca. 30 ranks. [see #907]

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
from <i>The American Organist</i>, October 1918: Open In New Tab Typed stoplist
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Database Manager on December 18, 2018.

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