Pipe Organ Database

Skinner Organ Co. (Opus 434, 1923)

Location:

Town Hall
123 West 43rd Street
New York City: Manhattan, NY 10036 US
Organ ID: 22858

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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 May 13, 2018.

Technical Details:

Chests: EP pitman
46 ranks. 2,865 pipes. 5 divisions. 4 manuals. 39 stops. 48 registers.

Divisions

All:

Chest Type(s): EP pitman chests
Position: In side chambers at the front of the room. No visible pipes.

We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.

Consoles

Main:

Manuals: 4
Divisions: 5
Stops: 39
Registers: 48
Position: Movable console.
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 Thumb Piston(s)
Has Combination Action Thumb Piston(s)

We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.

Notes

Database Manager on December 02, 2019:

The organ was moved in 1960 by Lewis & Hitchcock to the Takoma Park Seventh-day Adventist Church, Takoma Park, Maryland.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on December 03, 2019.

Database Manager on January 18, 2006:

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:
Complete overhaul under G. Donald Harrison's direction in 1935, #3-5364; later dispersed.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

Stoplists

Source not recorded: Open In New Tab Stoplist from The American Organist, July 1924
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.