Pipe Organ Database

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Skinner Organ Co. (Opus 651, 1927)

Location:

St. Bartholomew Church, Episcopal
325 Park Avenue at 51st Street
New York City: Manhattan, NY 10022 US
Organ ID: 23347

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Episcopal and Anglican Churches
  • The organ has been altered from its original state.
  • The organ's condition is unknown.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Jeff Scofield on January 24, 2023.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Information unknown or not applicable
  • 126 ranks. 9 divisions. 5 manuals. 113 stops. 117 registers.
All:
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Main:
  • Manuals: 5
  • Divisions: 9
  • Stops: 113
  • Registers: 117
  • Position: Console in fixed position, right.
  • 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.
  • Pedalboard Type: Concave radiating pedalboard meeting AGO Standards.
We received the most recent update for this console from Jeff Scofield on January 24, 2023.
Database Manager on May 07, 2017:

This contract was for tonal revisions and the addition of a fifth manual to the console (Op. 275) in preparation for the addition of a Dome division (Op. 832 in 1930).

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on April 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:
Tonal revisions and fifth manual added to console of Opus 275 in preparation for addition of Dome division. [See #275 and #832]

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Write-up from THE DIAPASON August 1927: Open In New Tab Stoplist and commentary
We received the most recent update for this document from Jeff Scofield on January 24, 2023.

Instrument Images:

1917 console with fifth manual added: Photograph via Steven E. Lawson. Taken on 1927-11-11

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