Skinner Organ Co. (Opus 707, 1928)

Location:

Grace Church (Episcopal)
802 Broadway at 10th Street
New York City: Manhattan, NY 10003 US
Organ ID: 23467

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Episcopal and Anglican Churches
  • The organ is no longer a complete instrument; dispersed/parted out.
  • 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: Information unknown or not applicable
  • 48 ranks. 3,218 pipes. 5 divisions. 4 manuals. 60 stops. 40 registers.
All:
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Main:
  • Manuals: 4
  • Divisions: 5
  • Stops: 60
  • Registers: 40
  • Manual Compass: 61
  • Pedal Compass: 32
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Database Manager on January 18, 2011:

Updated through on-line information from Connor Annable.

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

Database Manager on May 08, 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:
Gallery Organ and console to play entire organ replacing #'s 152, 153, & 161; Chancel organ (see #201) repitched, 1928, #707-A; replaced by 3/101 Schlicker in 1962; Gallery organ and some ranks of the Chancel organ are extant in Covenant Presbyterian, Albany, Georgia; six ranks used as Echo division built by Mark Stewart for First United Methodist, Swainsboro, Georgia in 1993.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Stoplist from NYC AGO NYC Organ Project and Aeolian-Skinner Archives: Open In New Tab
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Database Manager on November 28, 2019.

Instrument Images:

Console: Photograph by Patrick Allen via Steven E. Lawson. Taken on 2002-09-09

Console: Photograph by Patrick Allen via Steven E. Lawson. Taken on 2002-09-09

Left Stopjamb: Photograph by Patrick Allen via Steven E. Lawson. Taken on 2002-09-09

Right Stopjamb: Photograph by Patrick Allen via Steven E. Lawson. Taken on 2002-09-09

Ernest Mitchell at 1928 console: Photograph courtesy of Patrick Allen via Steven E. Lawson. Taken on 1928-09-09

Console : Photograph by William T. Van Pelt, submitted by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 2014-12-17

Console front view: Photograph by William T. Van Pelt, submitted by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 2014-03-17

Console left side: Photograph by William T. Van Pelt, submitted by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 2014-03-17

Console right side: Photograph by William T. Van Pelt, submitted by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 2014-03-17

Toe stud terrace and swell shoes: Photograph by William T. Van Pelt, submitted by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 2014-03-17

Expression Controls: Photograph by William T. Van Pelt, submitted by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 2014-03-17

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