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Skinner Organ Co. (Opus 783, 1929)

Location:

Residence: B.D. Phillips - 'Elm Court'
Butler, PA 16001 US
Organ ID: 23565

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Private Residences
  • The organ has been restored to a previous state.
  • 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
  • 15 ranks. 975 pipes. 2 manuals. 12 stops. 44 registers.
All:
  • Chest Type(s): EP pitman chests
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Main:
  • Manuals: 2
  • Stops: 12
  • Registers: 44
  • Manual Compass: 61
  • Pedal Compass: 32
  • Key Action: Electrical connection from key to chest.
  • Stop Action: Electric connection between stop control and chest.
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Database Manager on May 16, 2013:

Updated through online information from Jim Thompson.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on May 10, 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:
With player attachment; ceiling installation; extant; restoration by A. Thompson-Allen Co. in 1990.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Source not recorded: Open In New Tab From Allen Kinzey via <i>The Aeolian-Skinner Archives</i>
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

Instrument Images:

Console: Photograph by A. Thompson-Allen. Taken approx. 1990

Console back: Photograph by A. Thompson-Allen. Taken approx. 1990

Room: Photograph by A. Thompson-Allen. Taken approx. 1990

Building: Photograph by A. Thompson-Allen. Taken approx. 1990

Building: Photograph by A. Thompson-Allen. Taken approx. 1990

Pipework: Photograph by A. Thompson-Allen. Taken approx. 1990

Pipework: Photograph by A. Thompson-Allen. Taken approx. 1990

Pipework: Photograph by A. Thompson-Allen. Taken approx. 1990

Pipework: Photograph by A. Thompson-Allen. Taken approx. 1990

Pipework: harp: Photograph by A. Thompson-Allen. Taken approx. 1990

Pipework: Photograph by A. Thompson-Allen. Taken approx. 1990

Pipework: Photograph by A. Thompson-Allen. Taken approx. 1990

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