Pipe Organ Database

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Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co. (Opus 1392, 1962)

Location:

Broadway Baptist Church
4000 Brownsboro Road
Louisville, KY 40207 US
Organ ID: 27320

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Baptist Churches
  • The organ has been renovated with changes from its original state.
  • The organ's condition is good, in regular use.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: EP pitman
  • 33 ranks. 1,909 pipes. 4 divisions. 3 manuals. 23 stops. 34 registers.
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.
Main:
  • Manuals: 3
  • Divisions: 4
  • Stops: 23
  • Registers: 34
  • Position: Console in fixed position, center.
  • 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.
  • Combination Action: Remote pneumatic/mechanical capture system.
  • Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals, AGO standard placement.
  • Pedalboard Type: Concave radiating pedalboard meeting AGO Standards.
  • Has Crescendo Pedal
  • Has Tutti Reversible Thumb Pistons
  • Has Tutti Reversible Toe Pistons
  • Has Combination Action Thumb Pistons
  • Has Combination Action Toe Pistons
  • Has Coupler Reversible Thumb Pistons
  • Has Coupler Reversible Toe Pistons
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Database Manager on November 10, 2012:

Updated through online information from robert gammon.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on October 24, 2012:

Updated through online information from robert gammon. -- Renovations by the Miller Organ Pipe Comapny to be completed by the end of October 2012

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on June 28, 2008:

Updated 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:
Dedication recital played by John Huston on September 19, 1962; enlarged by ten ranks in 1966, #1392-A; extant; new console added by James Miller,

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on August 03, 2007:

Identified through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Ten prepared for ranks for added as Op. 1392-A; the console was not replaced, but was renovated.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
From Allen Kinzey: Open In New Tab Typed stoplist
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

Instrument Images:

Sanctuary Interior, Chancel, and Chamber Grillework: Photograph by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 2007-07-09