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Quimby Pipe Organs, Inc. (1990)

Originally Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co. (Opus 1255, 1954)

Location:

First Presbyterian Church
Fort Wayne, IN US
Organ ID: 35454

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Presbyterian Churches
  • The organ has been altered 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: Information unknown or not applicable
  • 77 ranks. 4 manuals.
All:
  • Position: Pipes exposed (in whole or in part) in a gallery at the rear of the room.
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Main:
  • Manuals: 4
  • 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: Computerized/Digital system.
  • Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals, AGO standard placement.
  • Pedalboard Type: Concave radiating pedalboard meeting AGO Standards.
  • Has Tutti Reversible Thumb Pistons
  • Has Tutti Reversible Toe Pistons
  • Has Combination Action Thumb Pistons
  • Has Combination Action Toe Pistons
  • Has Coupler Reversible Toe Pistons
  • Has a Piston Sequencer
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Database Manager on April 16, 2015:

Updated through online information from Stephen Hall. -- Quimby replaced the original three manual console with a new four manual, replaced the relay system, and releathered the chests. John Hendrickson made tonal revisions as part of the project. (source: Church Website, accessed April 2015)

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on June 11, 2008:

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 changes by Michael Quimby and John Hendrikson to esixting Aeolian-Skinner organ, with new four manual David Harris console; console relocated to St. Matthew's RC, Central Falls, RI.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
  • First Presbyterian Church of Fort Wayne Music - Updated link to revised church website. By scrolling down on the church's Music page, narrative information about the church's sanctuary and chapel organs. Below the narrative is a link to a pdf with the stoplists for each instrument

Instrument Images:

Exposed pipes and console in rear gallery: Photograph by First Presbyterian Church, Fort Wayne. Taken on 2016-05-05

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