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Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co. (Opus 1519, 1971)

Location:

Residence: Bess Heironymus
San Antonio, TX US
Organ ID: 5332

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Private Residences
  • The organ has been relocated.
  • The organ's condition is unknown.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Jim Stettner on June 19, 2022.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Slider
  • 7 ranks. 369 pipes. 3 divisions. 2 manuals. 7 stops. 7 registers.
Manual I:
  • Chest Type(s): Slider chests
  • Position: In a case at the front of the room.
  • Built by Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co.
We received the most recent update for this division from Jim Stettner on June 19, 2022.

Manual II:
  • Chest Type(s): Slider chests
  • Position: In a case at the front of the room.
  • Built by Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co.
We received the most recent update for this division from Jim Stettner on June 19, 2022.

Pedal:
  • Chest Type(s): Slider chests
  • Position: In a case at the front of the room.
  • Built by Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co.
We received the most recent update for this division from Jim Stettner on June 19, 2022.
Main:
  • Built by Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co.
  • Manuals: 2
  • Divisions: 3
  • Stops: 7
  • Registers: 7
  • Position: Keydesk attached.
  • Manual Compass: 61
  • Pedal Compass: 32
  • Key Action: Mechanical connection from key to chest (tracker, sticker or mix).
  • Stop Action: Mechanical connection between stop control and chest.
  • Console Style: Traditional style without cover.
  • Stop Controls: Drawknobs in vertical rows on flat jambs.
  • Combination Action: No combination action.
  • Swell Control Type: No enclosed divisions.
  • Pedalboard Type: Concave radiating pedalboard meeting AGO Standards.
  • Has Hitchdown Couplers
We received the most recent update for this console from Jim Stettner on June 19, 2022.
Jim Stettner on June 19, 2022:

When Bess Heironymus passed-away in 2008, she gave the organ to Dr. N. Seth Nelson also of San Antonio.

We received the most recent update for this note from Jim Stettner on June 19, 2022.
Database Manager on October 30, 2004:

Originally a Sipe contract. Built by Laukhuff.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Stoplist via Allen Kinzey copied from shop notes: Open In New Tab
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Jim Stettner on June 19, 2022.

Instrument Images:

Aeolian-Skinner instrument blueprints: Photograph by Dr. N. Seth Nelson, submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken on 2022-06-07

Organ case and keydesk: Photograph by Dr. N. Seth Nelson, submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken approx. ca. 2008

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