Pipe Organ Database

Skinner Organ Co. (Opus 722, 1928)

Originally Hutchings-Votey Organ Co. (Opus 1469, 1902)

Location:

Yale University - Woolsey Hall
500 College Street
New Haven, CT 06511 US
Organ ID: 7117

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Status and Condition:

This instrument's location type is: Colleges and Universities
The organ is unaltered from its original state.
The organ's condition is unknown.

We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Paul R. Marchesano on February 06, 2022.

Technical Details:

Chests: EP pitman
197 ranks. 12,641 pipes. 7 divisions. 4 manuals. 142 stops. 171 registers.

Divisions

All:

Chest Type(s): EP pitman chests
Position: In center chambers at the front of the room. Facade pipes or case front visible.

We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 26, 2018.

Consoles

Main:

Manuals: 4
Divisions: 7
Stops: 142
Registers: 171
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: 'Hold and Set' pneumatic/mechanical 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

We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 26, 2018.

Notes

Database Manager on May 26, 2018:

The work of reconstructing the organ was completed during the summer of 1929. The inaugural recital was given by Professor Harry Benjamin Jepson on December 6, 1929. Jepson's program was:

Franck, Grand Pièce Symphonique, Op. 17

Jepson, Nocturne from the Third Sonata

Bach, Passacaglia and Fugue

Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Choral Prelude, "Have mercy Lord, my sin forgive"

Vierne, Temp di scherzo ma non troppo vivo from the Fifth Organ Symphony, Op. 47

Howells, Psalm Prelude, Op. 32, No. 3

Dupré, Suite Bretonne, Op. 21

Â Â Â Â Â Â II. The Spinner

Borodin, Two Transciptions

Â Â Â Â Â Â At the Convent

Â Â Â Â Â Â Revery

Widor, Finale from the Seventh Organ Symphony, Op. 42

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on February 11, 2019.

Database Manager on May 07, 2018:

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on May 26, 2018.

Database Manager on February 05, 2013:

Updated through online information from Bob Meister (OHS member).