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Skinner Organ Co. Opus 805 (1929)

Otterbein United Brethren / Otterbein United Methodist Church
20 E. Clay Street
Lancaster, PA

OHS convention: 2003

Images

2019-10-17 - Sanctuary interior (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

2019-10-17 - Sanctuary interior from floor (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

2019-10-17 - Sanctuary interior to rear (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

2019-10-17 - Chancel and pipe facade (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

2019-10-17 - Church exterior (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

2002-05-01 - Chancel and Pipe Facade (Photograph by William T. Van Pelt/Database Manager)

2002-05-01 - Builder's Nameplate (Photograph by William T. Van Pelt/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

3 manuals
24 stops
28 registers
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical

Notes

2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 2003. -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - "Building was formerly Otterbein United Brethren. Cost $25,000. Dedicated 1 Jun 1930 by Bishop G. D. Batdorf. Pitman stop action." -Database Manager

2005-07-06 - Console was rebuilt in 1974 by the Gundling firm of Lancaster including replacement of drawknobs with electro mechanical knobs. -Database Manager

2006-05-15 - 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: Extant; console rebuilt by Gundling in 1974. -Database Manager

2009-09-30 - Updated through on-line information from John Elwood. -Database Manager

2019-10-28 - Console renovated/updated in 2013 by C. W. Gibson Pipe Organ Specialties, Monroeville NJ. -Database Manager

2019-10-28 - The building was completed in 1926 and the contract for the donated organ was signed in 1929; the organ was dedicated in June 1930. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Typed stoplist Source: from Jonathan Bowen Date not recorded

Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Otterbien United Brethren Church

Skinner Organ Company   Opus 805   1929           3 manuals, 24 stops, 27 ranks
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           GREAT ORGAN                              SWELL ORGAN
       16' Bourdon             17 PED            8' Diapason            73
        8' First Diapason      61                8' Rohrflöte           73
        8' Second Diapason     61                8' Salicional          73
        8' Principal Flute     61       )        8' Voix Celeste        73
        4' Principal           61                8' Flute Celeste II   134
        8' Tuba                61 (in CH)        4' Octave Geigen       73
        8' French Horn         61 (in CH)      III  Mixture            183
           French Horn Tremolo                  16' Contra Oboe         12
           Chimes              EC                8' Trumpet             73
                                                 8' Vox Humana          73
           CHOIR ORGAN                              Tremolo
        8' Concert Flute       73
        8' Dulciana            73                   PEDAL ORGAN
        4' Flute d'Amore       73               16' Contra Bass         32
        8' Clarinet            73               16' Bourdon             32
           Tremolo                              16' Echo Bourdon        32
           Chimes              EC                8' Octave              12
           Celesta                               8' Gedeckt             12
                                                    Chimes              EC
           ECHO ORGAN
        8' Chimney Flute       73
        8' Viole d'Orchestre   73
           Tremolo
           Chimes


[Received from Steven E. Lawson  2017-09-29]

Websites

Opus 805: Otterbein United Brethren Church - (Aeolian-Skinner Archives website) Stoplist, photograph (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

#64414 - C. W. Gibson, Inc., Pipe Organ Specialties (2013)