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Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co. (1955)

Christ Church, Episcopal
5 Paterson Street
New Brunswick, NJ

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2005-05-02 - Rebuild of Casavant Opus 993 (1924). Substantial revoicing and rebuilding during the 1970s and 1980s by Church Organ Company of Edison and Kenneth Wolfe of Princeton. -Database Manager

2005-05-03 - Information from "The Organs of Christ Church," brochure published by the church, 2001. -Database Manager

2008-06-28 - Updated through information adapted from <i>E. M. Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner Opus List</i>, by Sand Lawn and Allen Kinzey (Organ Historical Society, 1997), and included here through the kind permission of Sand Lawn: <br><i>Rebuild of 1923 Casavant, #993 reusing sixteen ranks; console replaced by four manual M.P. Möller; some tonal changes by Ken Wolfe.</i> -Database Manager

2019-05-10 - Updated by Mark Trautman, the builder. <br> <br>The organ was struck in a lightning storm in 1995 and sustained significant damage. It was removed in February 1998 by the Organ Clearinghouse and replaced by Richards, Fowkes & Company\'s opus 12 in 2001. -Database Manager


Stoplist

From Allen Kinzey via <i>The Aeolian-Skinner Archives</i> Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

New Brunswick, New Jersey
Christ Church, Episcopal

Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co., Inc.   Opus 1315   1955  4 manuals, 24 stops, 34 ranks
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           GREAT ORGAN                              SWELL ORGAN
       16' Quintade            61               16' Gedeckt             68
        8' Spitzprinzipal      61                8' Gedeckt             68
        8' Gedeckt             61                8' Viole de Gambe      68
        4' Octave              61                8' Viole Celeste (TC)  56
        4' Quintade            24                4' Spitzflöte          68
        2' Octavin             61                2' Octavin             61
       IV  Fourniture         244               IV  Plein Jeu          244
                                                16' Fagot               68
           CHOIR ORGAN                           8' Hautbois            68
        8' Cor de Nuit         61                4' Chalumeau           68
        8' Unda Maris II      110                   Tremulant
        4' Rohrflöte           61
       II  Zimbel             122                   PEDAL ORGAN
                                                16' Diapason            32
           SOLO ORGAN                           16' Bourdon             32
       16' Bombarde            61               16' Quintade            GT
        8' Trompette           12               16' Lieblich Gedeckt    SW
        4' Clairon             12                8' Principal           12
                                                 8' Bourdon             12
                                                 8' Quintade            GT
                                                 4' Super Octave        12
                                                 2' Phyfe (Diapason)    12
                                               III  Fourniture          96
                                               III  Cymbel              36
                                                16' Bombarde            SO
                                                 8' Trompette           SO
                                                 4' Clairon             SO

                                                 a  old Cornopean rebuilt
                                                 b  old revoiced
                                                 c  old Clarinet cut in half


[Received from Steven E. Lawson  2015-01-04]


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