Better Pipe Organ Database

Ernest M. Skinner Company Opus 130 (1905)

Park Church, Congregational
208 West Gray Street
Elmira, NY

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)

Images

Unknown - Building exterior (Photograph by AS Archives, submitted by John Roper/John Roper)

Unknown - Church Exterior (Vintage Postcard, courtesy of T. Bradford Willis, DDS (1910)/Database Manager)

Unknown - Chancel and Pipe Facade ((1922) Photograph courtesy of Park Church; image submitted by Jim Lewis/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

4 manuals
24 stops
53 registers
5 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes

Notes

2005-11-19 - 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: Designed by Robert Hope-Jones; gone; replaced by 3/44 Schantz, #1156 in 1974. -Database Manager

2011-05-09 - Updated through online information from Kip Said. -- This organ was built by E. M. Skinner under the direction of, and designed by Robert Hope-Jones whose company's factory was in Elmira, NY before it folded and he went to work for Wurlitzer. The Skinner-Hope-Jones organ was rebuilt in 1961 by the Cannarsa Organ Company. The Cannarsa rebuild continued in service until it was replaced by a new instrument built by the Schantz Organ Company which was installed in 1974. The chimes of the Schantz are from the Skinner - Hope-Jones. -Database Manager

Stoplist

From Allen Kinzey Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Elmira, New York
Park Church, Congregational

Skinner Organ Company   Opus 130   1905         3 manuals, 24 stops, 27 ranks
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        GREAT ORGAN                             ORCHESTRAL ORGAN
    16' Contra Tibia Clausa   61            16' Contre Viole          SW
     8' Diapason              61             8' Tibia Plena           SO
     8' Violin Diapason       61             8' Lieblich Gedackt      SW
     8' Tibia Plena           SO             8' Viole d'Orchestre     SW
     8' Concert Flute         61             8' Viole Celeste         SW
     8' Muted Viole           61             8' Aeoline               SW
     4' Octave                61             8' Unda Maris            SW
     4' Harmonic Flute        61             4' Flauto Traverso       SW
    16' Ophicleide            SO                Echo Mixture III-IV   SW
     8' Harmonic Tuba         SO             8' Orchestral Oboe       73
     4' Harmonic Clarion      SO             8' Clarinet              SW
                                             8' Vox Humana            73
        SWELL ORGAN                             Tremulant
    16' Contre Viole          73
     8' Diapason Phonon       73                SOLO ORGAN
     8' Tibia Plena           SO             8' Tibia Plena           61
     8' Quintadena            73            16' Ophicleide            12
     8' Lieblich Gedackt      73             8' Harmonid Tuba         61
     8' Viole d'Orchestre     73             4' Harmonic Clarion      12
     8' Viole Celeste         73
     8' Aeoline               73                PEDAL ORGAN
     8' Unda Maris (TC)       61            32' Tibia Profundissima   12 a
     4' Flauto Traverso       73            32' Resultant Bass        --
        Echo Mixture III-IV  219            16' Tibia Profunda        32
     8' Harmonic Tromba       73            16' Violone Diapason      12 GT
     8' Harmonic Tuba         73            16' Bourdon               GT
     8' Cor Anglais           73            16' Contre Viole          SW
     8' Clarinet              73             8' Tibia Plena           SO
        Tremulant                            8' Flute                 GT
                                            16' Ophicleide            SO
                                             8' Harmonic Tuba         SO
                                             4' Harmonic Clarion      SO

                                             a  two pressures


[Received from Steven E. Lawson  2014-10-30]

Documents

Write-up from THE AMERICAN ORGANIST July 1936, p.2 Stoplist and commentary -Jeff Scofield
Write-up from THE AMERICAN ORGANIST July 1936, p.1 Commentary and description -Jeff Scofield

Websites

Opus 130: Park Church, Congregational - (Aeolian-Skinner Archives website) Stoplist (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)