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Ernest M. Skinner Company Opus 185 (1910)

Holy Communion Episcopal Church
47 West 20th Street at Sixth Avenue
New York City: Manhattan, NY

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1946-09-09 - Church interior and facade pipes (Photograph from the NYC AGO Organ Project/Database Manager)

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2005-11-29 - Identified 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> Replaced 1891 two manual Roosevelt, #493; altered in 1928; replaced by 3/39 Schantz, #1200 in 1972; church now closed.</i> -Database Manager


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Typed specification Source: Factory Specification via Larry Trupiano Date not recorded

New York City, New York
Church of the Holy Communion, Episcopal

The Ernest M. Skinner Co.   Opus 185   1910   4 manuals, 28 stops, 30 ranks
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         GREAT ORGAN                            SWELL ORGAN
     16' Bourdon (ext PD)    17             16' Bourdon             61
      8' First Diapason      61              8' Diapason            61
      8' Second Diapason     61              8' Spitz Flute         61
      8' Philomela           61              8' Gedeckt             61
      8' Soft Flute          61              8' Salicional          61
      8' Erzähler            pf              8' Voix Celestes II   122
      4' Octave              61              4' Flute               61
      4' Flute               61              2' Flautino            61
         Mixture III         pf                 Mixture IV          pf
      8' Tuba                61             16' Horn (TC, 1-12 pf)  49
                                             8' Cornopean           61
         CHOIR ORGAN                         8' Oboe                pf
     16' Gamba               61              4' Clarion             pf
      8' Concert Flute       61              8' Vox Humana          61
      8' Dulcet II           pf                 Tremolo
      8' Quintadena          61
      8' Unda Maris II      122                 PEDAL ORGAN
      4' Flute               61             32' Bourdon             pf
      2' Piccolo             pf             16' Diapason            44
      8' Clarinet            61             16' First Bourdon       44
      8' Orchestral Oboe     61             16' Second Bourdon      SW
         Tremolo                            16' Gamba               CH
      8' Harp (TC)          49 bars     10 2/3' Quinte (1st Bdn)    --
                                             8' Octave (16' Diap)   --
         SOLO ORGAN (enc. with Choir)        8' Gedackt (1st Bdn)   --
      8' Philomela           GT              8' Cello               CH
      8' Concert Flute       CH             16' Ophecleide          SO
      4' Flute               CH              8' Tuba                SO
      8' Clarinet            CH              4' Clarion             SO
      8' Orchestral Oboe     CH
     16' Ophecleide          85
      8' Tuba (fr. 16')      --
      4' Clarion (fr. 16')   --

         ADJUSTABLE COMBINATIONS                COUPLERS
         Solo   1-2-3-4      (thumb)            Swell to Pedal      8  4
         Swell  1-2-3-4-5-6  (thumb)            Great to Pedal      8
         Great  1-2-3-4      (thumb)            Choir to Pedal      8  4
         Choir  1-2-3-4-5    (thumb)            Solo to Pedal       8  4
         Entire 1-2-3-4      (toe)              Swell to Great  16  8  4
                                                Choir to Great  16  8
         PEDAL MOVEMENTS                        Solo to Great       8
         Balanced Swell Pedal                   Swell to Choir      8
         Balanced Choir & Solo Pedal            Solo to Choir       8
         Balanced Crescendo Pedal               Swell to Swell  16     4
         Sforzando           (toe)              Choir to Choir  16     4
         Solo to Pedal Rev.  (toe)              
         Swell to Pedal Rev. (toe)
         Great to Pedal Rev. (toe)
         Choir to Pedal Rev. (toe)


[Received from steven E. Lawson  2017-03-31]


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