Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
2005-12-01 - 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> Dedication recital played by Judson W. Mather on November 8, 1912; replaced by Schlicker in new building in 1968; broken up for parts.</i> -Database Manager
2007-05-09 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -Database Manager
2022-02-15 - The organ was contracted in 1911, but not installed until 1912. The December 1912 issue of The Diapason gives the stoplist and some details, including, "The organ has 15 couplers, twenty-four combination pistons, and three reversibles." It goes on to indicate that the Swell, Choir, and Solo were enclosed in cement swellboxes. It also goes-on to specifically tout the expression mechanism: "The organ has electro-pneumatic swell actions. These swells are a great recent improvement in the modern organ, giving the organist a command of crescendo effects never before possible with any form of mechanism." Wind pressures were 5", 7-1/2", 10", and 15". There are some enticing mysteries involving this organ. The Aeolian-Skinner website lists the stoplist but does not include an 8' Vox Humana on the Solo. But this stop was recorded in the December 1912 issue of The Diapason, and in the stoplist by Seattle resident and former Balcom and Vaughan President, William J. Bunch. Additionally, the Bunch specification lists the Swell 16' reed register as a Contra Posaune, and the 8' "Trumpet" register as Posaune. But both the Aeolian-Skinner website and Diapason listings give them as 16' Trumpet and 8' Cornopean. Of greatest curiosity is the presence on Mr. Bunch's stoplist of a 4-register, 7-stop (inc. chimes), 4-rank, 256-pipe expressive Echo division...which is not listed on the Aeolian-Skinner website nor by The Diapason article. The Balcom and Vaughan Master Opus List has a 1956 entry for the Skinner at Plymouth for repairs and cleaning. It also lists the size as "4-45" and includes an "E" which usually meant elecrification, but may have indicated "Enlarged.". So it seems likely that the organ may have been enlarged and tonally altered or re-voiced. In support of this, an extant photo of the console by William J. Bunch does show six nameplates above the drawknobs in the angled jambs. And Mr. Bunch goes on to state that the wind was supplied to the Main organ by a 10 h.p. Spencer "Orogoblo" blower; and the Echo was winded by a 1 h.p. Kinetic. Sadly, the organ was broken-up for parts when the church built yet another new edifice in 1967-68 and installed a 3-manual Schlicker. The Skinner bench and several ranks survived in a three-manual, 20-rank organ in the N. Seattle residence of Richard Anderson, but were again dispersed after his passing ca. 2004. [Received on line from James R. Stettner May 8, 2007.] [Transferred from old text file to this field, Paul R Marchesano, 2021-02-15] -Paul R. Marchesano
2022-02-15 - This organ was dedicated on November 8, 1912 and cost in excess of $30,000.00. The Eugene Nye notebooks and original Skinner contract supply some important details about the organ, including the scale diameters of the following stops: Swell 16ʹ Posaune: CC 5½ʺ; 8’ (c0) 5ʺ Swell 8ʹ Oboe: CC 3 ½ʺ; c0 2½ʺ Choir 8ʹ Vox Humana: CC 1⅞ʺ Swell 4ʹ Clairon: CC 3¾ʺ Choir 16ʹ English Horn: 4ʺ (bell), 2ʺ opening Pedal 16ʹ Diapason : 13½ʺ x 14½ʺ -- from *2008 OHS Atlas* -Paul R. Marchesano
From Allen Kinzey via <i>The Aeolian-Skinner Archives</i> Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Seattle, Washington
Plymouth Congregational Church
Ernest M. Skinner Co. Opus 188 1911 4 manuals, 35 stops, 38 ranks
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GREAT ORGAN SWELL ORGAN
16' Bourdon 17 PED 16' Bourdon 73
8' First Diapason 61 8' Diapason 73
8' Second Diapason 61 8' Clarabella 73
8' Philomela PED 8' Gedackt 73
8' Harmonic Flute 61 8' Salicional 73
8' Erzähler 61 8' Voix Celestes 73
4' Octave SW 8' Aeoline 73
4' Flute SW 8' Unda Maris (TC) 61
8' Tuba SO 4' Octave 73
4' Flute 73
CHOIR ORGAN 2' Flautino 61
16' Gamba 73 III Mixture 183
8' Diapason 73 16' Trumpet 73
8' Concert Flute 73 8' Cornopean 73
8' Quintadena 73 8' Oboe 73
8' Dulcet II 146 4' Clarion 73
4' Flute 73
4' Dulcet II 24 PEDAL ORGAN
2' Piccolo 61 32' Bourdon 32
16' English Horn 73 16' Diapason 32
8' Clarinet 73 16' First Bourdon 12
8' Orchestral Oboe 73 16' Second Bourdon SW
8' Vox Humana 73 16' Gamba CH
Tremolo 10 2/3' Quint --
Carillons 8' Octave 12
8' Gedackt 12
SOLO ORGAN 8' Cello SW
8' Philomela PED 16' Ophicleide SO
8' Concert Flute CH 8' Tuba SO
4' Flauto Traverso 73 4' Clarion SO
16' Ophicleide 73
8' Tuba 12
8' Orchestral Oboe CH
8' Clarinet CH
8' English Horn CH
4' Clarion 12
[Received from Steven E. Lawson 2014-08-04]
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