Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
2005-12-21 - 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> Originally built for Second Congregational Church, relocated here in 1927 when the congregations merged.</i> -Database Manager
2014-12-20 - Updated through online information from William Dunklin. -- The organ was renovated in 1962 by Homer Blanchard. In 2004 it was replaced by a Gober organ, which utilized parts of the Skinner case and 7 ranks of Skinner pipes. The church's website refers to the Skinner organ as opus 230 from 1929. This may be an error. -Database Manager
2021-06-21 - The neo-classic case shown in the post-1927 photo is the original Estey case of 1908, slightly redecorated, still extant and reused in the new Gober organ with a new display of facade pipes. -Scot Huntington
2021-06-21 - While the First and Second Congregational congregations merged in 1920, using the larger First Congregational building, the Skinner organ was not relocated to First Church until 1927, and slightly altered by Blashfield (of Utica, N.Y.) in the process. The Skinner was rebuilt by Homer Blanchard in 1962 and replaced by Hal Gober in 2004, reusing the Estey facade. The First Church Estey was moved to the Methodist Church of Oberlin where it replaced Lyon & Healy No. 216, 1907, a two-manual tracker. The Estey was ultimately replaced by John Brombaugh Op. 15 in 1974. Somewhere along the line, the Methodists built a new building, located adjacent to Oberlin College. -Scot Huntington
Stoplist from <i>The Diapason</i>, November 1914 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Oberlin, Ohio
Second Congregational Church
The Ernest M. Skinner Co. Opus 229 1914 3 manuals, 24 stops, 28 ranks
Moved to First Congregational Church in 1927
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GREAT ORGAN SWELL ORGAN
16' Bourdon 17 PED 16' Bourdon 73
8' Diapason 61 8' Diapason 73
8' Philomela PED 8' Gedeckt 73
8' Erzähler 61 8' Salicional 73
4' Octave SW 8' Voix Celeste 73
4' Flute SW 8' Aeoline 73
Mixture III 183 4' Octave 73
8' Cornopean SW 4' Flute 73
2' Flautino 61
CHOIR ORGAN Dolce Cornet III 183
8' Diapason 73 8' Cornopean 73
8' Concert Flute 73 8' Flugel Horn 73
8' Dulciana 73 Tremolo
4' Flute 73
8' Clarinet 73 PEDAL ORGAN
Tremolo 16' Diapason 32
16' First Bourdon 32
ECHO ORGAN 16' Second Bourdon SW
8' Concert Flute 61 10 2/3' Quint --
8' Vox Humana 61 8' Octave 12
Tremolo 8' Gedeckt 12
Chimes 25 bells
[Received from Steven E. Lawson 2017-06-26]
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