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Ernest M. Skinner Company Opus 253 (1916)

M. Welte & Sons
Poughkeepsie, NY

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


Consoles

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Notes

2005-12-22 - 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> Installed in Meyer residence, White Plains, NY; later sold to Marion Frazier, New York, NY; sold in 1990 to Claes O. Friburg, Copenhagen, Denmark; crated but still in storage in Shaftsbury, VT in 1991.</i> -Database Manager

2012-02-03 - Updated through online information from Steven E. Lawson. -- In 1993 moved to Speyer Technik Museum, Germany, where it was restored. -Database Manager


Stoplist

Source: Courtesy of Allen Kinzey from shop files

    Poughkeepsie, New York
    M. Welte & Sons

    Skinner   Op. 253   1916   3/32
    _____________________________________________

    MANUAL I                   MANUAL II
 8' Open Diapason    73     8' Diapason        73
 8' Violin Diapason  73     8' Bourdon         73
 8' Flauto Traverso  73     8' Flute Dolce     73
 8' Viol d'Orchestre 73     8' Viola di Gamba  73
 8' Voix Celestes    73     8' Aeoline         73
 8' Violin Solo      73     4' Viola           61
 4' Flute Harmonic   61    16' Clarinet        61
 8' Bassoon          61     8' Cor Anglais     61
    Tremolo                 8' Horn            73 c
    Chimes                  8' Oboe            61
    Harp                    8' Vox Humana      61
                               Tremolo
    ECHO
 8' Night Horn       61        MANUAL III
 8' Quintadena       61     8' Diapason           d
 8' Dulciana         61     8' Concert Flute      e
 8' Wiener Flute     61     8' Gamba              f
 8' Vox Humana       61     8' Dulcet II      122
    Tremolo                 4' Flute Harmonic     g
                            8' Trumpet         61
    PEDAL                   8' Orchestral Oboe 61
16' Subbass          32 a   8' French Horn     61
16' Bourdon          32 u      Tremolo
16' Open Violin Bass 12 b
 8' Flute            12 u
16' Trombone         32 a

 a  enclosed with Manual I
 b  ext. Manual I 8' Violin Solo
 c  (Gross Flute)
 d  Manual I 8' Violin Diapason
 e  Manual I 8' Flauto Traverso
 f  Manual I 8' Violin Solo
 g  Manual I 4' Flute
 u  The only unenclosed rank

   [Received from Jeff Scofield November 17, 2021]

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