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Ernest M. Skinner Company Opus 285 (1919)

Christ Episcopal Church
409 E. High Street
Springfield, OH

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1919 - Console (Photograph from an archival source: From THE DIAPASON May 1919, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Unknown - Echo organ at tower (Archival photo courtesy S. R. Dunbar and Robert G. Bayley, courtesy of J. A. Hefner (before 1934)/Database Manager)

Unknown - Chancel showing Skinner organ (Archival photo courtesy S. R. Dunbar and Robert G. Bayley, courtesy of J. A. Hefner (before 1934)/Database Manager)

Unknown - Chancel showing organ (Archival photo by Howard O. Weber, courtesy Robert G. Bayley, courtesy of J. A. Hefner (before 1984)/Database Manager)

2010-12-01 - Chancel (Photograph by Don Reed courtesy of Jake Studebaker/Database Manager)

2012-03-01 - Organ Right Façade (Photograph by Jake Studebaker/Database Manager)

2012-03-01 - Organ Left Façade (Photograph by Jake Studebaker/Database Manager)

2012-03-01 - Rear Gallery and Pipe Display (Photograph by Jake Studebaker/Database Manager)

2012-03-01 - Console (Photograph by Jake Studebaker/Database Manager)

2012-03-01 - Console - Left Stop Jamb (Photograph by Jake Studebaker/Database Manager)

2012-03-01 - Console - Right Stop Jamb (Photograph by Jake Studebaker/Database Manager)

2012-03-01 - Dedication Plaque (Photograph by Jake Studebaker/Database Manager)

Consoles

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Notes

2005-12-23 - 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 T. Tertius Noble on April 24, 1919; Echo removed to outside of case by A.N. Brandt & Co.; console rebuilt with solid-state combination action, IV mixture added by Peebles-Herzog; new couplers and non original stops engraved in blue, original stops and couplers engraved in black; extant.</i> -Database Manager

2017-01-03 - Updated by J. A. Hefner -Database Manager


Stoplist

Stoplist from <i>The Diapason</i> Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Springfield, Ohio
Christ Episcopal Church

The Ernest M. Skinner Co.   Opus 285   1917      4 manuals, 42 stops, 46 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' Claribel Flute      73
       8' Philomela          PED               8' Gedeckt             73
       8' Clarabella          61               8' Salicional          73
       8' Erzähler            61               8' Voix Celeste        73
       8' Gedeckt             SW               8' Spitz Flute         73
       8' Flute Celeste II    SW               8' Flute Celeste (TC)  61
       4' Octave              61               4' Octave              73
       4' Flute               SW               4' Flute               73
       8' Cornopean           SW               2' Flautino            61
                                             III  Solo Mixture       183
          CHOIR ORGAN                         16' English Horn        73
      16' Gamba               73               8' Cornopean           73
       8' Diapason            73               8' Flügel Horn         73
       8' Concert Flute       73               8' Vox Humana          73
       8' Viol d'Orchestre    73               4' Clarion             73
       8' Kleine Erzähler II 146                  Tremolo
       8' Dulciana            73
       8' Dulcet II          146                  ECHO ORGAN
       4' Flute               73               8' Quintadena          61
       2' Piccolo             61               8' Vox Humana          61
       8' Clarinet            61                  Tremolo
          Tremolo                                 Cathedral Chimes
       8' Harp (TC)           --
       4' Celesta             61 bars             PEDAL ORGAN
                                              32' Bourdon             32
          SOLO ORGAN                          16' Diapason            32
       8' Violoncello         73              16' Bourdon             12
       8' Gamba Celeste       73              16' Echo Lieblich       SW
       8' Tuba Mirabilis      73               8' Octave              12
       8' French Horn         73               8' Gedeckt             12
       8' Orchestral Oboe     73               8' Cello               SO
                                               8' Still Gedeckt       SW
                                              16' Trombone            32
                                              16' English Horn        SW
                                               8' Tromba              12


[Received from Steven E. Lawson  2015-07-17]


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