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Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co. Opus 355-A (1952)

St. George's Episcopal Church
135-32 38th Avenue at Main Street
New York City: Queens (Flushing), NY

Images

2010-05-18 - Church interior (Photograph by Steven E. Lawson, NYC AGO NYC Organ Project, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2010-05-18 - Console (Photograph by Steven E. Lawson, NYC AGO NYC Organ Project, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2015-12-01 - Console (Photograph by Phillip R. Lamb/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
4 manuals
32 stops
41 registers
5 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2006-01-14 - Rebuild of E. M. Skinner Opus 355 (1922), subsequently altered in 1962 by Aeolian-Skinner. -Database Manager

2018-02-26 - Updated by Phillip Lamb, who has heard or played the organ. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Taken from the console Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Saint George's Episcopal Church 
Flushing, Queens, New York 

E.M. Skinner Opus 355
Aeolian-Skinner Opus 355/A


Choir Organ I
8' Concert Flute
8' Flute Celeste (T.C.)
8' Gamba
8' Dulciana
4' Flute 
8' Clarinet 
Tremolo 

Great Organ II 
16' Bourdon (Pedal)
8' Diapason 
8' Erzahler 
8' Claribel Flute
4' Octave
4' Flute
IV Fourniture 
8' Tromba (Enclosed with Choir) 

Swell Organ III
16' Bourdon
8' Geigen Diapason 
8' Salicional
8' Voix Celeste 
8' Gedeckt 
8' Spitz Flute
4' Prestant 
2' Super Octave
III Mixture 
16' Bombarde
8' Trumpet
8' Flugel Horn
8' Vox Humana
4' Clarion
Tremolo 

Solo Organ IV*
8' Stentorphone
8' Tuba 

Pedal Organ 
32' Resultant
16' Contrabass
16' Bourdon
16' Echo Bourdon (Swell)
8' Octave (Ext.)
8' Gedeckt (Ext.)
8' Still Gedeckt (Swell)
4' Super Octave
16' Posaune 
16' Bombarde (Swell)
8' Tromba (Great) 

Choir Organ - Pistons 1-2-3-4-5 (thumb)
Great Organ - Pistons 1-2-3-4-5-6 (thumb)
Swell Organ - Pistons 1-2-3-4-5-6-7 (thumb)
Solo Organ - Pistons 1-2-3-4 (thumb)
Pedal Organ - Pistons 1-2-3-4-5-6 (toe)

Balanced Swell Pedal	 	 Great to Pedal Reversible
Balanced Choir & Solo Pedal	 Swell to Pedal Reversible
Balanced Crescendo Pedal	 Sforzando Reversible


*Solo was originally installed as a gallery division, but has been relocated to the chancel chamber.  Expression is controlled by the Choir pedal.  

 [Received from Phillip R. Lamb 2016-01-12.]

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