Better Pipe Organ Database

Skinner Organ Co. Opus 401 (1923)

First Presbyterian Church
505 Franklin Street
Waterloo, IA

Images

1924 - Church exterior (Photograph from an archival source: Aeolian-Skinner Archives, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2018-07-21 - Church interior (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2013-08-15 - Pipe Facade (Photograph by Robert A. Brock/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
23 stops
26 registers
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Has crescendo
Has combination thumb pistons

Notes

2006-01-16 - Identified through information adapted from E. M. Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner Opus List, by Sand Lawn and Allen Kinzey (Organ Historical Society, 1997), and included here through the kind permission of Sand Lawn: Tonal changes in 1958, #401-A; extant in 1992. -Database Manager

2009-10-26 - Updated through online information from Stephen Hall. -- Church is currently raising funds for renovation of the organ. The original console, facade and several ranks of pipes are still in use although the organ has been altered. (Church website, accessed Oct 24 2009). -Database Manager

Stoplist

Typed stoplist Source: From Allen Kinzey Date not recorded

Waterloo, Iowa
First Presbyterian Church

Skinner Organ Company   Opus 401   1923   3 manuals, 23 stops, 23 ranks
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          GREAT ORGAN                       SWELL ORGAN
       8' Diapason          73          16' Bourdon           73
       8' Claribel Flute    73           8' Diapason          73
       8' Erzähler          73           8' Gedeckt           73
       4' Flute             73           8' Salicional        73
       8' Tromba (in SW)    73           8' Voix Celeste      73
          Chimes            EC           8' Aeoline           73
                                         4' Flute             73
          CHOIR ORGAN                    8' Cornopean         73
       8' Concert Flute     61           8' Flügel Horn       73
       8' Dulciana          61           8' Vox Humana        73
       4' Flute             61              Tremolo
       8' Clarinet          61
          Tremolo                           PEDAL ORGAN
                                        16' Diapason          32
          ECHO ORGAN                    16' Bourdon           32
       8' Chimney Flute     61          16' Echo Bourdon      SW
       8' Vox Humana        61           8' Gedeckt           12
          Chimes                         8' Still Gedeckt     SW
          Tremolo                           Chimes            EC


[Received from Steven E. Lawson  2017-03-21]

Websites

Opus 401: First Presbyterian Church - (Aeolian-Skinner Archives website) Stoplist (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

#51908 - Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co. Opus 401-A (1958)