Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
2006-01-16 - 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> With player attachment; moved to Abiding Presence Lutheran, Rochester, Michigan in 1984 by Ken and Dorothy Holden.</i> -Database Manager
2018-03-18 - Updated by Dan Spies, the builder. In addition Dan Spies gave this as a source of information: I removed the organ from the church. The chests were damaged beyond rebuild. The pipe work was repurposed to restore or enlarge other Skinner organs. -Database Manager
2021-12-09 - The philanthropist and environmentalist was born in 1878 and died in Perrysburg in 1968; his family donated the 44-acre W. W. Knight Nature Preserve. -Jeff Scofield
Taken from the organ when I bought it Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Perrysburg, Ohio
W.W. Knight residence
E.M. Skinner Opus 404, 1923 3 manuals 22 ranks 7 1/2" Swell, Great & Pedal 10" Tuba & French Horn
GREAT SOLO (from GT)
8' Diapason 73 8' Diapason
8' Chimney Flute 73 8' Chimney Flute
8' Cello 73 8' Cello
4' Flute 61 4' Flute
2 2/3' Nazard 61 2 2/3' Nazard
8' Tuba 73 8' Tuba
8' French Horn 73 8' French Horn
8' English Horn 61 8' English Horn
8' Corno d'Amore 73 8' Corno d'Amore
8' Clarinet 61 8' Clarinet
8' Vox Humana 61 8' Vox Humana
Tremolo
SOLO (from SW)
SWELL 8' Diapason
16' Bourdon 73 8' Gedeckt
8' Diapason 73 8' Salicional
8' Gedeckt 73 8' Voix Celeste
8' Salicional 73 8' Flute Celeste II
8' Voix Celeste 73 4' Unda Maris II
8' Flute Celeste II 134 Tremolo
4' Unda Maris II 122 Harp
Tremolo Celesta
Harp
Celeste PEDAL
16' Bourdon 32
16' Echo Lieblich SW
8' Gedeckt 12
8' Still Gedeckt SW
16' Trombone 32
8' Tromba 12
The duplex chests were cut into individual chests by members of the church in their attempt to create
a 3 manual instrument with chest(s) for each division. The move of the instrument and subsequent
installation in the church was completed by the members of the church with little to no input from
experienced organ service companies. Many of the congregants worked for the automotive industry and
were familiar with the adhesives and sealants used by that industry; which were used in copious
quantities in their alterations and repairs. Many of these adhesives and sealants were silicon based;
the silicon was absorbed into the fibers of the chest shells, bottom board etc. As the silicon wept
into the wood the original glues used in the construction of the chests simply released their bond.
The chests literally fell to pieces upon removal of the wood screws. With the severe damage done to
the bottom boards by circular saws, saws-alls and the damage to the stop actions and primaries the
organ was dispersed as parts to restore or expand extant Skinner instruments. Much of the pipe work
was used to restore the Ball residence organ which had lost its pipe work over the years. Several of
the ranks were used to create the Solo division of the Aeolian Skinner in the National Presbyterian
Church in Washington DC. The tonal beauty of Opus 404 lives on as enhancements to appropriate Skinner
instruments.
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