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Skinner Organ Co. Opus 411 (1923)

Park Place Methodist Church
Norfolk, VA

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Unknown - Chancel and Organ Grilles (Vintage postcard, courtesy of William Dunklin (ca. 1950)/Database Manager)

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2006-01-17 - 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> Organ damaged in fire in 1949 and rebuilt.</i> -Database Manager

2018-06-11 - Once the largest Methodist congregation in Virginia, the church closed in 2016 with around 20 members. -Database Manager


Stoplist

Stoplist from <i>The Diapason</i>, December 1923 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Norfolk, Virginia
Park Place Methodist Church

Skinner Organ Company   Opus 411   1923       4 manuals, 30 stops, 30 ranks
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         GREAT ORGAN                            SWELL ORGAN
     16' Bourdon (ext PED)   17             16' Bourdon             73
      8' Diapason            61              8' Diapason            73
      8' Clarabella          61 (in CH)      8' Gedeckt             73
      8' Erzähler            61 (in CH)      8' Salicional          73
      4' Octave              61 (in CH)      8' Voix Celeste        73
      4' Harmonic Flute      61 (in CH)      8' Aeoline             73
      8' Tuba (10" wind)     61 (in CH)      4' Flute               73
      8' French Horn         61 (in CH)      2' Flautino            61
         Cathedral Chimes    SO              8' Cornopean           73
                                             8' Flügel Horn         73
         CHOIR ORGAN                         8' Vox Humana          73
      8' Diapason            73                 Tremolo
      8' Concert Flute       73
      8' Dulciana            73                 PEDAL ORGAN
      8' Unda Maris (TC)     61             32' Resultant           --
      4' Flute d'Amour       73             16' Diapason            32
      8' Clarinet            73             16' Bourdon             32
      8' English Horn        73             16' Echo Bourdon        SW
         Tremolo                             8' Octave              12
      8' Harp (TC)           --              8' Gedeckt             12
      4' Celesta             61 bars         8' Still Gedeckt       SW
                                            16' Trombone (ext GT)   12
         ECHO ORGAN
      8' Chimney Flute       73
      8' Flute Celeste       73
      8' Vox Humana          73
         Tremolo
         Cathedral Chimes    20 tubes


[Received from Steven E. Lawson  2015-09-07]


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