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Skinner Organ Co. Opus 434 (1923)

Town Hall
123 West 43rd Street
New York City: Manhattan, NY

Images

unknown - Facade (Photograph from an archival source: website, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)

Unknown - Auditorium interior (Photograph from The American Organist May 1924/Database Manager)

1924-09-09 - Lynnwood Farnam at the console (Photograph from Stop, Open and Reed via the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Movable Console
4 manuals
39 stops
48 registers
5 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Has crescendo
Has combination thumb pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons

Notes

2006-01-18 - 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: Complete overhaul under G. Donald Harrison's direction in 1935, #3-5364; later dispersed. -Database Manager

2019-12-02 - The organ was moved in 1960 by Lewis & Hitchcock to the Takoma Park Seventh-day Adventist Church, Takoma Park, Maryland. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist from The American Organist, July 1924 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

New York City, New York
Town Hall

Skinner Organ Company   Opus 434   1923       4 manuals, 39 stops, 44 ranks
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          GREAT ORGAN                           SWELL ORGAN
      16' Violone            61             16' Bourdon            73
       8' Diapason           61              8' Diapason           73
       8' Claribel Flute     61              8' Gedeckt            73
       8' Chimney Flute      61              8' Gamba              73
       4' Octave             61              8' Salicional         73
       4' Flute              61              8' Voix Celeste       73
       2' Fifteenth          61              8' Flute Celeste II  134
     III  Mixture           183              4' Flute              73
                                             4' Violin             73
          CHOIR ORGAN                      III  Mixture           183
       8' Concert Flute      73             16' Fagotto            73
       8' Gamba              73              8' Trumpet            73
       4' Flute              73              8' Corno d'Amore      73
   2 2/3' Nazard             61              8' Vox Humana         73
       2' Piccolo            61              4' Clarion            73
   1 3/5' Tierce             61                 Tremolo
       8' Corno di Bassetto  73
          Tremolo                               PEDAL ORGAN
       8' Harp (TC)          --             16' Subbass            32
       4' Celesta            61 bars        16' Bourdon            32
                                            16' Violone            GT
          SOLO ORGAN                        16' Echo Lieblich      SW
       8' Cello              73              8' Octave             12
       8' Gamba Celeste      73              8' Gedeckt            12
       4' Orchestral Flute   73              8' Still Gedeckt      SW
       8' Tuba               73              4' Flute              12
       8' French Horn        73                 Mixture (wired)    --
       8' English Horn       73             16' Trombone           32
          Tremolo                           16' Fagotto            SW
                                             8' Tromba             12


[Received from Steven E. Lawson  2016-07-15]

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