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Skinner Organ Co. Opus 444 (1923)

Ritz Theatre
251 Port Richmond Avenue
New York City: Staten Island (Port Richmond), NY

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)


Consoles

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Notes

2006-01-19 - 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> Relocated to College Avenue Methodist Church, Muncie, Indiana as its last home; tonally altered by Toledo Organ Co, in the 1960s; dispersed in 1986.</i> -Database Manager

2010-03-25 - Updated through online information from John Elwood. -- Bits of the console were on e-Bay March 23, 2010 -Database Manager

2015-02-13 - Updated through online information from Andrew Sporner. -- Console to be integrated into a residence organ in a Queen Anne Victorian mansion in Plymouth, Indiana along with 28 ranks of pipework. -Database Manager

2017-08-09 - Updated by Mark DeYoung, the builder. <br> <br>Console currently under total refurbishment by Mark DeYoung. -Database Manager


Stoplist

Stoplist from Shop Notes, via Ray Correll Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Port Richmond, Staten Island, New York
Ritz Theatre

Skinner Organ Company   Opus 444   1923        4 manuals, 20 stops, 24 ranks
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        GREAT ORGAN                              SWELL ORGAN
     8' Diapason             73              16' Bourdon              73
     8' Gedeckt              73               8' Diapason             GT
     8' Voix Celeste II     146               8' Gedeckt              GT
     8' Flute Celeste II    134               8' Voix Celeste II      GT
     4' Flute                73               8' Flute Celeste II     GT
     4' Unda Maris II       122               4' Flute                GT
     2' Piccolo              61               4' Unda Maris II        GT
     8' Cornopean            73               2' Piccolo              GT
     8' Corno d'Amour        73               8' Cornopean            GT
     8' Vox Humana           73               8' Corno d'Amour        GT
        Tremolo                               8' Vox Humana           GT
     8' Harp (TC)            --                  Tremolo
     4' Celesta              61 bars          8' Harp (TC)            GT
                                              4' Celesta              GT

        ORCHESTRAL ORGAN                         SOLO ORGAN
     8' Doppel Flute         73               8' Doppel Flute         OR
     8' Cello                73               8' Cello                OR
     8' Gamba Celeste II    146               8' Gamba Celeste II     OR
     4' Orchestral Flute     73               4' Orchestral Flute     OR
     8' Tuba                 73               8' Tuba                 OR
     8' French Horn          73               8' French Horn          OR
     8' Clarinet             73               8' Clarinet             OR
        Tremolo                                  Tremolo
        Cathedral Chimes     20 bells            Cathedral Chimes     OR

        PEDAL ORGAN                              TRAPS
    16' Diapason             32                  Snare Drum
    16' Bourdon              32                  Kettle and Bass Drums
    16' Echo Bourdon         SW                  Xylophone
     8' Gedeckt              12                  Chinese Block
     8' Still Gedeckt        SW                  Tom Tom
    16' Trombone (Cornopean) 12 SW
     8' Tromba (Cornopean)   SW

        EXPRESSION
        Balanced Pedal - Great and Swell
        Balanced Pedal - Orch. and Solo
        Crescendo Peda


[Received from Steven E. Lawson  2016-07-06]


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