Better Pipe Organ Database

Skinner Organ Co. Opus 459 (1924)

St. John's Methodist Church
80 Mount Auburn Street
Watertown, MA

Note: Not playable. (in this location)

Images

1924 - Church interior (Photograph from an archival source: History of St. John's Methodist Episcopal Church in Watertown, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Unknown - Right stopjamb (Photograph by Organ Clearing House, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Unknown - Left stopjamb (Photograph by Organ Clearing House, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2022-06-13 - Console (Photograph by Organ Clearing House, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)

2022-06-13 - Facade (Photograph by Organ Clearing House, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)

Consoles

Main

4 manuals
33 stops
39 registers
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes

Notes

2006-01-19 - 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: Extant; one tonal change in Swell. -Database Manager

2022-06-13 - Offered for sale through the Organ Clearing House June 13, 2022. From their website description: The organ is not playable - it hasn’t been used for six years - but it’s in immaculate restorable condition. Tuning scrolls are neat and intact, walkboards are clear and easy to manage, the chambers are neat and orderly showing that the instrument has always received first-class care. -Paul R. Marchesano

Stoplist

Typed stoplist Source: From Allen Kinzey Date not recorded

Watertown, Massachusetts
St. John's Methodist Church

Skinner Organ Company   Opus 459   1924            4 manuals, 33 stops, 34 ranks
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           GREAT ORGAN                             SWELL ORGAN
       16' Bourdon              5 PED          16' Bourdon             73
        8' First Diapason      73               8' Diapason            73
        8' Second Diapason     73               8' Gedeckt             73
        8' Claribel Flute      73               8' Salicional          73
        8' Erzähler            73               8' Voix Celeste        73
        4' Octave              73               8' Flauto Dolce        73
       II  Grave Mixture      122               8' Flute Celeste (TC)  61
        8' Tromba              73               4' Flute               73
                                              III  Mixture            183
           CHOIR ORGAN                          8' Cornopean           73
        8' Concert Flute       61               8' Flügel Horn         73
        8' Dulciana            61               8' Vox Humana          73
        4' Flute               61                  Tremolo
        2' Piccolo             61
        8' Clarinet            61                  PEDAL ORGAN
           Tremolo                             16' Diapason            32
        8' Harp (TC)           --              16' Bourdon             32
        4' Celesta                             16' Echo Bourdon        SW
                                                8' Octave              12
           SOLO ORGAN                           8' Gedeckt             12
        8' Gamba               73               8' Still Gedeckt       SW
        8' Gamba Celeste       73               4' Flute               12
        8' Tuba Mirabilis      73
        8' French Horn         73
        8' English Horn        73
           Tremolo
 
           ECHO ORGAN
        8' Chimney Flute       61
        8' Vox Humana          61
           Tremolo
           Chimes


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

Websites

Opus 459: St. John's Methodist Church - (Aeolian-Skinner Archives website) Specification (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)