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Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co. Opus 519-A (1947)

St. Paul's Lutheran Church
1984 Crotona Avenue
New York City: The Bronx, NY

Note: Not playable. (in this location)

Images

2010-06-19 - Church exterior (Photograph by David Schmauch via the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2010-06-19 - Swell box and facade pipes (Photograph by David Schmauch via the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2010-06-19 - Console (Photograph by David Schmauch via the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
2 manuals
8 stops
12 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes

Notes

2006-03-06 - 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: Additions to E. M. Skinner Opus 519 (1925); restored by Allen G. Dreyfuss. -Database Manager

2014-09-24 - Updated through online information from Thomas Healey. -- Church is in very poor condition and not used often (leaks, peeling plaster). -Database Manager

2020-11-08 - In 1947, the Aeolian-Skinner Company added an 8' Trumpet on the Great division of the existing Skinner organ, as Opus 519-A. The organ was later restored by Allen Dreyfuss. -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

Specification from OHS Archives, via Jonathan Bowen Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Bronx, New York
St. Paul's Lutheran Church

Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co., Inc.   Opus 519-A   1947   2 manuals, 8 stops, 8 ranks
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           GREAT ORGAN                          COUPLERS
        8' Diapason            61               Great to Pedal      8  4
        8' Gedeckt             SW               Swell to Pedal      8  4
        8' Aeoline             SW               Swell to Great  16  8  4
        4' Flute               SW               Great to Great         4
        8' Trumpet             61 *             Swell to Swell  16     4

           SWELL ORGAN                          ADJUSTABLE COMBINATIONS
        8' Gedeckt             61               Great   1-2-3
        8' Salicional          61               Swell   1-2-3
        8' Voix Celeste        61
        8' Aeoline             61               PEDAL MOVEMENTS
        4' Flute               61               Balanced Swell Pedal
           Tremolo                              Balanced Crescendo Pedal
                                                Great to Pedal Reversible
           PEDAL ORGAN                          Sforzando Reversible
       16' Bourdon             32
        8' Gedeckt             12

        *  added 1947, Op. 519-A


[Received from Steven E. Lawson  2016-04-14]

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