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Skinner Organ Co. Opus 545 (1925)

Metropolitan Theatre / Wang Center for the Performing Arts
270 Tremont Street
Boston, MA

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


Images


1925 - Stage view with main curtain, orchestra pit and four manual Skinner console sitting stage left (Photograph by Unknown , submitted by Mark Demmin II/Mark Demmin II)

Consoles

Main


Notes

2006-03-11 - 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> Sold to Wurlitzer and placed in the auditorium of the Heinz Co. in Pittsburgh in 1930.</i> -Database Manager


Stoplist

From Allen Kinzey via <i>The Aeolian-Skinner Archives</i> Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Boston, Massachusetts
Metropolitan Theatre

Skinner Organ Company   Opus 545   1925                4 manuals, 36 stops, 47 ranks
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         GREAT ORGAN (duplexed from Swell)           SWELL ORGAN
     16' Bourdon                 SW              16' Bourdon                 73
      8' Diapason                SW               8' Diapason                73
      8' Major Flute             SW               8' Major Flute             73
      8' Gedeckt                 SW               8' Gedeckt                 73
      8' Violoncello             SW               8' Violoncello             73
      8' Viole Celeste           SW               8' Viole Celeste           73
      8' Flute Celeste II        SW               8' Flute Celeste II       146
      4' Octave                  SW               4' Octave                  73
      4' Flute Triangulaire      SW               4' Flute Triangulaire      73
      4' Unda Maris II           SW               4' Unda Maris II          122
  2 2/3' Twelfth                 SW           2 2/3' Twelfth                 61
      2' Fifteenth               SW               2' Fifteenth               61
      V  Mixture                 SW               V  Mixture                305
     16' Waldhorn                SW              16' Waldhorn                73
      8' Harmonic Trumpet        SW               8' Harmonic Trumpet        73
      8' Vox Humana              SW               8' Vox Humana              73
      4' Clarion                 SW               4' Clarion                 73
         Tremolo                                     Tremolo
         Chimes                                      Chimes
      8' Harp                    CH               8' Harp                    CH
      4' Celesta                 CH               4' Celesta                 CH
    
         CHOIR ORGAN                                 SOLO ORGAN (duplexed from Choir)
      8' Doppel Flute            73               8' Doppel Flute            CH
      8' Concert Flute           73               8' Concert Flute           CH
      8' Orchestral Strings II  146               8' Orchestral Strings II   CH
      8' Dulciana                73               8' Dulciana                CH
      4' Orchestral Flute        73               4' Orchestral Flute        CH
      4' Gemshorn                73               4' Gemshorn                CH
  2 2/3' Nazard                  --           2 2/3' Nazard                  CH
      2' Piccolo                 --               2' Piccolo                 CH
  1 3/5' Tierce                  --           1 3/5' Tierce                  CH
  1 1/7' Septieme                --           1 1/7' Septieme                CH
      V  French Cornet          305               V  French Cornet           CH
     16' Bassoon                 61              16' Bassoon                 CH
      8' Bassoon                 12               8' Bassoon                 CH
      8' French Horn             61               8' French Horn             CH
      8' Physharmonica           61               8' Physharmonica           CH
      8' Clarinet                61               8' Clarinet                CH
      8' Musette                 61               8' Musette                 CH
      8' Corno d'Amore           61               8' Corno d'Amore           CH
      8' English Horn            61               8' English Horn            CH
         Tremolo                                  8' Tuba                    73
      8' Harp (TC)               --                  Tremolo
      4' Celesta                 61 bars          8' Harp                    CH
                                                  4' Celesta                 CH
         PEDAL ORGAN
     32' Resultant               --
     16' Diapason                32
     16' Bourdon                 32
     16' Violone                 32
     16' Echo Lieblich           SW
      8' Bass Flute              12
      8' Gedeckt                 12
      8' Violoncello             12
      8' Still Gedeckt           SW
      4' Fifteenth               12
  3 1/5' Tierce                   4
  2 2/3' Larigo                   3
  2 2/7' Septieme                 3
     32' Bombarde                12
     16' Trombone                32
     16' Waldhorn                SW
     16' Bassoon                 CH
      8' Tromba                  12
      4' Bassoon                 CH


[Received from Steven E. Lawson  2014-09-12]


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