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Skinner Organ Co. Opus 555 (1925)

RKO Palace Theatre
41 S. Main Street
Akron, OH

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


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Notes

2006-03-23 - 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> Gone.</i> -Database Manager

2014-02-22 - Information received from Jeff Scofield indicates the organ was installed in First Methodist Church, Brownsville, Tennessee in 1942, probably by E.M. Skinner & Son. -Database Manager

2016-12-23 - Updated through online information from Robert J Parks. -Database Manager


Stoplist

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

Akron, Ohio
Akron Theatre

Skinner Organ Company   Opus 555   1925      3 manuals, 15 stops, 15 ranks
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        GREAT ORGAN                            SWELL ORGAN
     8' Doppel Flute        73             16' Bourdon             73
     4' Orchestral Flute    73              8' Diapason            73
     8' Corno d'Amore       73              8' Gedeckt             73
     8' French Horn         73              8' Salicional          73
     8' Harp (TC)           --              8' Voix Celeste        73
     4' Celesta             61 bars         8' Flauto Dolce        73
                                            8' Flute Celeste (TC)  61
        SOLO ORGAN                          4' Flute               73
     8' Gedeckt             SW              8' Cornopean           73
     8' Flute Celeste II    SW              8' Vox Humana          73
     8' Salicional          SW                 Tremolo
     8' Voix Celeste        SW
     4' Flute               SW                 PEDAL ORGAN
     8' French Horn         GT             16' Bourdon             32
        Tremolo                            16' Echo Bourdon        SW
     8' Harp                GT              8' Gedeckt             12
     4' Celesta             GT              8' Still Gedeckt       SW


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


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