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Skinner Organ Co. Opus 574 (1925)

Monumental Church, Episcopal
1224 E. Broad Street
Richmond, VA

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

Images

Unknown - Church Exterior (Vintage Postcard, courtesy of T. Bradford Willis, DDS (1900s)/Database Manager)

2013-03-12 - Signatures on the inside of a panel from expression box wall (Photograph by Bruce Schutrum/Database Manager)

2013-03-10 - Label from side of expression box frame (Photograph by Bruce Schutrum/Database Manager)

2013-02-21 - Builder's Nameplate (Photograph by Bruce Schutrum/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
3 manuals
21 stops
29 registers
4 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Has combination thumb pistons

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: Replaced 1850 Erben retaining case; church closed; moved to St. Bridget Catholic Church, Richmond in 1975; restored by Jim Andrews. -Database Manager

2012-10-05 - Updated through online information from T. Daniel Hancock. -Database Manager

2016-11-28 - Updated through online information from EUGENE WALTER. <br>Per a 2014 article in The Diapason, this instrument was included in whole or in part in the 2014 Kegg Organ Co instrument installed in the Bryn Athyn Cathedral, Bryn Athyn, PA -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist from Steve Emory, via Jonathan Bowen Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Richmond, Virginia
Monumental Church, Episcopal

Skinner Organ Company   Opus 574   1925     3 manuals, 21 stops, 25 ranks
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        GREAT ORGAN                             SWELL ORGAN
    16' Bourdon             17 PED          16' Bourdon             73
     8' Diapason            61               8' Diapason            73
     8' Claribel Flute      61               8' Gedeckt             73
     8' Flauto Dolce        SW               8' Salicional          73
     4' Octave              61               8' Voix Celeste        73
     4' Flute               SW               8' Flauto Dolce        73
     8' Cornopean           SW               8' Flute Celeste (TC)  61
        Chimes                               4' Flute Triangulaire  73
        Blank Knob                           V  Mixture            305
                                             8' Cornopean           73
        CHOIR ORGAN                          8' Flügel Horn         73
     8' Concert FLute       73               8' Vox Humana          73
     8' Dulciana            73                  Tremolo
     4' Flute               73
     8' English Horn        73                  PEDAL ORGAN
        Tremolo                             16' Diapason            32
                                            16' Bourdon             32
                                            16' Echo Bourdon        SW
                                             8' Octave              12
                                             8' Gedeckt             12
                                             8' Still Gedeckt       SW
                                                Blank Knob


[Received from Steven E. Lawson  2017-03-25]

Websites

Opus 574: Monumental Church, Episcopal - (Aeolian-Skinner Archives website) Stoplist (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)

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