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Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co. Opus 1480 (1966)

Temple Beth-El
979 Dickinson Street
Springfield, MA

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


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Unknown - Console (2013) (Photograph by Thom Thomas/Database Manager)

Unknown - Console (2013) (Photograph by Thom Thomas/Database Manager)

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2006-03-27 - Identified through online information from Scott Lamlein. -- Great is partially enclosed with separate expression chamber. -Database Manager

2008-07-03 - Updated 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>Great Mixture destroyed by vandals and replaced by Austin.</i> -Database Manager

2013-12-18 - Removed by Thom Thomas in July 2013 for reinstallation in his home studio; the organ hadn't been used for the previous 10-15 years. -Database Manager

2021-09-18 - Pipe organ listed for sale in Diapason. Update to the stop system with Peterson ICS-4000 and solid state switching. -Ian Scheil


Stoplist

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

Springfield, Massachusetts
Temple Beth-El

Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co., Inc.   Opus 1480   1966   2 manuals, 17 stops, 20 ranks
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         GREAT ORGAN                                SWELL ORGAN
         Unenclosed:                             8' Rohrflöte             61
      8' Bourdon               61                8' Viola Pomposa         61
      4' Octave                61                8' Viola Celeste         61
      2' Blockflöte            61                4' Nachthorn             61
     IV  Fourniture           244            2 2/3' Quinte                61
                                                 2' Principal             61
         Enclosed:                              16' Contre Trompette      61 a
      8' Kleiner Erzähler      61                8' Trompette             12
      8' Kl. Erzähler Celeste  61                8' Clarinet              GT
      4' Harmonic Flute        61                   Tremulant
      8' Clarinet              61
         Tremulant                                  PEDAL ORGAN
                                                16' Major Bass            32
         WIND PRESSURES:                        16' Erzähler              GT
         GREAT (unenclosed)  2 1/2"              8' Spitzprinzipal        32
         GREAT (enclosed)    3 1/2"              8' Bourdon               12
         SWELL               3 1/2"              4' Spitzprinzipal        12
         PEDAL                   4"             16' Contre Trompette      SW

                                                 a  5" dia. #CCC to #2, French
                                                    shallots; voice 'fiery'


[Received from Steven E. Lawson  2015-07-17]


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