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Skinner Organ Co. Opus 623 (1926)

St. Joseph's Episcopal Church / St. Matthew's & St. Joseph's Episcopal Church
8850 Woodward Avenue
Detroit, MI

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Notes

2006-04-15 - 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> Replaced 1912 two manual M. P. Möller, #1412; additions in 1927.</i> -Database Manager

2015-05-25 - The prepared-for stops were added as Op. 623-A in 1927. -Database Manager


Stoplist

Specification from <i>The Life and Work of Ernest M. Skinner</i> by Dorothy Holden (OHS: 1987) Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Detroit, Michigan
St. Joseph's Episcopal Church

Skinner Organ Company   Opus 623   1926         4 manuals, 18 stops, 21 ranks
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          GREAT ORGAN                             SWELL ORGAN
      16' Bourdon             17 PED          16' Bourdon             73
       8' First Diapason      61               8' Diapason            73
       8' Second Diapason     pf               8' Gedeckt             73
       8' Claribel Flute      pf               8' Salicional          73
       8' Gedeckt             SW               8' Voix Celeste        73
       8' Flute Celeste       SW               8' Flauto Dolce        73
       4' Octave              pf               8' Flute Celeste (TC)  61
       4' Flute               SW               4' Octave              73
     III  Mixture             pf               4' Flute               73
       8' Tromba              pf              IV  Mixture            244
                                              16' Waldhorn            73
          CHOIR ORGAN                          8' Cornopean           73
       8' Gamba               pf               8' Corno d'Amore       73
       8' Concert Flute       pf               8' Vox Humana          61
       4' Flute               pf                  Tremolo
       2' Piccolo             pf  
       8' Clarinet            pf                  PEDAL ORGAN
          Tremolo             pf              16' Major Bass          32
       8' Harp (TC)           pf              16' Bourdon             32
       4' Celesta             pf              16' Echo Bourdon        SW
                                               8' Octave              12
          SOLO ORGAN                           8' Gedeckt             12
       8' Cello               pf               8' Still Gedeckt       SW
       8' Gamba Celeste       pf              16' Trombone            32
       4' Orchestral Flute    pf              16' Waldhorn            SW
       8' Tuba                pf               8' Tromba              12
       8' French Horn         pf  
       8' English Horn        pf                 
          Tremolo             pf

          COMBINATIONS                            COUPLERS
          Solo         5    (thumb)               Swell to Pedal        8  4
          Swell        6    (thumb)               Great to Pedal        8
          Great        5    (thumb)               Choir to Pedal        8
          Choir        5    (thumb)               Solo to Pedal         8  4
          Pedal        5    (toe)                 Swell to Great    16  8  4
          General Cancel                          Choir to Great    16  8
          Pedal combinations to manual,           Solo to Great     16  8  4
            on & off: Solo, Swell,                Swell to Choir    16  8  4
            Great, Choir                          Solo to Choir         8
                                                  Great to Solo         8
          REVERSIBLES                             Swell to Swell    16     4
          Great to Pedal    (thumb & pedal)       Choir to Choir    16     4
          Swell to Pedal    (thumb)               Solo to Solo      16     4
          Choir to Pedal    (thumb)                  
          Swell to Pedal 4' (thumb)               MECHANICALS
          Solo to Pedal 4'  (thumb)               Choir expression pedal
          Swell to Great    (thumb)               Swell expression pedal
          Solo to Great     (thumb)               Solo expression pedal
          Swell to Choir    (thumb)               Crescendo pedal (with dial ind.)
          Sforzando         (thumb & pedal)       Manual 16', on & off


[Received from Steven E. Lawson  2015-05-25]


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