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Skinner Organ Co. Opus 637 (1927)

Columbia High School (South Orange & Maplewood High School): Auditorium
17 Parker Ave
Maplewood, NJ

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
3 manuals
27 stops
23 registers
4 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Details Unknown)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons

Notes

2006-04-15 - Identified through information adapted from E. M. Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner Opus List, by Sand Lawn and Allen Kinzey (Organ Historical Society, 1997), and included here through the kind permission of Sand Lawn: Renamed Columbia High School; no information. -Database Manager

2007-09-19 - Updated through on-line information from John Elwood. -- In the picture provided, the organ console is below the two seated people on stage. (The organist's head is poking up). The top of the console is flush with the top of the stage causing people to stand on it frequently. The console itself is sunk several inches into the floor. The pipe chambers are approximately as deep as they are wide (or perhaps, slightly deeper). I personally last heard the organ used in 1994, but will be visiting in October 2007 for a more in depth analysis. The organ appears to be essentially unaltered aside from the addition of chimes and some industrial looking electrical work. I'll find out for sure though! -Database Manager

2008-08-26 - Updated through on-line information from John Elwood. -Database Manager

2008-09-26 - Updated through on-line information from John Elwood. -Database Manager

2011-12-26 - Updated through online information from Stephen Hall. -- A committee of alumni and faculty members are raising funds to restore the organ (information from committee's website 'chsorgan.org' accessed Dec 20, 2011). -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist from Organ committee website Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Maplewood, New Jersey
Columbia High School, Auditorium

E.M. Skinner, Opus 637, installed 1927

GREAT ORGAN  
 8'  Diapason        61    
 8'  Clarabella      61    
 4'  Octave          61    
 8'  Tromba          61    
  
SWELL ORGAN  
 16'  Bourdon        73    
  8'  Diapason       73    
  8'  Gedeckt        73    
  8'  Salicional     73    
  8'  Voix Celeste   73    
  8'  Aeoline        73    
      Mixture (III) 183  
  4'  Flute          73   
  8'  Oboe d'Amore   73    
  8'  Cornopean      73  
  8'  Vox Humana     73   
       Tremolo    
  
CHOIR ORGAN  
  8'  Chimney Flute  73  
  8'  Dulciana       73  
  4'  Flute          73  
  2'  Piccolo        73    
  8'  Clarinet       73    
       Tremolo    
  
PEDAL ORGAN  
 16'  Major Bass     32   
 16'  Bourdon        32    
 16'  Echo Bourdon   --     (Swell) 32 Notes  
  8'  Octave         12    
  8'  Gedeckt        12  
  8'  Still Gedeckt  --     (Swell) 32  Notes  
 16'  Trombone       12     (Ext. from Gt Tromba)  


 [Received from Stephen Hall 2011-12-26.]