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Skinner Organ Co. Opus 655 (1927)

St. Paul's Episcopal Church
25 Westminster Road
Rochester, NY

OHS convention: 2018

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


Images


2024-11-09 - Church interior (Nicole Keller, via Facebook/Jeff Scofield)

ca. 1920's - Church exterior (Vintage postcard/Jim Stettner)

Consoles

Main


Notes

2006-04-18 - 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: Extant; new Swell reeds by Schlicker; few other minor alterations; some ranks replaced but original pipes carefully stored in building. -Database Manager

2009-05-04 - Updated through online information from Stephen Hall. -- The church has committed to restoring the organ in 2009-2010 (information from an article in the "Rochester City Newspaper" dated April 29, 2009) -Database Manager

2011-08-31 - Updated through online information from Stephen Hall. -- Parsons Organ company is in process of reinstalling the instrument (online article from TWEAN News Channel of Rochester dated 8/03/11). Organ is being restored by Parsons In conjunction with: A. Thompson-Allen Co. LLC, Broome & Co. LLC, and Jonathan Ambrosino. (per Parsons Organ website, accessed 8/29/11) -Database Manager


Stoplist

Stoplist from <i>The Aeolian-Skinner Archives</i> Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Rochester, New York
St. Paul's Episcopal Church

Skinner Organ Company   Opus 655   1927          4 manuals, 55 stops, 68 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     61              8' Rohrflöte           73
       8' Doppel Flute        61              8' Salicional          73
       8' Erzähler            61              8' Voix Celeste        73
       4' Octave              61              8' Aeoline             73
       4' Flute               61              8' Unda Maris          73
       2' Fifteenth           61              4' Octave              73
       V  Mixture            305              4' Flute Triangulaire  73
      16' Ophicleide          73 (a)          2' Flautino            61
       8' Tromba              73 (a)          V  Cornet             305
       4' Clarion             73 (a)          V  Mixture            305
          Chimes              EC             16' Waldhorn            73
                                              8' Cornopean           73
          CHOIR ORGAN                         8' Corno d'Amour       73
      16' Dulciana            73              8' Vox Humana          73
       8' Concert Flute       73              4' Clarion             73
       8' Gemshorn            73                 Tremolo
       8' Dulcet II          146
       4' Harmonic Flute      73                 ECHO ORGAN
   2 2/3' Nazard              61              8' Viole Aetheria      61
       2' Piccolo             61              8' Viole Celeste       61
       8' Clarinet            73              8' Still Gedeckt       61
       8' Orchestral Oboe     73              4' Echo Flute          61
          Tremolo                             8' Vox Humana          61
       8' Harp (TC)           --                 Tremolo
       4' Celesta             61 bars
                                                 PEDAL ORGAN
          PROCESSIONAL ORGAN     (b)         32' Contra Bourdon       7 (c)
       8' Diapason            61             16' Diapason            32
                                             16' Bourdon             32
          SOLO ORGAN                         16' Violone             32
       8' Stentorphone        73             16' Dulciana            CH
       8' Flauto Mirabilis    73             16' Echo Bourdon        SW
       8' Violoncello         73         10 2/3' Quint               --
       8' Cello Celeste       73              8' Flute (ext. Diap.)  12
       8' Tuba Mirabilis      73              8' Gedeckt (ext. Bdn.) 12
       8' French Horn         73              8' Cello (ext. Vln.)   12
       8' English Horn        73              8' Still Gedeckt       SW
       8' Musette             73              4' Flute (ext. Bdn.)   12
          Tremolo                            32' Bombarde            32
          Chimes (in Echo)    25 tubes       16' Trombone            12
                                             16' Waldhorn            SW
                                              8' Tromba              12
                                              4' Clarion             12
                                                 Chimes              EC
      (a) enclosed in Choir
      (b) playable on Choir
      (c) 1-5 resulant with Diapason


[Received from Steven E. Lawson  2016-01-14]


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