Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
2006-04-19 - 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> Built in Westfield; extant; unaltered.</i> -Database Manager
2017-11-24 - Updated by Vince Harzewski, listing this website as a source of information: https://www.facebook.com/groups/41173727529/permalink/10155644032562530/.<br> Organ is in the process of being moved to the Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Syracuse, New York. -Database Manager
2018-02-27 - Updated by Frank Schultz, who has heard or played the organ.<br> Removal of Opus 669 is completed. The organ is being restored by Kerner & Merchant Organ Builders. Installation at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus will begin in August 2018. -Database Manager
From <i>The Diapason</i>, November 1927 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Syracuse, New York
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Skinner Organ Company Opus 669 1927 3 manuals, 31 stops, 36 ranks
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GREAT ORGAN SWELL ORGAN
16' Bourdon 17 PED 16' Bourdon 73
8' First Open Diapason 61 8' Diapason 73
8' Second Open Diapason 61 8' Rohrflöte 73
8' Clarabella 61 8' Salicional 73
8' Erzähler 61 8' Voix Celeste 73
4' Octave 61 8' Flute Celeste II 134
4' Flute Harmonique 61 8' Aeoline 73
II Grave Mixture 122 4' Fugara 73
8' Tuba (in CH) 61 4' Flute Triangulaire 73
8' French Horn (in CH) 61 IV Cornet 244
Chimes 25 tubes 8' Cornopean 73
8' Corno d'Amore 73
CHOIR ORGAN 8' Vox Humana 73
16' Contra Gamba 73 Tremolo
8' Gamba 73 Harp CH
8' Melodia 73 Celesta CH
8' Dulciana 73
4' Flute d'Amour 73 PEDAL ORGAN
8' Clarinet 73 32' Sub Bourdon 32
8' English Horn 73 16' Open Diapason 32
Tremolo 16' Bourdon 12
Chimes GT 16' Gamba CH
8' Harp (TC) -- 16' Echo Lieblich SW
4' Celesta 61 bars 8' Octave 12
8' Gedeckt 12
8' Cello CH
8' Still Gedeckt SW
16' Bass Tuba 12 GT
Chimes GT
[Received from Steven E. Lawson 2014-08-12]
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