Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
2006-05-08 - 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: Replaced in 1998 by Orgues Letourneau. -Database Manager
2011-06-28 - Original cost of the organ was $17,500. The organ was rebuilt extensively in 1960 by C. V. Barden Company. Work included a new console, new leather, pipe replacement, and electric chimes. By the mid-1980's, the some parts of the organ were failing and others inoperable. The organ was replaced in 1998 by Letourneau's Opus 51. -Database Manager
From Allen Kinzey via <i>The Aeolian-Skinner Archives</i> Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Kalamazoo, Michigan
First Methodist Church
Skinner Organ Company Opus 710 1928 3 manuals, 24 stops, 29 ranks
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GREAT ORGAN SWELL ORGAN
16' Bourdon 17 PED 8' Diapason 73
8' First Diapason 61 8' Rohr Flute 73
8' Second Diapason 61 8' Salicional 73
8' Principal Flute 61 8' Voix Celeste 73
8' Rohr Flute SW 8' Flute Celeste II 134
8' Flute Celeste SW 4' Octave 73
4' Octave 61 4' Flute Triangulaire 73
8' Tromba 61 V Mixture 305
16' Contra Oboe 73
CHOIR ORGAN 8' Trumpet 73
8' Concert Flute 73 8' Oboe 73
8' Gamba 73 8' Vox Humana 61
4' Flute 73 4' Clarion 73
8' Clarinet 61 Tremolo
Tremolo
8' Harp (TC) -- PEDAL ORGAN
4' Celesta 61 bars 16' Contra Bass 32
16' Bourdon 32
8' Octave 12
8' Gedeckt 12
16' Contra Oboe SW
[Received from Steven E. Lawson 2015-08-06]
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