OHS convention: 2016
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: <br><i> E. M. Skinner Opus 742 (1928), with Tibia clausa added ca. 1932 by others, relocated from the residence of Harry E. Towle, New York.</i> -Database Manager
2008-03-23 - Updated through online information from Paul Corin. -- Organ playable to visitors to estate. Information gained from their website. -Database Manager
2014-02-07 - Updated through online information from Victoria Laubach. -Database Manager
2023-09-22 - The house is not a residence anymore, but is used as a event center. The original player mechanism is functional, but to save wear and tear on the player rolls, a computer is integrated with the organ and the digitized rolls may be played by the computer. The Tiba Clausa added circa 1932 seems to have been taken out. -Julius Coyle
2023-09-22 - Information from https://pipeorgandatabase.org/organ/23523 -Julius Coyle
Source: Stoplist from 2013 organ restoration survey 2013
Pughtown, Pennsylvania
Residence: Everett & Grace Rodebaugh aka "Welkinweir"
Skinner Organ Co., Opus 742, 1928
Aeolian-Skinner, Opus 742-A, 1941 - Relocation & Installation
MANUAL I – (EXPRESSION I) - 61 notes
8 Diapason 61
8 Orchestral Flute 61
8 Voix Celeste II ranks 122
8 Flute Celeste II ranks 110
4 Flute 12 [ext. of Orch Flute]
8 Cornopean 61
8 Harp
Celesta
MANUAL I – (EXPRESSION II) - 61 notes
16 Bourdon 12 [ext. of Chimney Flute]
8 Chimney Flute 61
4 Flute 12 [ext. of Chimney Flute]
2 2/3 Nazard 7 [ext. of Chimney Flute]
2 Piccolo 5 [ext. of Chimney Flute]
8 Cello Celeste II ranks 122
8 Tuba Mirabilis 61
8 French Horn 61
8 English Horn 61
8 Clarinet 61
8 Vox Humana 61
Tremolo [entire organ]
Chimes
Xylophone
MANUAL II – (EXPRESSION I) - 61 notes
Duplicate of Manual I
MANUAL II – (EXPRESSION II) - 61 notes
Duplicate of Manual I
PEDAL – (Expressive) - 32 notes
16 Bourdon (Exp. I) 12 [ext. of Orch Flute]
16 Echo Lieblich (Exp. II) --
8 Gedeckt (Exp. I) -- [from Orch Flute]
8 Still Gedeckt (Exp. II) -- [from Chimney Flute]
16 Trombone 32
8 Tromba [ext.] 12
Chimes
Bass Drum
Tympani
Cymbals & Crash Cymbal
ACCESSORIES
Player attachment
NOTES
2 manuals, 49 stops, 16 ranks, 995 pipes
Originally built by the Skinner Organ Co. in 1928 for the Park
Avenue apartment of stockbroker Harry B. Towle. The duplexed
organ is enclosed in two swell boxes and includes several per-
cussion stops. About 1932, a Tibia Clausa rank was added by
others.
The organ was moved by Aeolian-Skinner in 1941 (as Op. 742-A)
to "Welkinweir," the Rodebaugh residence in Pughtown, PA, where
it is extant and unaltered. The console has a blind combination
action with 7 divisional pistons on each manual, no pedal pistons,
no general pistons.
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