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Skinner Organ Co. Opus 758 (1929)

Brooklyn Museum of Arts and Sciences
200 Eastern Parkway
New York City: Brooklyn, NY

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


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2006-05-09 - 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> Dedication recital played by Lynnwood Farnam on October 28, 1929; given to Westgate Baptist Church, Lancaster, Pennsylvania in 1975; during removal organ was stolen by organ technician and installed in private home; after discovery and court trial, finally installed in church in 1986; restored by Douglas Eyman; extant.</i> -Database Manager

2010-11-13 - Updated through on-line information from Connor Annable. -Database Manager


Stoplist

Typed stoplist Source: From Allen Kinzey Date not recorded

Brooklyn, New York
Brooklyn Museum of Arts and Sciences

Skinner Organ Company   Opus 758   1929           3 manuals, 29 stops, 33 ranks
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           GREAT ORGAN                            SWELL ORGAN
       16' Diapason            17 PED          8' Diapason            73
        8' Diapason            61              8' Rohrflöte           73
        8' Flute Harmonique    61              8' Salicional          73
        8' Erzähler            61              8' Voix Celeste        73
        4' Octave              61              8' Flute Celeste II   134
       II  Grave Mixture      122              4' Flute Triangulaire  73
        8' Tuba Mirabilis      CH            III  Mixture            183
        8' French Horn         61 (in CH)     16' Waldhorn            73
           Chimes              21 tubes        8' Trumpet             73
                                               8' Corno d'Amour       73
           CHOIR ORGAN                         8' Vox Humana          73
        8' Concert Flute       73              4' Clarion             73
        8' Gamba               73                 Tremolo
        8' Gamba Celeste       73
        8' Dulciana            73                 PEDAL ORGAN
        4' Flute               73             16' Open Diapason       32
        8' Clarinet            73             16' Bourdon             32
        8' English Horn        73              8' Octave              12
           Tremolo                             8' Gedeckt             12
        8' Tuba Mirabilis      73             16' Trombone            32
                                              16' Waldhorn            SW
                                                  Chimes              GT


[Received from Steven E. Lawson  2017-03-05]


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