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Skinner Organ Co. Opus 780 (1929)

Westminster Presbyterian Church
262 State Street
Albany, NY

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


Consoles

Main


Notes

2006-05-10 - 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> Replaced by electronic in 1966; moved to residence of Dr. Thomas Older, Albany, NY.</i> -Database Manager

2006-05-22 - Returned to Westminster, and rebuilt and enlarged by Austin, in 2002. -Database Manager

2013-08-07 - Updated through online information from Sam Cherubin. -Database Manager


Stoplist

Typed Specification Source: <i>OHS Organ Atlas of the Capital District Region 2006</i> Date not recorded

Albany, New York
Westminster Presbyterian Church

Skinner Organ Co.   Opus 780   1929           3 manuals, 36 stops, 41 ranks
Austin Organs, Inc.            2002           3 manuals, 45 Stops, 54 ranks
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         GREAT ORGAN                            SWELL ORGAN
     16' Bourdon             17 PED          8' Diapason            73
      8' First Diapason      61              8' Rohrflöte           73
      8' Second Diapason     61              8' Salicional          73
      8' Harmonic Flute      61              8' Voix Celeste        73
      4' Octave              61              8' Flute Celeste II   134
      4' Flute               61              4' Octave              73
  2 2/3' Twelfth             61              4' Flute Triangulaire  73
      2' Fifteenth           61                 Mixture III        183
         Mixture IV         244             16' Waldhorn            73
      8' Trumpet             61              8' Trumpet             73
         Chimes (in Solo)    25 tubes        8' Oboe                73
                                             8' Vox Humana          73
         CHOIR ORGAN                         4' Clarion             73
     16' Dulciana            73                 Tremolo
      8' Concert Flute       73                 Star Bells
      8' Dulciana            73
      8' Unda Maris (TC)     61                 ANTIPHONAL ORGAN
      4' Flute d'Amore       73              8' Open Diapason       61
      2' Piccolo             61              8' Stopped Diapason    61
      8' Corno di Bassetto   73              4' Octave              61
         Tremolo                             2' Super Octave        61
      8' Harp (TC)                              Mixture IV         244
      4' Celesta                             8' Trumpet             61

         SOLO ORGAN                             PEDAL ORGAN
      8' Cello               73             32' Resultant           --
      8' Cello Celeste (TC)  61             16' Diapason            44
      8' Harmonic Flute (Gt) --             16' Contra Bass         44
      4' Flute (Gt)          --             16' Bourdon             61
      8' French Horn         73             16' Ant. Bourdon        32
      8' Cor Anglais         61             16' Dulciana (Ch)       --
         Tremolo                             8' Octave (fr. Diap)   --
      8' Tuba                73              8' Cello (fr. ConBs)   --
                                             8' Gedeckt (fr. Bour)  --
                                             8' Dulciana (Ch)       --
                                             4' Flute (fr. Bour)    --
                                            16' Trombone            56
                                             8' Trumpet (fr. Tbn)   --
                                             4' Clarion (fr. Tbn)   --
                                                Chimes (Gt)

         COMBINATIONS                           COUPLERS
         Solo              8  (thumb) *         Great to Pedal        8
         Swell             8  (thumb) *         Swell to Pedal        8  4
         Great             8  (thumb) *         Choir to Pedal        8
         Choir             8  (thumb) *         Solo to Pedal         8
         Pedal             6  (toe)             Antiph. to Pedal      8
         General          12  (thumb & toe)     Swell to Great    16  8  4
         Set                  (thumb)           Choir to Great    16  8  4
         General Cancel       (thumb)           Solo to Great     16  8  4
         * with Man. to Ped.                    Antiph. to Great      8
           Combs. On/Off      (thumb)           Swell to Choir        8
                                                Solo to Choir         8
         REVERSIBLES                            Antiph. to Choir      8
         All Swells to Swell  (thumb & toe)     Great to Solo         8
         Sforzando            (thumb & toe)     Antiph. to Solo       8
         Star Bells           (thumb & toe)     Great to Great           4
                                                Swell to Swell    16     4
         BALANCED EXPRESSION PEDAL              Choir to Choir    16     4
         Choir                                  Solo to Solo      16     4
         Swell
         Solo & Echo [sic]
         Crescendo


[Received from Steven E. Lawson  2018-05-03]

From Allen Kinzey via <i>The Aeolian-Skinner Archives</i> Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Albany, New York
Westminster Presbyterian Church

Skinner Organ Co.   Opus 780   1929           3 manuals, 36 stops, 41 ranks
___________________________________________________________________________

         GREAT ORGAN                            SWELL ORGAN
     16' Bourdon             17 PED          8' Diapason            73
      8' First Diapason      61              8' Rohrflöte           73
      8' Second Diapason     61              8' Salicional          73
      8' Flute Harmonique    61              8' Voix Celeste        73
      4' Octave              61              8' Flute Celeste II   134
      4' Flute               61              4' Octave              73
     II  Grave Mixture      122              4' Flute Triangulaire  73
         Chimes              EC            III  Mixture            183
                                            16' Waldhorn            73
         CHOIR ORGAN                         8' Trumpet             73
     16' Dulciana            73              8' Oboe d'Amore        73
      8' Concert Flute       73              8' Vox Humana          pf
      8' Dulciana            73              4' Clarion             73
      8' Unda Maris (TC)     61                 Tremolo
      4' Flute               73
      4' Unda Maris II      122                 ECHO ORGAN
      8' Corno di Bassetto   73              8' Fern Flute          73
         Tremolo                             8' Vox Angelica II    146
      8' Harp (TC)                           8' Vox Humana          73
      4' Celesta                                Tremolo
                                                Chimes
         SOLO ORGAN
      8' Cello               73                 PEDAL ORGAN
      8' Cello Celeste       73             16' Diapason            32
      8' Tuba                73             16' Contra Bass         32
      8' French Horn         73             16' Bourdon             32
      8' English Horn        pf             16' Dulciana            CH
         Tremolo                             8' Octave              12
                                             8' Gedeckt             12
                                             8' Dulciana            CH
                                            16' Trombone            32
                                                Chimes              EC


[Received from Steven E. Lawson  2014-10-07]


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