Better Pipe Organ Database

Skinner Organ Co. Opus 806 (1929)

Residence: R. P. Noble / Carol & William Browne / Benenson
Round Hill Road
Greenwich, CT

Images

2017-08-28 - Harp (Photograph by Anthony Meloni/Database Manager)

2017-08-28 - Console (Photograph by Anthony Meloni/Database Manager)

2017-06-15 - Console and Chambers (Anthony Meloni/Anthony Meloni)

2017-06-15 - Pipe chamber (Anthony Meloni/Anthony Meloni)

2017-06-15 - Player Switching System (Anthony Meloni/Anthony Meloni)

2017-06-15 - Restored Pouch Boards (Anthony Meloni/Anthony Meloni)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
2 manuals
11 stops
34 registers
2 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Flat Jambs
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Details Unknown)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Blind Action
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2006-05-15 - Identified through information adapted from *E. M. Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner Opus List*, by Sand Lawn and Allen Kinzey (Organ Historical Society, 1997), and included here through the kind permission of Sand Lawn: With player attachment; extant in 1990; house sold to a Mr. McAfee. -Database Manager

2007-06-18 - Updated through online information from Frank Thompson. -- The house is now owned by Carol and William Browne. The organ is a basement installation. The Great division has seen water damage. I rebuilt this division (releather) in 1999. I had to do it again in 2003. At that time it was discovered that the water was from a garden sprinkling system. All is fixed now, we hope! This organ is used only each year for the Brownes' Christmas party. I am called each year for service about Dec. first. This organ is all original from 1929 save for the switches in the console, which I releathered, and the releathering the Great after the water problem. The Harp has water problems and needs to be rebuilt. -Database Manager

2017-09-01 - Updated by Anthony Meloni, the builder: This organ has been completely restored by Meloni & Farrier. The work started in February 2017, and was completed in August 2017. All wind chest double primaries and pouchboards were releathered after either years of wear, or water damage. All pipes were removed for cleaning and minor repairs. The Harp and Celesta was removed and completely restored. The reservoirs were removed and restored in the workshop. The remote pneumatic switching for combination action action and player mechanism was removed and completely restored to exact original standards. The player machine is intact and functioning. All ivory naturals are as beautiful as the day they left the Skinner workshop. This organ is completely original. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Typed stoplist Source: From Allen Kinzey Date not recorded

Greenwich, Connecticut
R. P. Noble Residence

Skinner Organ Company   Opus 806   1929
2 manuals, 34 registers, 11 stops, 14 ranks
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With player attachment

         MANUAL I
         Expression #1
      8' Diapason            61
      8' Voix Celeste II    122
      8' Flute Celeste II   110
      8' Harp (TC)           --
      4' Celesta             61 bars
 
         Expression #2
     16' Bourdon             97
      8' Chimney Flute       --
      8' Cello Celeste II   122
      4' Flute               --
  2 2/3' Nazard              --
      2' Piccolo             --
  1 3/5' Tierce              --
      8' Trumpet             61
      8' French Horn         61
      8' English Horn        61
      8' Clarinet            61
      8' Vox Humana          61
         Tremolo
         Chimes              25 tubes
 
         MANUAL II - Duplicate of Manual I

         PEDAL ORGAN
     16' Bourdon             32
     16' Echo Lieblich      MAN
      8' Gedeckt             12
      8' Still Gedeckt      MAN


[Received from Steven E. Lawson  2017-02-28]

Websites

Opus 806: R. P. Noble Residence - (Aeolian-Skinner Archives website) Specification (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)