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Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co. Opus 823-A (1952)

First Presbyterian Church: Sanctuary
15 Grove Street
Passaic, NJ

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

Images

Date Unknown - Chancel organ case/facade (Photograph by Jonathan Bowen via Aeolian-Skinner Opus List website, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

ca. 2007 - Skinner case and facade st front of church (Photograph from an archival source: Klais Oreglbau website, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

1950's - Church exterior (Photograph from an archival source: Vintage postcard, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

Consoles

Main

4 manuals
44 stops
54 registers
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes

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: Addition of antiphonal to E. M. Skinner Opus 823 (1930). -Database Manager

2008-11-26 - Organ sold in 2007 via the Organ Clearing House to Evangelische Saalkirche, Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany, where it was rebuilt and enlarged by Orgelbau Klais Bonn in 2013. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist from Jonathan Bowen with further clarification by Allen Kinzey Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Passaic, New Jersey
First Presbyterian Church

Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co., Inc.   Opus 823-A   1952   4 manuals, 44 stops, 51 ranks
___________________________________________________________________________________
 
            GREAT ORGAN                            SWELL ORGAN
        16' Bourdon             17 PED         16' Bourdon             73
         8' First Diapason      61              8' Diapason            73
         8' Second Diapason     61              8' Rohr Flute          73
         8' Principal Flute     61 (in CH)      8' Salicional          73
         4' Octave              61              8' Voix Celeste        73
            Grave Mixture II   122              8' Echo Viole          73
         8' Tromba              61 (in CH)      8' Viole Celeste       73
            Chimes              SO              4' Flute Triangulaire  73
                                                   Mixture III        183
            CHOIR ORGAN                        16' Waldhorn            73
         8' Diapason            73              8' Trumpet             73
         8' Concert Flute       73              8' Oboe                73
         8' Dulciana            73              8' Vox Humana          73
         8' Unda Maris (TC)     61              4' Clarion             73
         4' Flute d'Amour       73                 Tremolo
     2 2/3' Nazard              61
         2' Piccolo             61                 PEDAL ORGAN
         8' Corno di Bassetto   73             32' Resultant           --
            Tremolo                            16' Diapason            32
         8' Harp (TC)           --             16' Bourdon             32
         4' Celesta             61 bars        16' Echo Lieblich       SW
                                                8' Octave              12
            SOLO ORGAN                          8' Gedeckt             12
         8' Gamba               73              8' Still Gedeckt       SW
         8' Gamba Celeste       73              4' Super Octave        12
         8' Tuba Mirabilis      73             16' Trombone            32
         8' French Horn         73             16' Waldhorn            SW
         8' English Horn        73              8' Tromba              12
            Tremolo                                Chimes              SO
            Chimes              25 tubes

            ANTIPHONAL GREAT (a)                   ANTIPHONAL SWELL (a)
         8' Principal           61              8' Bourdon             68
         8' Aeoline             61 (in ASW)     4' Spitzprincipal      68
         4' Principal           61              8' Trompette           68
        IV  Fourniture         244              4' Clairon             68
                                                   Tremulant
            ANTIPHONAL PEDAL (a)
        16' Bourdon             32

        (a) added by Aeolian-Skinner as Op. 823-A, 1952


[Received from Steven E. Lawson  2014-08-20]

Websites

Opus 823-A: First Presbyterian Church - (Aeolian-Skinner Archives website) Specification, photos (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)

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