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Skinner Organ Co. Opus 835 (1930)

American Academy of Arts and Letters: Auditorium
633 West 155th Street at Broadway
New York City: Manhattan, NY

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2011-08-05 - Building exterior (Photograph by Matthew X. Kiernan, via flickr.com, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

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2006-05-16 - 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> Extant; releathered by James Pastori in 1961; revived by Douglass Hunt in 1995.</i> -Database Manager

2009-09-30 - Updated through online information from John Elwood. -Database Manager

2011-01-18 - Updated through online information from Connor Annable. -Database Manager

2012-06-12 - Updated through online information from Steven E. Lawson. -Database Manager


Stoplist

Stoplist copied from the factory specification Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

New York City, New York
American Academy of Arts and Letters

Skinner Organ Company   Opus 835   1930           4 manuals, 38 stops, 46 ranks
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          GREAT ORGAN (6" pressure)               SWELL ORGAN (7½" pressure)
      16' Bourdon             17 PED          16' Bourdon             73
       8' First Diapason      61               8' Diapason            73
       8' Second Diapason     61               8' Rohrflöte           73
       8' Principal Flute     61               8' Salicional          73
       8' Geigen              CH               8' Voix Celeste        73
       8' Concert Flute       CH               8' Aeoline             73
       4' Octave              61               8' Flute Celeste II   134
      II  Grave Mixture      122               4' Octave              73
       8' Tromba              61               4' Flute Triangulaire  73
          Chimes              SO               2' Piccolo             61
                                               V  Mixture            305
          CHOIR ORGAN (6" pressure)           16' Waldhorn            73
       8' Geigen              73               8' Trumpet             73
       8' Concert Flute       73               8' Corno d'Amour       73
       8' Erzähler            73               8' Vox Humana          73
       4' Flute               73               4' Clarion             73
     III  Carillon           183                  Tremolo
       8' Clarinet            73
          Tremolo                                 PEDAL ORGAN (6" pressure)
       8' Harp (TC)           --              32' Resultant           --
       4' Celesta             61 bars         16' Contra Bass         32
                                              16' Bourdon             32
          SOLO ORGAN (10" pressure)           16' Echo Lieblich       SW
       8' Orchestral Flute    73               8' Octave              12
       8' Gamba               73               8' Gedeckt             12
       8' Gamba Celeste       73               8' Still Gedeckt       SW
       8' Tuba Mirabilis      73 (a)          32' Fagotto             32 (b)
       8' French Horn         73              16' Trombone            32 (b)
       8' English Horn        73              16' Waldhorn            SW
          Tremolo                              8' Tromba              12
          Chimes              25 tubes            Chimes              SO

      (a) 15" pressure
      (b) 10" pressure

          ADJUSTABLE COMBINATIONS                 COUPLERS
          Solo    1-2-3-4                         Swell to Pedal      8  4
          Swell   1-2-3-4-5-6                     Great to Pedal      8
          Great   1-2-3-4-5                       Choir to Pedal      8  4
          Choir   1-2-3-4-5                       Solo to Pedal       8  4
          Pedal   1-2-3-4-5                       Swell to Great  16  8  4
          General 1-2-3-4                         Choir to Great  16  8  4
          General Cancel                          Solo to Great   16  8  4
                                                  Great to Swell      8
          MECHANICALS                             Solo to Swell       8
          Swell Expression                        Swell to Choir  16  8  4
          Choir Expression                        Solo to Choir       8
          Solo Expression                         Great to Solo       8
          Crescendo                               Swell to Swell  16     4
          Sforzando by pedal and piston           Choir to Choir  16     4
          Great to Pedal Reversible               Solo to Solo    16     4
          Solo Expression to Choir Pedal


[Received from Steven E. Lawson  2012-06-12]


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