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Skinner Organ Co. Opus 869 (1931)

St. James Episcopal Church
25 West Street
Danbury, CT

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


Images


Unknown - Church Exterior (Vintage Postcard, courtesy of T. Bradford Willis, DDS (1910s)/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main


Notes

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> Dedication recital played by Sherman J. Kreuzburg on December 20, 1931; rebuild; church specifically requested Ernest M.Skinner to design this organ; replaced by electronic in 1962.</i> -Database Manager


Stoplist

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

Danbury, Connecticut
St. James' Episcopal Church

Skinner Organ Company   Opus 869   1931    3 manuals, 36 stops, 41 ranks
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         GREAT ORGAN                           SWELL ORGAN
     16' Gemshorn           61             16' Gedeckt            73
      8' Diapason One       61              8' Diapason           73
      8' Diapason Two       61              8' Stopped Diapason   73
      8' Principal Flute    61              8' Salicional         73
      8' Gemshorn           61              8' Voix Celeste (TC)  61
      4' Octave             61              8' Flauto Dolce       73
      4' Flute              61              8' Flute Celeste (TC) 61
    III  Mixture           183              8' Aeoline            73
      8' Trumpet            61              4' Flute              73
                                            2' Flautino           61
         CHOIR ORGAN                       IV  Mixture           244
      8' Violin Diapason    73             16' Waldhorn           73
      8' Melodia            73              8' Cornopean          73
      8' Dulciana           73              8' Oboe               73
      8' Unda Maris (TC)    61              8' Vox Humana         73
      4' Flute d'Amore      61              4' Clarion            73
      2' Piccolo            61                 Tremolo
      8' Clarinet           61
         Tremolo                               PEDAL ORGAN    
      8' Harp (TC)          --             16' Diapason           32
      4' Celesta            61 bars        16' Bourdon            32
                                           16' Violone            32
                                           16' Gemshorn           GT
                                           16' Echo Lieblich      SW
                                            8' Flute              12
                                            8' Gedeckt            12
                                           32' Fagotto            12
                                           16' Trombone           32
                                           16' Fagotto            SW
                                            8' Tromba             12


[Received from Steven E. Lawson  2014-07-02]


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