2006-05-22 - Relocation (to original building and placement) and rebuild with enlargements of E. M. Skinner Opus 780 (1930). Several new stops added to main organ and a new 10-rank antiphonal added. -Database Manager
2016-09-03 - Updated through online information from Scot Huntington. <br>By a remarkable course of events,the original Westminster Presbyterian organ was reinstalled in the original chambers, but reconfigured for better tonal egress. This instrument replaced the 30-year old imitation that had once replaced it, but which had deteriorate beyond repair. The two-stop Echo, originally located high in a rear tower chamber, was not returned, but the Echo chest was repurposed to hold the new Great Mixture and Trumpet.<br><br>The original Great Grave Mixture II was divided into separately drawable components; The Choir Unda Maris II 4' was replaced with a 2' Piccolo; the missing Pedal Contrabass 16' was reinstated with legacy Austin wood pipes; the Pedal Trumpet 8', a prepared-for extension of the original Trombone was completed and extended another octave to 4'; and a recycled Skinner English Horn was added to the Solo. The original Echo Vox Humana was taken in trade for an Austin vox-in-a-box added to the Swell.<br><br>The original (thick) horizontal swell shutters were replaced with thinner vertical shades for better tonal egress of the enclosed divisions, but the organ's range of expression and shades-closed dynamic suffered significantly as a result, (and required a softening of the Swell chorus reed battery). It is hoped that one day, this tonal aspect of the original instrument will be restored. <br><br>The original pneumatic combination action was replaced with a solid-state, multi-level system. The case for the new Antiphonal division was designed by the noted organbuilder, scholar, and organ architect, the late Stephen Bicknell. The console has been placed on a movable platform for concert use. The architectural conduits for the original basement-placed Spencer blower had been removed after the Skinner had been replaced with an electronic. This necessitated that three new blowers be installed for the Antiphonal and for each side of the divided-chancel installation. -Database Manager
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 (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]
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