Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
2006-11-16 - 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> Rebuild of 1898 Geo, S. Hutchings, #446 with new console; sold to Youngstown Symphony; discarded before installation.</i> -Database Manager
2010-11-22 - Updated through online information from Connor Annable. -Database Manager
2018-09-24 - After a peak of over 2,400, membership dwindled to less than 100; the church was 're-purposed' as a condominium/office complex, with the congregational meeting in the church parlor. -Database Manager
2020-11-19 - From the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project: On March 28, 1933, a contract was signed with the Aeolian-Skinner Organ Company to rebuild and reconstruct the 1898 George S. Hutchings organ. Aeolian-Skinner provided a new standard drawknob console, of oak with a walnut trimmed interior, that also contained the combination action. All pipes were cleaned and reconditioned, and metal slide tuners were installed on all flue pipes previously tuned with rolls. Many stops were revoiced at the church or in the factory, and all reed pipes were fitted with new tongues. In the Swell division, the 4' Violina was replaced with a 4' Octave, and the Cornet (5 ranks) was changed to a Chorus Mixture. Two new stops were added to the Choir division: the Geigen Principal was replaced with an English Horn, and the Quintadena was replaced with a 49-note Unda Maris. A new 16' Lieblich Gedeckt was added to the Pedal, and all of the Pedal stops were extended with the addition of two new pipes. Reservoirs were releathered as necessary, and the coils of the chest primary magnets were replaced with high resistance single coils. Although the contract suggests the rebuilding of the existing swell motors (which were not original), a handwritten note penciled in by Ernest M. Skinner advised that new swell motors be installed. The church followed Skinner's recommendation and Aeolian-Skinner swell engines were installed: 16 stages to the Swell, 8 stages to the Great/Choir. Total cost of the rebuilding was $6,970. When the church was closed, the organ was sold to the Youngstown (Ohio) Symphony. An Ohio-based firm removed the organ to storage, but it was ultimately discarded. The console survived and was sold to the Second Church of Christ, Scientist in Hartford, Conn., where it was to be rebuilt and connected to that church's III/44 Skinner Organ, Op. 793 (1929). The Hartford church was later sold to the State of Connecticut, and in 2008, the organ (and possibly the Op. 906 console) was put in storage by Foley-Baker prior to restoration and eventual installation in Appleton Chapel, Harvard University. -Jeff Scofield
Typed stoplist Source: From Allen Kinzey Date not recorded
Brooklyn, New York
South Congregational Church
Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co., Inc. Opus 906 1933 3 manuals, 47 stops, 51 ranks
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GREAT ORGAN (enc. with CH) SWELL ORGAN
16' Diapason 61 * 16' Bourdon 61
8' First Diapason 61 * 8' Diapason 61
8' Second Diapason 61 * 8' Gedeckt 61
8' Harmonic Flute 61 * 8' Salicional 61
8' Doppelflöte 61 8' Voix Celeste 61
8' Gamba 61 8' Aeoline 61
8' Viole 61 8' Spitzflöte 61
4' Octave 61 * 4' Octave 61
4' Flauto Traverso 61 4' Harmonic Flute 61
2 2/3' Twelfth 61 2' Flageolet 61
2' Fifteenth 61 V Chorus Mixture 305
IV Mixture 244 16' Fagotto 61
16' Trumpet 61 8' Cornopean 61
8' Trumpet 61 8' Oboe 61
4' Clarion 61 8' Vox Humana 61
Chimes 20 bells Tremolo
* unenclosed 8' Harp (TC) --
4' Celesta 61 bars
CHOIR ORGAN
16' Gamba 61 PEDAL ORGAN
8' Diapason 61 32' Bourdon 32
8' Concert Flute 61 16' Diapason 32
8' Dulciana 61 16' Bourdon 32
8' Unda Maris (TC) 49 16' Violone 32
4' Flute d'Amour 61 16' Dulciana 32
4' Fugara 61 16' Lieblich Gedeckt 32
2' Piccolo 61 10 2/3' Quinte (Bdn) --
8' Clarinet 61 8' Octave 12
8' English Horn 61 8' Gedeckt 12
Tremolo 8' Cello 12
8' Harp (TC) SW 16' Trombone 32
4' Celesta SW Chimes GT
[Received from Steven E. Lawson 2017-03-27]
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