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Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co. Opus 908-A (1941)

Holy Cross Roman Catholic Church
329 West 42nd Street
New York City: Manhattan, NY

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2010-11-05 - Church exterior (Photograph from an archival source: Wikipedia, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2019-06-20 - Church interior to rear, gallery and organ facade pipes (Photograph by Foley-Baker, Inc., via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

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Notes

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> Alterations to casework and addition of Chimes to Opus 908.</i> -Database Manager

2013-12-20 - Updated through online information from Fr. George Hafemann. -- This organ was removed from the church in 2009 by Foley-Baker, Inc. of Tolland, CT, in order for interior renovations to be completed. The instrument has been in storage ever since. -Database Manager

2017-08-07 - Updated by Tom DeFrancesco, who maintains the organ. -Database Manager

2020-06-07 - Reconditioned by Foley-Baker, Inc., in 2019. -Jeff Scofield


Stoplist

Typed stoplist Source: From Aeolian-Skinner Archives website Date not recorded

New York City, New York
Holy Cross Roman Catholic Church

Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co.   Opus 908   1933   3 manuals, 25 stops, 29 ranks
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           GREAT ORGAN                        SWELL ORGAN
       16' Flute Conique        61         8' Geigen Diapason      73
        8' Diapason             61         8' Rohrflöte            73
        8' Harmonic Flute       61         8' Salicional           73
        8' Gemshorn             61         8' Voix Celeste (TC)    61
        4' Principal            61         8' Aeoline              73
       II  Grave Mixture       122         4' Flute Triangulaire   73
           Chimes  (Op. 908-A)            IV  Mixture             244
                                          16' Waldhorn             pf
           CHOIR ORGAN                     8' Trumpet              73
        8' Concert Flute        73         8' Corno d'Amore        73
        8' Viola                73         8' Vox Humana           73
        8' Kleinerzähler        73         4' Clarion              73
        8' Kleinerz. Cel. (TC)  61            Tremolo
        4' Flute d'Amour        73
        8' Clarinet             73            PEDAL ORGAN
           Tremolo                        16' Diapason             32
                                          16' Bourdon              32
                                          16' Flute Conique        GT
                                           8' Diapason             12
                                           8' Bourdon              12
                                          16' Waldhorn             SW pf


[Received from Steven E. Lawson  2017-06-28]


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