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Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co. Opus 923 (1934)

National Broadcasting Corp.: Studio 3B
New York City: Manhattan, NY

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

Images

1935 - Console (Photograph from an archival source: Aeolian-Skinner ad in THE DIAPASON February 1935, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
3 manuals
49 stops
12 registers
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Has combination thumb pistons

Notes

2006-11-24 - Identified through information adapted from *E. M. Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner Opus List*, by Sand Lawn and Allen Kinzey (Organ Historical Society, 1997), and included here through the kind permission of Sand Lawn: Moved to Post Chapel Building, #799, USMA, West Point, NY in 1951. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

New York City, New York
National Broadcasting Corp. - Studio 3B

Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co., Inc.   Opus 923   1934   3 manuals, 49 stops, 15 ranks
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          GREAT ORGAN (II)                           SOLO ORGAN (III)
       8' Diapason                61             16' Tibia Clausa
      16' Tibia Clausa            97              8' Tibia Clausa
       8' Tibia Clausa            --              4' Tibia Clausa
       4' Tibia Clausa            --              2' Tibia Clausa
       2' Tibia Clausa            --              8' Flute
       8' Flute                   85              4' Flute
       4' Flute                   --          2 2/3' Flute
   2 2/3' Flute                   --              2' Flute
       2' Flute                   --              8' Voix Celeste II
       8' Voix Celeste II        122              8' Trompette *
       8' Trompette               61 *            8' Cornopean
       8' Cornopean               73              8' French Horn
       8' French Horn             61              8' Clarinet
       8' Clarinet                61              8' English Horn
       8' English Horn            73              8' Vox Humana
       8' Vox Humana              61              8' Flute Celeste II
          Tremolo                                 8' Soft String Celeste II
          Chimes                                  4' Soft String Celeste II
                                                  8' Orchestral Flute
          CHOIR ORGAN (I)                            Tremolo
       8' Flute Celeste II   122                     Chimes
       8' Soft String Celeste II 146                 Harp
       4' Soft String Celeste II  --                 Celesta
       8' Orchestral Flute        61
          Tremolo                                    PEDAL ORGAN
          Chimes                                 16' Tibia Clausa
          **Second Touch**                       16' Waldhorn (Cornopean)
       8' Cornopean                              16' English Horn
       8' Tibia Clausa                            8' French Horn
       4' Tibia Clausa                            8' Voix Celeste II
       8' Clarinet                                8' Flute Celeste II
       8' Diapason                                8' Soft String Celeste II

       *  added 1962 (Op. 923-A)


[Received from Steven E. Lawson  2015-07-29]

Websites

Opus 923: National Broadcasting Corp. - Studio 3B - (Aeolian-Skinner Archives Web Site) Stoplist (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)

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