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Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co. Opus 933 (1935)

Third Presbyterian Church
Pittsburgh, PA

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

Images

2009-02-21 - Church exterior (Photograph by Tim Engleman, via Wikipedia, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2015-04-22 - Church interior and Skinner case (Photograph by Sherry Remaly, via flickr.com, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

4 manuals
70 stops
56 registers

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: Replaced #157; replaced by Möller, #10016 in 1966; moved to Lincoln Christian College, Lincoln, Illinois. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: Stoplist copied from The American Organist 1936 Date not recorded

       Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
       Third Presbyterian Church

       Aeolian-Skinner   Op. 933   1935   4/62
       ______________________________________________________

       GREAT (*enclosed)                SWELL

   16' Diapason          61         16' Flute Conique      73
    8' 1st Diapason      61          8' Diapason           73
    8' 2nd Diapason      61          8' Rohrflöte          73
    8' 3rd Diapason      61          8' Viole d'Orchestre  73
    8' Harmonic Flute    61          8' Salicional         73
    8' Claribel Flute    61 *        8' Voix Celeste       73
    8' Kleinerzähler     CH *        8' Flauto Dolce       73
    4' Octave            61          8' Flute Celeste      61
    4' Wald Flute        61 *        4' Octave             73
2 2/3' Twelfth           61 *        4' Chimney Flute      73
    2' Fifteenth         61 *        4' Violina            73
   IV  Mixture          244 *    2 2/3' Nasard             61
    8' Tromba            61 *        2' Flautino           61
    4' Clarion           61 *       IV  Mixture           244
       Sub                          16' Fagotto            73
       Super                         8' Cornopean          73
       Chimes               *        8' Trumpet            73
       Harp              CH *        8' Oboe               73
       Celesta           CH *        8' Vox Humana         73
                                     4' Clarion            73
       CHOIR                            Tremulant
                                        Sub
   16' Gamba             73             Unison Off
    8' Diapason          73             Super
    8' Gedeckt           73
    8' Viola             73             PEDAL
    8' Erzähler          73
    8' Kleinerzähler     61         32' Bourdon             7
    4' Lieblichflöte     73         32' Resultant          --
2 2/3' Nasard            61         16' Diapason           32
    2' Piccolo           61         16' Diapason           GT
1 3/5' Tierce            61         16' Contrabass         32
    8' Clarinet          73         16' Bourdon            32
    8' Orchestral Oboe   73         16' Violone            32
       Tremulant                    16' Flute Conique      SW
       Sub                          16' Gamba              CH
       Unison Off                    8' Contrabass         12
       Super                         8' Bourdon            12          
       Harp                          8' Violone            12
       Celesta                       8' Flute Conique      SW
                                     4' Contrabass         12
       SOLO                          4' Flute Conique      SW
                                    16' Trombone           32
    8' Orchestral Flute  73          8' Trombone           12
    8' Gamba             73          4' Trombone           12
    8' Gamba Celeste     73             Chimes             GT
    8' Tuba Mirabilis    73
    8' French Horn       73
    8' English Horn      73
       Tremulant
       Sub
       Unison Off
       Super
       Chimes            GT

           [Received from Jeff Scofield October 20, 2018]

Documents

Stoplist from THE AMERICAN ORGANIST April 1936 Stoplist -Jeff Scofield
Write-up from THE AMERICAN ORGANIST April 1936 p.2 Commentary and description -Jeff Scofield
Write-up from THE AMERICAN ORGANIST April 1936 p.1 Commentary and description -Jeff Scofield
Write-up from THE DIAPASON February 1936 Description of organ and dedication activities -Jeff Scofield

Websites

Opus 933: Third Presbyterian Church - (Aeolian-Skinner Archives Web Site) Stoplist, history (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

#24761 - Richard Schneider / Schneider Pipe Organs, Inc. (1997)