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Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co. Opus 960-A (1942)

Cincinnati Conservatory of Music
Cincinnati, OH

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


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2007-03-12 - 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 Opus 960. Removed in 1969.</i> -Database Manager

2009-10-02 - Updated through online information from Lawrence Stofer. -- This started out as one of the Julliard practice organs. Initially designed by Ernest White, with one 56-note manual and pedal. It was removed from the old Conservatory building into storage then rebuilt by Tom Cunningham in his shop for the new building. it was never installed there. It was purchased by the Mount Carmel Baptist, Cincinnati. Installed partially by somebody who ran off leaving the organ unusable, then finished up by Julian Bulley 1980s -Database Manager

2022-05-08 - For an accurate back-story about the organ, see the article from THE DIAPASON March 1942 which is posted under DOCUMENTS. -Jeff Scofield


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

Cincinnati, Ohio
Cincinnati Conservatory of Music

Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co., Inc.   Opus 960-A   1942   2 manuals, 20 stops, 28 ranks
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              GREAT ORGAN                           SWELL ORGAN
          16' Quintaton          61              8' Nachthorn          61
           8' Principal          61              8' Salicional         61
           8' Gedeckt            61              8' Voix Celeste       pf
           4' Octave             61              4' Principal          pf
           4' Gemshorn           61              4' Chimney Flute      61
          IV  Mixture           244          2 2/3' Nazard             61
                                                 2' Blockflöte         61
              PEDAL ORGAN                    1 3/5' Tierce             61
          16' Subbass            32         III-IV  Mixture           232
          16' Quintaton          GT              8' Cromorne           61
           8' Principal          32              4' Oboe Clarion       61
           4' Choralbass         32                 Tremolo
         III  Mixture            96
           8' Posaune            32
           4' Schalmei           pf


[Received from Steven E. Lawson  2014-10-26]


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