1992-05-26 - Church exterior (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
1992-05-26 - The retained 1918 Austin console (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
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> Retained console and two ranks of existing Austin, #781; Swell and portion of Pedal damaged by fire in 1984; rebuilt by Randy George.</i> -Database Manager
2022-06-19 - The original 39 ranks of the Aeolian-Skinner were installed in the balcony under very unfavorable conditions. The balcony is 39'6" wide, but the opening into the nave is only 15'6" wide and 6'6" high. In addition, there was paneling in front of the organ which extended about three feet above the mouths of the pipes. The little Choir division was supported above the Great and Pedal. It was actually in the base of the steeple, around 7' above the ceiling of the nave and 11' above the balcony opening. The 1918 Austin console was reused. On June 26, 1984, the roof caught fire. Water from fighting the fire poured through the Swell division and the firefighters stomped on most of the pipes during containment - the division was ruined. The organ was removed, rebuilt, enlarged and reinstalled. -Jeff Scofield
From Allen Kinzey via <i>The Aeolian-Skinner Archives</i> Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Omaha, Nebraska
First Unitarian Church
Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co., Inc. Opus 962 1937 3 manuals, 31 stops, 39 ranks
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GREAT ORGAN SWELL ORGAN
8' Principal 61 16' Lieblich Gedeckt 73
8' Bourdon 61 8' Geigen Diapason 73
8' Gemshorn 61 8' Stopped Diapason 73
4' Octave 61 8' Viole d'Gambe 73
4' Nachthorn 61 8' Viole Celeste 73
II Grave Mixture 122 4' Geigen Principal 73
IV Fourniture 244 2' Fifteenth 61
III Plein Jeu 183
CHOIR ORGAN 8' Trompette 73
8' Gedeckt 73 8' Vox Humana 73
8' Dolcan 73 Tremulant
4' Koppelflöte 73
2 2/3' Nazard 61 PEDAL ORGAN
2' Blockflöte 61 16' Contrebasse 32
1 3/5' Tierce 61 16' Bourdon 32
Tremulant 16' Lieblich Gedeckt SW
8' Octave 32
8' Flauto Dolce 32
4' Nachthorn 32
IV Mixture 128
16' Posaune 32
[Received from Steven E. Lawson 2014-11-19]
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