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Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co. Opus 984 (1938)

United Presbyterian Church of Hornell (formerly, First Presbyterian Church): Sanctuary; front
150 Main Street
Hornell, NY

Images


ca. 2021 - Sanctuary interior. Organ chamber and console at front, left. (Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook page, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

1915 Postmark - Church exterior; facade (Photograph from an archival source: Vintage postcard, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

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Notes

2007-03-16 - 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> Tonally and mechanically altered by Parsons Organ Co., in 1984; combination action replaced by solid-state.</i> -Database Manager

2011-02-27 - Updated through on-line information from Larry Philbrick. -Database Manager


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factory records Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

United Prebyterian Church, formerly First Presbyterian Church
Hornell, New York

Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co., opus 984, 1938
Details from head flue and reed voicer's notebooks, Oct '38- Jan. '39; courtesy Allen Kinzey
Installed in chamber behind grill cloth with no visible pipes, chimes exposed on side wall

Great, 61 pipes, unenclosed
 8 Diapason            scale 44, 1/4 mouth, spotted metal, 1/2 on 17th note
 8 Hohlflote           wood, as op. 976
 8 Spitzflote          common metal, standard Flauto Dolce
 4 Octave              sc.56, 1/4m, spotted, 1/2 on 17th
II Grave Mixture       sc.66 (15th) & 68 (12th); spotted, 1/2 on 18th; 12 - 15 throughout
   Chimes

Swell, 73 pipes, enclosed
16 Bourdon             Unit A
 8 Viole               sc.54, 1/5m, spotted
 8 Viole Celeste       t.c., 61 pipes, identical to Viole
 8 Rohrflote           standard Std. Diap. with chimneys, 1/4m, spotted
 4 Flute Triangulaire  standard, wood
III Plein-jeu          183 pipes, all sc.48 @ 8'CC, spotted, 1/2 on 18th, same as op. 969
 8 Trompette           French, small
   Tremolo

Plein-jeu III
CC-f18     15 - 19 - 22
f#19-f30   12 - 15 - 19
f#31-f54    8 - 12 - 15
f#55-c61    1 -  8 - 12 

Pedal
16 Spitzprincipal      common metal 16' Principal, 2/9m in bass, unenclosed
16 Bourdon SW
 8 Octave              12 pipes, extension of 16 Principal
 8 Flute SW            extension of 16 Bourdon
   Chimes

Couplers
Swell to Great 16, 8, 4
Swell to Swell 16, 4
Great to Pedal 8
Swell to Pedal 8, 4

Combinations
Great   1-4,0
Swell   1-4,0
Pedal   1-3,0
General 1-3

Mechanicals
General Cancel
Great to Pedal Reversible
Sforzando
Swell expression
Crescendo

Pressures: Great 3.5"; Swell & Pedal 5"
A440 



 [Received from Scot Huntington 2013-01-04.]

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