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Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co. Opus 998 (1940)

Bradford Junior College: Denworth Hall - Auditorium
320 S. Main St.
Bradford, MA

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

Images

1958 postmark - Denworth Hall exterior (Photograph by Vintage postcard, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

Date Unknown - Builder plate (Photograph by Stefan Weist, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

Date Unknown - Console (Photograph by Stefan Weist, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
3 manuals
35 stops
39 registers
4 divisions
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
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2007-03-17 - 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: Extant; unaltered: moved to Trinity Episcopal, Haverhill, MA by Thad Outerbridge in 1990. [See #853] -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: Stoplist copied from the console August, 1987

Bradford, Massachusetts
Bradford Junior College - Denworth Hall: Auditorium

Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co., Opus 998, 1940 - Original Specifications


       GREAT (Expressive *)
16'    Quintade                  61
8'     Principal                 61
8'     Flute Harmonique          61
8'     Concert Flute        (*)  61
8'     Dolcan               (*)  61
4'     Octave                    61
4'     Spitzflöte           (*)  61
2 2/3' Quint                     61
2'     Super Octave              61
IV     Fourniture               244
8'     Krummhorn            (*)  61
       Tremolo                       (for expressive stops)

Great to Great 16'
Great Unison Release
Great to Great 4'

       SWELL (Expressive)
8'     Geigen                    73
8'     Bourdon                   73
8'     Viole de Gambe            73
8'     Viole Celeste             73
4'     Octave Geigen             73
4'     Flauto Traverso           73
III    Cymbel                   183
16'    Fagot                     73
8'     Trompette                 73
8'     Vox Humana                73
4'     Clarion                   73
       Tremolo

Swell to Swell 16'
Swell Unison Release
Swell to Swell 4'

       POSITIV
8'     Nason Flute               61
4'     Rohrflöte                 61
2 2/3' Nasat                     61
2'     Principal                 61
1 3/5' Tierce                    61
1'     Sifflöte                  61

Positiv Unison Release

       PEDAL
16'    Principal                 32
16'    Bourdon                   32
16'    Quintade            (Gt)  --
8'     Spitz Principal           32
8'     Quintade            (Gt)  --
4'     Koppelflöte               32
2'     Block Flöte               32
IV     Mixture                  128
16'    Posaune                   32
8'     Trompette                 12
4'     Clarion                   12


INTER-DIVISIONAL COUPLERS
Swell to Pedal                  8,4
Unenc. Gt to Pedal              8
Enc. Gt to Ped.                 8
Positiv to Pedal                8

Swell to Great               16,8,4
Positiv to Great             16,8

Unenc. Gt. on Pos.
Enc. Gt.on Pos.

FINGER PISTONS
General                       1 - 8
Swell                       0,1 - 6
  Sw. to Ped.  [2]            (rev)
  Sw. to Gt.                  (rev)
  Sw. to Pos.                 (rev)
Great                       0,1 - 9
  Unenc. Gt. to Ped.          (rev)
  Enc. Gt. to Ped.            (rev)
  Unenc. Gt. to Pos.          (rev)
  Enc. Gt. to Pos.            (rev)
Positiv                     0,1 - 6
  Pos. to Ped.                (rev)
  Pos. to Gt.                 (rev)
Pedal                       0,1 - 6
16 Manual Off                 (rev)
Sforz.                        (rev)
Setter
Cancel

TOE STUDS
General                       1 - 8
Pedal                       0,1 - 6
Sw. to Ped.                   (rev)
Unenc. Gt. to Ped.            (rev)
Enc. Gt. to Ped.              (rev)
Pos. to Ped.                  (rev)
Sforz.                        (rev)

SWITCHES
Ped. Comb. to Ped. Studs     On/Off
Sw.  Comb. to Ped. Studs     On/Off
Gt.  Comb. to Ped. Studs     On/Off
Pos. Comb. to Ped. Studs     On/Off
Ped. to Manual  [Great]      On/Off

PEDAL MOVEMENTS
Swell Expression             (bal.)
Great Expression             (bal.)
Crescendo                    (bal.)


ACTION: E-P    
VOICES: 35    
STOPS: 39    
RANKS: 43    
PIPES: 2,477

Websites

Opus 998: Bradford Junior College - Denworth Hall - (Aeolian-Skinner Archives Web Site) Stoplist, photographs (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

#23666 - Thaddeus H. H. Outerbridge, III (1990)