Better Pipe Organ Database

Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co. Opus 999 (1940)

First Methodist Church
159 E. Main Street
Meriden, CT

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

Images

1931 - Church interior (Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
35 stops
32 registers
5 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)
Combination action: Adjustable Combination 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: Dedication recital played by William E. Zeuch on October 6, 1940; burned; replaced by 2/28 Austin, #2504. -Database Manager

2009-08-10 - Updated through on-line information from Jeff Scofield. -- Dedicatory recital by William Zeuch on October 6, 1940; the organ burned with the sanctuary on September 19, 1941. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: From the Aeolian-Skinner Archives

       Meriden, Connecticut
       First Methodist Church

       Aeolian-Skinner   Op. 999   1940   3/37
       ___________________________________________

       GREAT                     SWELL
   16' Quintaten        61    8' Viola          73
    8' Diapason         61    8' Concert Flute  73
    8' Spitzflöte       61    8' Dulciana       73
    8' Bourdon          61    8' Unda Maris     61
    4' Octave           61    4' Nachthorn      73
2 2/3' Quint            61    2' Blockflöte     61
    2' Super Octave     61    8' Clarinet       73
   IV  Fourniture      244       Tremolo
                                 Harp
       SWELL                     Celesta
    8' Geigen           73
    8' Rohrflöte        73       ECHO
    8' Salicional       73    8' Gedeckt        61
    8' Voix Celeste     61    8' Viole Aetheria 61
    8' Aeoline          73    8' Unda Maris     61
    4' Octave Geigen    73    8' Vox Humana     61
    4' Flauto Traverso  73       Tremolo
  III  Cymbal          183       Chimes
   16' Fagotto          73
    8' Trompette        73       PEDAL
    8' Oboe             73   16' Diapason       32
       Tremolo               16' Bourdon        32
                             16' Quintaten      GT
                              8' Octave         12
                              8' Flute          12
                                 Chimes         EC

     [Received from Jeff Scofield October 14, 2021]

Documents

(1940-11-10) Description of Organ Stoplist and other information from THE DIAPASON, Novoember 1940 -Jeff Scofield

Websites

Opus 999: First Methodist Church - (Aeolian-Skinner Archives Web Site) Stoplist (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)