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Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co. Opus 1344 (1959)

First Congregational Church
164 Deer Hill Road
Danbury, CT

Consoles

Main

Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
3 manuals
41 stops
50 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)
Has crescendo
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2007-07-26 - Identified through on-line information from Douglas W. Craw. -Database Manager

2008-06-28 - Updated 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: Retained twenty-eight ranks from previous 1908 Hook & Hastings, #2193; dedication recital played by Thomas W. Powell on October 20, 1959; extant. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist from Allen Kinzey via The Aeolian-Skinner Archives Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Danbury, Connecticut
First Congregational Church

Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co., Inc.   Opus 1344   1959
3 manuals, 49 stops, 49 ranks
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         GREAT                                ECHO
     16' Quintaton         61              8' Viola             61
      8' Diapason          61              8' Rohrflöte         61
      8' Bourdon           61              8' Flute Celeste II 122
      8' Gemshorn          61              4' Spitzflöte        61
      4' Octave            61            III  Mixture          183
      4' Rohrflöte         61              8' English Horn      61
  2 2/3' Twelfth           61              8' Vox Humana        61
      2' Fifteenth         61                 Tremulant
     IV  Fourniture       244
         Chimes                               PEDAL
                                          32' Soubasse          10
         SWELL                            16' Contre Basse      32
      8' Rohrflote         68             16' Bourdon           32
      8' Viola Pomposa     68             16' Quintaton         GT
      8' Viola Celeste     68             16' Rohrgedeckt       12 SW
      4' Prestant          68              8' Octave            32
      4' Flute Harmonique  68              8' Quintaton         GT
      2' Principal         61              8' Bourdon           12
    III  Plein Jeu        183              4' Choralbass        32
     16' Contre Hautbois   68             II  Mixture           64
      8' Trompette         68             16' Bombarde          12 SW
      4' Clairon           68             16' Contre Hautbois   SW
         Tremulant                         8' Trompette         SW
                                           4' Clairon           SW
         CHOIR                                Chimes            GT
      8' Viola             68
      8' Gedeckt           68
      8' Dulciana          68
      8' Unda Maris        56 tc
      4' Koppelflöte       61
  2 2/3' Nazard            61
      2' Blockflöte        61
  1 3/5' Tierce            61
      8' Chalumeau         68
         Tremulant
         Harp


        [Received online from Steven E. Lawson July 2, 2014]

Typed Stoplist from Douglas Craw Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

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Websites

Opus 1344: First Congregational Church - (Aeolian-Skinner Archives Web Site) Specification, photo (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

#14022 - Hook & Hastings Opus 2193 (1908)