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Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co. Opus 1363 (1958)

Wayne State University: McGregor Auditorium
Detroit, MI

Images

2019-12-02 - Organ, exposed pipes and console (Photograph by Covenant Organs, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

1958 - Organ, exposed pipes and console (Photograph by Aeolian-Skinner sales booklet, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2010-09-20 - Console (Photograph by Covenant Organs, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
3 manuals
25 stops
34 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
Has combination thumb pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2007-07-27 - Identified through online information from Douglas W. Craw. -Database Manager

2007-08-17 - Updated through online 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: Extant. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

Detroit, Michigan
Wayne State University - McGregor Auditorium

Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co., Inc.   Opus 1363   1958   3 manuals, 25 stops, 36 ranks
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           GREAT ORGAN                               SWELL ORGAN
       16' Quintaton           61                 8' Flûte à Cheminée    68
        8' Principal           61                 8' Viola Pomposa       68
        8' Quintaton           12                 8' Viola Celeste       68
        4' Octave              61                 8' Flute Celeste II   124
        4' Rohrflöte           61                 4' Spitzflöte          68
        2' Super Octave        61                 2' Nachthorn           61
    III-V  Fourniture         245               III  Plein Jeu          183
                                                 16' Hautbois            68
           POSITIV ORGAN                          8' Trompette           68
        8' Nasonflöte          61                 4' Cromorne            68
        8' Flute Celeste II    SW                    Tremulant
        4' Koppelflöte         61
        2' Prinzipal           61                    PEDAL ORGAN
    1 1/3' Larigot             61                16' Contra Bass         32
       II  Sesquialtera       122                16' Quintaton           GT
      III  Zimbel             183                16' Flute Couverte      12 SW
                                                  8' Octave              32
                                                  8' Quintaton           GT
                                                  4' Choralbass          12
                                                 II  Grave Mixture       64
                                                 16' Contre Trompette    12 SW
                                                  8' Trompette           SW
                                                  4' Cromorne            SW


[Received from Steven E. Lawson  2016-07-03]

Documents

Contract and specifications, OHS Archives via Roman Lizak -Jeff Scofield

Websites

Opus 1363: Wayne State University - (Aeolian-Skinner Archives Web Site) Stoplist (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)

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