Better Pipe Organ Database

Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co. Opus 1058 (1945)

First Central Congregational Church
Omaha, NE

Images

1992-05-26 - Church exterior (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

1992-05-26 - Console to right (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

1992-05-26 - Console to left (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2014-05-21 - Church interior (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

1992-05-26 - Church interior (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

3 manuals
42 stops
50 registers
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes

Notes

2008-03-15 - 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: Replaced 1920 Hillgreen, Lane rebuild of 1888 three manual Geo. S. Hutchings, #177; dedication recital played by Martin Bush on November 30, 1947; additions in 1956, and 1962. Additional Pitman chest in 1967 for Antiphonal Swell; Antiphonal finished by M.P. Möller in 1976; mechanically overhauled by John Hansen. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

Omaha, Nebraska
First Central Congregational Church

Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co., Inc.   Opus 1058   1945   3 manuals, 42 stops, 50 ranks
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           GREAT ORGAN                               SWELL ORGAN
       16' Quintaton           61                16' Gedeckt             73
        8' Open Diapason       61                 8' Geigen Diapason     73
        8' Bourdon             61                 8' Chimney Flute       73
        8' Gemshorn            61                 8' Viole de Gambe      73
        4' Octave              61                 8' Viole Celeste       73
        4' Rohrflöte           61                 8' Aeoline             73
    2 2/3' Twelfth             61                 4' Octave Geigen       73
        2' Fifteenth           61                 4' Flute Triangulaire  73
    III-V  Mixture            245               III  Plein Jeu          183
           Chimes                                16' Fagotto             73
                                                  8' Trompette           73
           CHOIR ORGAN                            8' Oboe                73
        8' Viola               73                 8' Vox Humana          73
        8' Concert Flute       73                 4' Clarion             73
        8' Dulciana            73                    Tremulant
        8' Unda Maris (TC)     61
        4' Koppelflöte         73                    PEDAL ORGAN
        4' Gemshorn            73                32' Bourdon (polyphonic) 3
    2 2/3' Nazard              61                16' Principal           32
        2' Piccolo             61                16' Bourdon             32
    1 3/5' Tierce              61                16' Quintaton           GT
       16' English Horn        61                16' Gedeckt             SW
        8' Bombarde            73                 8' Octave              32
        8' Clarinet            73                 8' Flute               12
           Tremulant                              8' Still Gedeckt       SW
                                                  4' Super Octave        32
           ANTIPHONAL ORGAN (floating)          III  Mixture             96
        8' Antiphonal Trumpet  61                16' Posaune             32
           Five blank knobs                      16' Fagotto             SW
                                                  8' Tromba              12
           ANTIPHONAL PEDAL                       4' Clarion             12
           One blank knob                            Chimes              GT


[Received from Steven E. Lawson  2014-11-19]

Documents

Write-up from THE DIAPASON January 1948 Stoplist and commentary -Jeff Scofield

Websites

Opus 1058: First Central Congregational Church - (Aeolian-Skinner Archives website) Photographs, stoplist (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)