Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
2008-05-18 - Identified through information adapted from <i>E. M. Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner Opus List</i>, by Sand Lawn and Allen Kinzey (Organ Historical Society, 1997), and included here through the kind permission of Sand Lawn: <br><i> Replaced by Aeolian-Skinner Opus 1102 (1946).</i> -Database Manager
2009-12-09 - Updated through on-line information from James R. Stettner. -- Pipes 1 - 18 of the Great 8' Open Diapason were en façade. When the Whalley & Genung was replaced by the Aeolian-Skinner in 1946, it was relocated to Grace Lutheran in Visalia, California by an unknown person or firm. It is not presently known if any tonal changes were made at this time. -Database Manager
Stoplist extrapolated from the altered and relocated organ; November 11, 2008 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Oakland, California
Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church
Whalley & Genung, ca. 1890 - “Original Specifications”
GREAT
8 ft. Open Diapason. 61 CC 1 thru F 18 en facade.
8 ft. Dulciana. (tc) 49
8 ft. Melodia. (tc) 49
8 ft. Stop'd Bass 12
4 ft. Octave. 61
2 ft. Fifteenth 61
SWELL (Expressive)
8 ft. Salicional. (tc) 49 Actual name of rank uncertain.
8 ft. Stopd Diapason. (tc) 49
8 ft. Stopd Bass 12
4 ft. Flute. 61
8 ft. Oboe. (tc) 49
Tremolo.
PEDAL
16 ft. Pedal Bourdon. 30
Bellows Signal
COUPLERS (Drawknob)
Swell to Pedal
Great to Pedal
Swell to Great
PEDAL MOVEMENTS
Swell Expression (bal.)
ACTION: Mechanical Key & Stop
VOICES: 10
STOPS: 12
RANKS 10
PIPES: 543
NOTES
The organ was originally built for this location. The Great 8 ft. Open
Diapason had its first 18 pipes in the stenciled façade. It was replaced
here in 1946 by Aeolian-Skinner, Opus 1102.
At that time, the organ was relocated to Grace Lutheran in Visalia, CA.
by an undocumented person or firm.
SOURCES: OHS Database; extant, altered organ documented November 11, 2008.
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