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Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co. Opus 1140 (1947)

First Presbyterian Church
403 S Main St.
Covington, TN

Images

2020-05-05 - Church exterior (Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2020-05-05 - Church interior and facade pipes (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
2 manuals
14 stops
16 registers
3 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

Notes

2008-05-21 - 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: Extant; some additions. -Database Manager

2021-02-15 - Retained the façade pipes of 1908 Pilcher Op. 622. Renovation and tonal changes by Miller Pipe Organ Co. in 1990. -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

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

Covington, Tennessee
First Presbyterian Church

Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co., Inc.   Opus 1140   1947
2 manuals, 17 stops, 16 ranks
_______________________________________________________________

       GREAT                            SWELL
   16' Lieblich Gedeckt  61          8' Chimney Flute     73
    8' Open Diapason     61          8' Viole de Gambe    73
    8' Spitzflöte        61          8' Viole Celeste     61 tc
    4' Octave            61          4' Flute Harmonique  73
    4' Rohrflöte         61        III  Plein Jeu        183
       Tremolo                       8' Trompette         73
                                        Tremolo
       PEDAL
   16' Bourdon           32
   16' Gedeckt           GT
    8' Octave            32
    8' Flute             12
    4' Choral Bass       32

      [Received from Steven E. Lawson August 3, 2014]

Websites

Opus 1140: First Presbyterian Church - (Aeolian-Skinner Archives website) Stoplist (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

#66157 - Miller Pipe Organ Co. / Miller Organ Service, LLC (1990)