Better Pipe Organ Database

Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co. (1950)

First Congregational Church
199 Valley Street
Willimantic, CT

Images

2014-05-04 - Choir Division (partial) (Photograph by Phillip Simmons/Database Manager)

2014-05-04 - Console (Photograph by Phillip Simmons/Database Manager)

2014-05-04 - Great Division (Photograph by Phillip Simmons/Database Manager)

2014-05-04 - Pedal Division (partial) (Photograph by Phillip Simmons/Database Manager)

2014-05-04 - Pedal Regulator Temporary Patch (Photograph by Phillip Simmons/Database Manager)

2014-05-04 - Swell Division Reeds (Photograph by Phillip Simmons/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
3 manuals
26 stops
28 registers
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
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2008-06-10 - 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 1908 two manual Estey, #507; extant. -Database Manager

2019-10-24 - Updated by Phillip Simmons, who has heard or played the organ. This organ has been on continuous use since its installation, to the best of my knowledge. I have played it weekly for 10+ years. It is in excellent condition and has been maintained faithfully by the church. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Typed stoplist Source: from Allen Kinzey Date not recorded

Willimantic, Connecticut
First Congregational Church

Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co., Inc.   Opus 1221   1950   3 manuals, 26 stops, 30 ranks
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            GREAT ORGAN                             SWELL ORGAN
        16' Rohrgedeckt         61               8' Stopped Diapason    68
         8' Principal           61               8' Viole de Gambe      68
         8' Flute Harmonique    61               8' Viole Celeste (TC)  56
         4' Octave              61               4' Gemshorn            68
         2' Super Octave        61             III  Plein Jeu          183
            Fourniture III     183              16' Hautbois            68
                                                 8' Trompette           68
            CHOIR ORGAN                          4' Clairon             68
         8' Viola               68                  Tremulant
         8' Cor de Nuit         68
         8' Dulciana            68                  PEDAL ORGAN
         4' Koppelflöte         68              16' Contre Basse        32
     2 2/3' Nazard              61              16' Bourdon             32
         2' Blockflöte          61              16' Rohrgedeckt         GT
     1 3/5' Tierce              61               8' Principal           32
         8' Cromorne            68               8' Gedeckt             12
            Tremulant                            4' Choralbass          32


[Received from Steven E. Lawson  2017-11-28]

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

     Willimantic, Connecticut
     First Congregational Church

     Aeolian-Skinner   Op. 1221   1950   3/30
     _____________________________________________

     GREAT                         CHOIR
 16' Rohrgedeckt      61        8' Viola        68
  8' Principal        61        8' Cor de Nuit  68
  8' Flute Harmonique 61        8' Dulciana     68
  4' octave           61        4' Koppelflöte  68
  2' Super octave     61    2 2/3' Nazard       61
III  Fourniture      183        2' Blockflöte   61
                            1 3/5' Tierce       61
     SWELL                      8' Cromorne     61
  8' Stopped Diapason 68           Tremulant
  8' Viole de Gambe   68
  8' Viola Celeste    56           PEDAL
  4' Gemshorn         68       16' Contre Basse 32
III  Plein Jeu       183       16' Bourdon      32
 16' Hautbois         68       16' Rohrgedeckt  GT
  8' Trompette        68        8' Principal    32
  4' Clairon          68        8' Gedeckt      12
     Tremulant                  4' Choralbass   32

  [Received from Jeff Scofield December 29, 2013]

Websites

Opus 1221: First Congregational Church - (Aeolian-Skinner Archives website) Specification (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)