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Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co. Opus 1231 (1951)

Highland Park Methodist Church: Sanctuary
3300 Mockingbird Lane
Dallas, TX

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)


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Unknown - Church exterior (Postcard ca. 1950, courtesy of Brad Willis/Database Manager)

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Main


Notes

2008-06-11 - 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 1974 4/112 Austin, #2558; moved to Bethany Methodist, Houston, TX.</i> -Database Manager

2010-05-11 - Updated through online information from John R. Brown. -- Windchests described as "Pittman" [sic] chests in a report recommending sale of this organ dated February 1, 1972. Described as being on "high wind pressure" in a report recommending sale of this organ dated February 1, 1972. Action described as "electro-pneumatic" in a report recommending sale of this organ dated February 1, 1972. -Database Manager

2011-01-07 - Updated through online information from T. Bradford Willis, DDS. -Database Manager

2014-10-16 - Contract signed in 1951. Organ installed in 1954. -Database Manager


Stoplist

From Allen Kinzey via <i>The Aeolian-Skinner Archives</i> Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Dallas, Texas
Highland Park Methodist Church

Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co., Inc.   Opus 1231   1951   3 manuals, 32 stops, 43 ranks
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         GREAT ORGAN                                 SWELL ORGAN
     16' Quintaten             61                 8' Viole de Gambe        68
      8' Principal             61                 8' Viole Celeste (TC)    56
      8' Bourdon               61                 8' Rohrflöte             68
      4' Principal             61                 4' Prestant              68
  2 2/3' Octave Quint          61                 4' Flute Octaviante      68
      2' Super Octave          61                    Plein Jeu III        183
         Fourniture IV-VI     282                16' Contre Hautbois       68
         Chimes                                   8' Trompette             68
                                                  4' Clairon               68
         CHOIR ORGAN                                 Tremulant
      8' Geigen Principal      68
      8' Cor de Nuit           68                    PEDAL ORGAN
      8' Gemshorn              68                16' Principal             32
      8' Gemshorn Celeste (TC) 56                16' Bourdon               32
      4' Koppelflöte           68                16' Quintaten             GT
  2 2/3' Nazard                61                16' Gemshorn (CH)         12
      2' Blockflöte            61                 8' Principal             32
  1 3/5' Tierce                61                 8' Flute                 12
         Cymbel III           183                 4' Choralbass            32
      8' Cromorne              68                    Fourniture III        96
         Tremulant                               16' Bombarde              32
                                                 16' Contre Hautbois       SW
         ANTIPHONAL ORGAN                         8' Trompette             12
         5 blank knobs                            4' Clairon               12
                                                     Chimes                GT
                                                     1 blank knob for future
                                                       Antiphonal Pedal

[Received from Steven E. Lawson  2014-10-15]


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