Better Pipe Organ Database

Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co. Opus 1256 (1952)

Good Shepherd Episcopal Church
64 University Terrace
Athens, OH

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
2 manuals
11 stops
11 registers
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Tilting/Rocking Tablets Above Top Manual
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons

Notes

2008-06-11 - 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: Dedication recital played by William E. Zeuch on October 10, 1954; extant. -Database Manager

2009-06-20 - Updated through online information from Matthew Nadalin. -Database Manager

2023-07-05 - **Information from Marsha Reilly, organist, at 2023 OHS convention:** The combination action was never solid-stated. Original setter board retained and in use. -Paul R. Marchesano

Stoplist

Typed stoplist Source: From Allen Kinzey Date not recorded

Athens, Ohio
Church of the Good Shepherd, Episcopal

Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co., Inc.   Opus 1256   1952
2 manuals, 11 stops, 14 ranks
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                GREAT ORGAN
             8' Principal            61
             8' Spitzflöte           61
             4' Principal            61
            II  Grave Mixture       122
 
                SWELL ORGAN
             8' Stopped Diapason     68
             8' Viole de Gambe       68
             4' Flauto Traverso      68
           III  Plein Jeu           183
             8' Trompette            68
                Tremulant
 
                PEDAL ORGAN
            16' Bourdon              32
             8' Principal            32


[Received from Steven E. Lawson  2017-06-02]

Websites

Opus 1256: Church of the Good Shepherd, Episcopal - (Aeolian-Skinner Archives website) Specification (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)