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Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co. Opus 1265 (1953)

Hebrew Benevolent Congregation - The Temple
1589 Peachtree Street NE
Atlanta, GA

Images

1999-02-20 - Console to right (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

1999-02-20 - Console to left (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

1999-02-20 - Left Stopjamb (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

1999-02-20 - Right Stopjamb (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

1999-02-20 - Sanctuary interior (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

1999-02-20 - Church exterior (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
4 manuals
41 stops
57 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
Has crescendo
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has sequencer
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

2008-06-12 - 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: Rebuild of 1931 Pilcher, #1519 reusing twenty-two ranks; new console, 1954, #1265-A; extant. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

Atlanta, Georgia
Hebrew Benevolent Congregation - The Temple

Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co., Inc.   Opus 1265   1954   4 manuals, 41 stops, 46 ranks
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           GREAT ORGAN (4" wind)                    SWELL ORGAN (7" wind)
       16' Quintaten            61              16' Hohlflöte            68
        8' Principal            61               8' Violin Diapason      68
        8' Gemshorn             61               8' Gedeckt              68
        8' Holzflöte            61               8' Viole de Gambe       68
        4' Octave               61               8' Viole Celeste        68
        4' Flute Harmonique     61               8' Aeoline              68
    2 2/3' Twelfth              61               8' Aeoline Celeste      68
        2' Fifteenth            61               4' Prestant             68
       IV  Fourniture          244               4' Hohlflöte            24
                                                 2' Piccolo (Hohlflöte)   5
           CHOIR ORGAN (5" wind)               III  Plein Jeu           183
       16' Contra Dulciana      12              16' Contre Hautbois      68
        8' Viola                68               8' Trompette            68
        8' Concert Flute        68               8' Vox Humana           68
        8' Quintadena           68               4' Oboe Clarion         68
        8' Dulciana             68                  Tremulant
        8' Flute Celeste II     pf
        4' Fugara               68                  PEDAL ORGAN (5" wind)
        4' Flute d'Amour        68              32' Bourdon              12
    2 2/3' Nazard (TC)          49              16' Montre               32
        2' Octavin              61              16' Violone (in Solo)    32
    1 3/5' Terz                 pf              16' Bourdon (in Swell)   32
    1 1/3' Larigot              pf              16' Hohlflöte            SW
      III  Zimbel               pf              16' Contra Dulciana      CH
        8' Clarinet             68               8' Principal            32
           Tremulant                             8' Cello (Violone)      12
           Harp                                  8' Still Gedeckt        SW
                                                 4' Choral Bass          12
           SOLO ORGAN (7" wind)                  4' Flute                pf
        8' Solo Flute           68             III  Mixture              pf
        8' Gross Gamba          68              16' Ophecleide           SO
        8' Gamba Celeste        68              16' Contre Hautbois      SW
        4' Flute                12               8' Trumpet              SO
       16' Ophecleide           68               4' Clarion              SO
        8' Tuba                 12
        8' English Horn         68
        8' French Horn          68
        4' Clarion              12
           Tremulant
           Harp                 CH


[Received from Steven E. Lawson  2015-02-02]

Websites

Opus 1265: Hebrew Benevolent Congregation - The Temple - (Aeolian-Skinner Archives Web Site) Specification, photos (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

#16385 - Henry Pilcher's Sons Opus 1519 (1931)