2019-02-26 - Facades (Photograph by Joseph Routon, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
2019-02-26 - Chancel and pipes in transept (Photograph by Joseph Routon, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
2008-06-23 - 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> Includes materials from existing organ, parts dating back to 1888. Choir division revised in 1959; tonal work by Brantley Duddy in 1975; additions in 1982 included combination action replaced with solidstate; console rebuilt 1989.</i> -Database Manager
2018-10-09 - From the church website: The first organ at St. Martin-s was built in 1888 by the Roosevelt Organ Co of New York. This two-manual and pedal instrument underwent numerous rebuildings by Hope-Jones, E.M. Skinner and others of lesser reputation. A new console was built and installed by E.M. Skinner in 1939 to make operable the existing instrument of ancient and completely undistinguished vintage. That console and several stops were refurbished and adapted for the installation of an otherwise new organ built in 1957 by the Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co. of Boston. This organ (opus 1284) was one of Joseph Whiteford-s first instruments after his appointment as president of the firm after G. Donald Harrison-s death. The choir division of this organ was revised by Aeolian-Skinner in 1959, and the swell Bombarde extended in 1975. In 2001 the organ was completely renovated by a consortium of artisans. The Whiteford Aeolian-Skinner was left intact and wind pressures were restored to their original settings. Emery Brothers, Doylestown, PA, completely renewed the organ mechanically. Austin Organs, Inc. built a new three-manual console, a Grand Choeur division in the south transept, and pipe facades for the chancel openings; Samuel Hughes restored the reeds and the entire organ was refinished by Daniel Kingman, the firm-s head flue voicer. Digital stops, using Aeolian-Skinner samples, were built by Walker Technical Co., Zionsville, PA. The project was supervised by Richard Alexander, advisor to the church. [Harry Wilkinson, Richard Alexander, Ken Lovett] -Database Manager
From Allen Kinzey via <i>The Aeolian-Skinner Archives</i> Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields (Episcopal), Chestnut Hill
Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co., Inc. Opus 1284 1957 3 manuals, 27 stops, 36 ranks
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GREAT ORGAN SWELL ORGAN
16' Quintade 61 16' Gedeckt 68
8' Principal 61 8' Gedeckt 12
8' Quintade 12 8' Viole de Gambe 68
4' Octave 61 8' Viole Celeste 68
4' Rohrflöte 61 4' Spitzflöte 68
2 2/3' Twelfth 61 III Plein Jeu 183
2' Fifteenth 61 16' Bombarde 68
IV Fourniture 244 8' Hautbois 68
4' Clairon 68
CHOIR ORGAN Tremulant
8' Gedeckt Pommer 68
8' Salicional 68 PEDAL ORGAN
8' Voix Celeste (TC) 56 16' Principal 32
8' Flute Celeste II 124 16' Quintade GT
4' Koppelflöte 68 16' Gedeckt SW
2' Blockflöte 61 8' Octave 32
II Sesquialtera (TC) 98 8' Gedeckt SW
8' Cromorne 68 4' Choralbass 12
Tremulant 4' Flute 32
III Mixture 96
16' Bombarde SW
8' Trompette SW
4' Clairon SW
[Received from Steven E. Lawson 2016-07-22]
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