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Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co. Opus 1346 (1959)

Epworth Methodist Church
124 W. Freemason St.
Norfolk, VA

Images

2013-09-02 - Church exterior (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2009-01-23 - Church interior (Photograph by Joey Nonya, via flickr.com, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2020-12-01 - Church interior and pipe façade (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
39 stops
50 registers
4 divisions
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

2008-06-28 - 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: Reusing seventeen ranks from previous Hall rebuild of 1894 three manual Hook & Hastings, #1633; dedication recital played by Frederick Swann on December 27, 1959; extant. -Database Manager

2011-11-11 - Updated through online information from Gordon Auchincloss. -- Nov 10, 2011: In reasonable condition for 54 years; begins to show age signs of brown gusset leather drying and occasional pouch failure, but still in regular use. -Database Manager

2025-01-07 - The church has closed; the last service was held January 5, 2025. -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

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

Norfolk, Virginia
Epworth Methodist Church

Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co., Inc.   Opus 1346   1959   3 manuals, 39 stops, 52 ranks
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           GREAT ORGAN                               SWELL ORGAN
       16' Quintaton             61               8' Geigen                68
        8' Principal             61               8' Viola Pomposa         68
        8' Bourdon               61               8' Viola Celeste         68
        8' Spitzflöte            61               8' Rohrflöte             68
        4' Octave                61               8' Flute Celeste II     124
        4' Rohrflöte             61               4' Prestant              68
    2 2/3' Twelfth               61               4' Flute Harmonique      68
        2' Fifteenth             61               2' Octavin               61
    IV-VI  Fourniture           294              IV  Plein Jeu            244
           Chimes                pf              16' Hautbois              68
        8' Trompette en Chamade  CH               8' Trompette             68
                                                  8' Oboe                  68
           CHOIR ORGAN                            4' Clarion               68
        8' Spitzgamba            68                  Tremulant
        8' Pommergedeckt         68
        8' Dulciana              68                  PEDAL ORGAN
        8' Unda Maris (TC)       56              32' Bourdon               32
        4' Koppelflöte           68              16' Contra Bass           32
    2 2/3' Nazard                61              16' Bourdon               12
        2' Blockflöte            61              16' Contra Gamba          12 CH
    1 3/5' Tierce                61              16' Quintaton             GT
      III  Cymbel               183              16' Lieblich Gedeckt      12 SW
        8' Cromorne              68               8' Principal             12
           Tremulant                              8' Bourdon               12
        8' Trompette en Chamade  61               8' Quintaton             GT
                                                  4' Choralbass            32
                                                  4' Bourdon               12
                                                III  Mixture               96
                                                 16' Bombarde              32
                                                 16' Hautbois              SW
                                                  8' Trompette             12
                                                  4' Clarion               12
                                                     Chimes                GT pf


[Received from Steven E. Lawson  2015-09-07]

Websites

Opus 1346: Epworth Methodist Church - (Aeolian-Skinner Archives website) Specification (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)

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