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Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co. Opus 1376 (1959)

Academy of Music
240 South Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA

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

Images

1967-11-01 - Auditorium Interior, Stage, and Pipe Facade from earlier organ (Photograph by Cortlandt V.D. Hubbard; image courtesy of the Library of Congress/Database Manager)

1967-11-01 - Auditorium Interior, Stage, and Pipe Facade (Photograph by Cortlandt V.D. Hubbard; image courtesy of the Library of Congress/Database Manager)

2024-12-12 - Spode commemorative plate, obverse (Stephen Best/Paul R. Marchesano)

2024-12-12 - Spode commemorative plate, reverse (Stephen Best/Paul R. Marchesano)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Movable Console
3 manuals
49 stops
70 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
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: AKA as #6000; built in five movable sections; inaugural concert featuring Paul Callaway on September 30, 1960; sold to Lenape Valley Presbyterian, New Britain, PA in 1991 and installed by Brantley Duddy. -Database Manager

2023-03-07 - Installed on a rolling platform so it could be stored backstage and rolled out and placed in the acoustical shell. See DOCUMENTS tab for news article about the organ installation. -Paul R. Marchesano

Stoplist

[Received from Steven E. Lawson 2014-08-31] Source: Allen Kinzey via The Aeolian-Skinner Archives

RÉCIT I Contre Flute 16, Viole Pomposa 8, Viole Céleste 8, Flûte à Cheminée 8, Flûte Octaviante 4, Octavin 2, Sesquialtera II, Plein Jeu IV, Cromorne 8, Chalumeau à Cheminée 4

RÉCIT II Principal Conique 8, Flûte Douce 8, Flûte Céleste 8, Prestant 4, Cymbale IV, Doublette 2, Trompette 8, Bombarde 16, Clairon 4, Tremblant

HAUPTWERK Holzgedeckt 8, Prinzipal 8, Gemshorn 16, Gemshorn 8, Octave 4, Rohrflöte 4, Quinte 2 2/3, Super Oktave 2, Mixtur IV-VI, Fagot 16, Scharf III-V, Clarion 4 (in Proscenium), Major Trumpet 8 (in Proscenium)

POSITIV Quintade 16, Kupferbordun 8, Spitzprinzipal 4, Spitzflöte 8, Rohrnasat 2 2/3, Koppelgedeckt 4, Blockflöte 2, Terz 1 3/5, Larigot 1 1/3, Zimbel VI, Lieblichprinzipal 1, Tremulant, Zimbelstern (8 bells), Major Trumpet 8, Clarion 4

PEDAL Kontrabordun ff 32, Kontrabordun pp 32, Kontrabass 16 (in Proscenium), Bordun 16, Violone 16 (16' Kontrabass without electronics), Quintade 16, Gemshorn 16, Contre Flute 16, Prinzipal 8, Choralbass 4, Bordun 8, Flûte à Cheminée 8, Flûte à Cheminée 4, Hohlflöte 4, Hellpfeife 2, Mixtur IV, Kontraposaune 32 (in Proscenium), Posaune 16 (in Proscenium), Acuta III, Bombarde 16, Fagott 16, Trompete 8, Cromorne 8, Klarine 4, Chalumeau à Cheminée 4 (REC I)

Documents

(1960-08-28) Philadelphia Inquirer Magazine article about the gift of the organ and it's installation as a "portable" organ. -Paul R. Marchesano

Websites

Opus 1376: Academy of Music - (Aeolian-Skinner Archives Web Site) Specification, photo (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

#35627 - Brantley A. Duddy (1991)