Better Pipe Organ Database

Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co. Opus 1377 (1962)

Grace Episcopal Cathedral
701 SW 8th Avenue
Topeka, KS

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

Images

Unknown - Chancel and exposed pipes (From Aeolian-Skinner ad in THE DIAPASON/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
3 manuals
41 stops
53 registers
5 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: Replaced 1917 Hall; burned November 26, 1975; replaced by 1978 4/60 Schantz, #1492. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

Topeka, Kansas
Grace Cathedral, Episcopal

Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co., Inc.   Opus 1377   1961   3 manuals, 41 stops, 51 ranks
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         GREAT ORGAN                             SWELL ORGAN
     16' Quintade                   61        8' Rohrflöte                 68
      8' Principal                  61        8' Viola Pomposa             68
      8' Bourdon                    61        8' Viola Celeste             68
      4' Prestant                   61        4' Geigen Octave             68
      4' Spitzflöte                 61        4' Flute Harmonique          68
      2' Doublette                  61        2' Octavin                   61
         Fourniture IV             244           Sesquialtera II (TC)      98
         Scharf III                183       16' Bassoon                   68
      8' Trompette en Chamade (Ch)  --        8' Trompette                 68
      4' Trompette en Chamade (Ch)  --        4' Clairon                   68
                                                 Tremulant
         CHOIR ORGAN
     16' Flute Conique              80           PEDAL ORGAN
      8' Spitzprincipal             68       32' Bourdon (1-2 resultant)   54
      8' Flauto Dolce (fr. 16')     --       16' Contrebasse               32
      8' Flute Celeste (TC)         56       16' Bourdon (fr. 32')         --
      4' Gemshorn                   68       16' Quintade (Gt)             --
  2 2/3' Nasat                      61       16' Flute Conique (Ch)        --
      2' Blockflöte                 61        8' Principal                 32
         Zymbel III                183        8' Bourdon (fr. 32')         --
      8' Cromorne                   68        8' Spitzflöte                32
         Tremulant                            4' Octave                    32
      8' Trompette en Chamade       73 a      4' Nachthorn                 44
      4' Clairon en Chamade (fr 8') --        2' Nachthorn (fr. 4')        --
                                                 Mixture III               96
         POSITIV ORGAN                       32' Fagot (prepared-for)
      8' Nasonflöte                 61       16' Bombarde                  56
      4' Koppelflöte                61       16' Bassoon (Sw)              --
      2' Principal                  61        8' Bombarde (fr. 16')        --
  1 3/5' Tierce                     61        4' Clairon  (fr. 16')        --
  1 1/3' Larigot                    61
      1' Sifflöte                   61
         Tremulant

      a  above rear gallery


[Received from Steven E. Lawson  2014-08-03]

Documents

(1963-02-17) Dedication program -Jeff Scofield

Websites

Opus 1377: Grace Cathedral - (Aeolian-Skinner Archives website) Specification, photos (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)