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Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co. Opus 1419 (1961)

Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church
8011 Old Georgetown Road
Bethesda, MD

Images

2018-09-01 - Swell pedals and toe pistons (Photograph by Courtesy of the Organ Clearing House, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2018-09-01 - Pedal and Swell top tablest (Photograph by Courtesy of the Organ Clearing House, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2018-09-01 - Great stop tablets (Photograph by Courtesy of the Organ Clearing House, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2018-09-01 - Console (Photograph by Courtesy of the Organ Clearing House, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2018-09-01 - Chamber and exposed pipes (Photograph by Courtesy of the Organ Clearing House, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
2 manuals
17 stops
23 registers
3 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
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons

Notes

2008-07-03 - 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 1939 two manual M.P. Möller, #6708; extant; unaltered. -Database Manager

2018-08-08 - Aeolian-Skinner console photo on the church website music page August 2018. -Database Manager

2019-03-05 - Updated by James Reed, listing this web site as a source of information: organclearinghouse.com. Instrument is currently offered for sale (3/1/2019) on the Organ Clearing House website -Database Manager

Stoplist

Aeolian-Skinner Archives Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

    Bethesda, Maryland
    Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church

    Aeolian-Skinner    Op. 1419    1964    2/24
    _______________________________________________________________________

    GREAT                      SWELL

 8' Holzbordun    61        8' Viola Pomposa     68     16' Subbass      12 GT
 8' Spitzflöte    61 *      8' Viole Celeste     68     16' Spitzflöte   12 GT
 4' Prinzipal     61        8' Spillflöte        68      8' Octave       32
 2' Blockflöte    61        4' Spitzprinzipal    68      8' Holzbordun   GT
II  Sesquialtera 122        4' Koppelflöte       68      4' Choralbass   12
IV  Fourniture   244        2' Italian Principal 61     16' Fagot        SW
    Sub                III-IV  Plein Jeu        226      4' Rohrschalmei SW
    Unison Off             16' Fagot             68
    Super                   8' Hautbois          68
    Chimes                  4' Rohrschalmei      68
                               Tremulant
 *  enclosed in SW             Sub
                               Unison Off
                               Super

               [Received from Steven E. Lawson July 22, 2017]

Websites

Opus 1419: Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church (Bethesda, MD) - (Aeolian-Skinner Archives website) (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

#34584 - The Aeolian Co. Opus 1419 (1918)