2008-07-03 - 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> Extant; unaltered; 2/15 Schoenstein chancel organ added in 1984.</i> -Database Manager
2018-11-02 - The church website makes no mention of Aeolian-Skinner, but describes the gallery organ as designed by Lawrence Schoenstein and built with his son Terrence Schoenstein and Richard Harger, its all-encompassing sound was heard first on Christmas Eve, 1965. -Database Manager
Stoplist taken from the console and confirmed in several visits 1980-1993 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
First Presbyterian Church
Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co., Inc. 1963 Opus 1443
3 manuals, 45 stops, 42 ranks
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GREAT (enclosed) POSITIV
16' Erzähler 68 (a) 8' Holzbordun 61
8' Prinzipal 61 (b) 8' Erzähler GT
8' Gedecktflöte 68 8' Kleinerzähler GT
8' Erzähler 12 4' Gemshorn 61
8' Kleinerzähler 56 tc 2' Prinzipal 61
4' Oktave 61 (b) 1 1/3' Rohrnasat 61
4' Quintade 68 III Scharf 183
2' Lieblichprinzipal 61 8' Herald Trumpet 61 (d)
II Sesquialtera 122 Unison Off
IV Mixture 244 (b)
8' Bassoon 68 PEDAL
Tremulant 16' Principal 32
Enc. Great 16' 16' Bourdon 32
Enc. Unison Off 16' Erzähler GT
Enc. Great 4' 8' Octave 12
8' Bourdon 12
SWELL 4' Choralbass 32
8' Viola Pomposa 68 4' Bourdon 12
8' Viola Celeste 68 III Mixture 96
8' Flûte à Cheminée 68 16' Posaune 32
4' Spitzgeigen 68 16' Cromorne SW
4' Koppelflöte 68 8' Posaune 12
2 2/3' Nazard 61 (c) 8' Cromorne SW
2' Blockflöte 61 4' Posaune 12
III Plein Jeu 183 4' Cromorne SW
16' Cromorne 68
8' Trompette 68 (a) 1-12 Haskell cylindrical
4' Hautbois Clairon 68 (b) unenclosed
Tremulant (c) added by Schoenstein & Co.,
Swell 16' 1984; horizontal on roofs
Unison Off of swell boxes
Swell 4' (d) added at later time
COUPLERS COMBINATIONS
Unenc. Great to Pedal 8 Great 1-2-3-4-5-6
Enc. Great to Pedal 8, 4 Swell 1-2-3-4-5-6
Swell to Pedal 8, 4 Positiv 1-2-3-4-5-6
Positiv to Pedal 8 Pedal 1-2-3-4-5-6 (toe)
Swell to Great 16, 8, 4 General 1-2-3-4-5-6 (thumb & toe)
Positiv to Great 8, 4
Enc. Great to Positiv 8 REVERSIBLES
Swell to Positiv 8, 4 Full Organ (thumb & toe)
Unenc. Great to Pedal (thumb & toe)
EXPRESSION
Balanced Great Pedal
Balanced Swell Pedal
Crescendo Pedal
Great Mixture IV Swell Plein Jeu III
C 19 22 26 29 C 19 22 26
cº 15 19 22 26 f#º 15 19 22
c' 12 15 19 22 f#'' 12 15 19
c''' 8 12 15 19 c#''' 8 12 15
f''' 1 8 12 15
Positiv Scharff III
Great Sesquialtera II C 26 29 33
12 17 throughout cº 22 26 29
c' 19 22 26
Pedal Mixture III c'' 15 19 22
2-2/3' 2' 1' [sic] throughout c''' 12 15 19
f''' 8 12 15
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