Better Pipe Organ Database

Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co. Opus 1502 (1968)

First Church of Christ, Scientist
Asbury Park, NJ

Images

Unknown - Church exterior (Photograph by Edward Gattsek, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Unknown - Console (Photograph by Edward Gattsek, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

1969 - Console (Photograph by Aeolian-Skinner ad, September 1969 THE DIAPASON, via Steve Bournias, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

2 manuals
12 stops
18 registers
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes

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: Extant; unaltered; building and organ sold to another congregation. -Database Manager

2021-04-26 - The church has evidently closed. A Google search on April 26, 2021, produced to results at all. -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

Typed stoplist Source: The Diapason, September 1969, via Steve Bournias Date not recorded

Asbury Park, New Jersey
First Church of Christ, Scientist

Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co., Inc.   Opus 1502   1968
2 manuals, 12 stops, 16 ranks
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              GREAT ORGAN
           8' Principal              61
           8' Spitzgedeckt           61
           8' Gemshorn (Sw)          --
           4' Octave                 61
              Mixture III           183

              SWELL ORGAN
           8' Gemshorn               61
           8' Gemshorn Celeste (tc)  49
           8' Rohrflöte              61
           4' Nachthorn              73
           2' Nachthorn (fr. 8')     --
              Plein Jeu III         183
           8' Trompette              61
              Tremulant

              PEDAL ORGAN
          16' Subbass                44
          16' Gemshorn (ext Sw)      12
           8' Principal              44
           8' Bourdon (fr. Subbass)  --
           4' Choralbass (fr. Prin)  --
          16' Contre Trompette (Sw)  12


[Received from Steven E. Lawson  2018-06-09]

Websites

Opus 1502: First Church of Christ, Scientist - [Aeolian-Skinner Archives web site] (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)