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Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co. Opus 1517 (1969)

St. John's Lutheran Church
355 St. John's Circle
Phoenixville, PA

Images

2022-07-18 - Church interior (Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2022-07-18 - Church exterior (Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

3 manuals
31 stops
41 registers
5 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
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 combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler toe pistons

Notes

2008-07-05 - 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: Eight ranks retained from previous Austin, #1110; extant; console sold to Interlochen Center for the Arts, Interlochen, MI in 1992 by James Lauck for use with #1061. -Database Manager

2012-07-28 - Updated through online information from Scott Crowell. -- New 3-manual Austin Console in 1992. Rebuilt in 1993 by Walker Technical Company of Zionsville, PA with added digital voices; Aeolian-Skinner console sold to Southside Baptist Church, Jacksonville, Florida, in 2011. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist via Allen Kinzey copied from shop notes Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

       Phoenixville, Pennsylvania
       St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church

       Aeolian-Skinner   Op. 1517   1969   3/51
       _______________________________________________________

       GREAT                            POSITIV
   16' Quintade          61          8' Gedeckt           61
    8' Principal         61          4' Principal         61
    8' Rohrflöte         61          4' Koppelflöte       61
    4' Octave            61          2' Octave            61
    4' Spitzflöte        61      1 1/3' Quinte            61
    2' Flachflöte        61         IV  Scharf           244
IV-VI  Mixture          301          8' Krummhorn         61
    8' Trompete          61             Tremulant
       Chimes
       Cymbelstern                      PEDAL
                                    16' Principal         32
       SWELL                        16' Subbass           32
    8' Bourdon           61         16' Quintade          GT
    8' Viole de Gambe    61         16' Bourdon           12 SW
    8' Viole Celeste     61          8' Principal         12
    4' Principal Conique 61          8' Gedeckt           12
    4' Flute Harmonique  61          4' Octave            12
    2' Flute Ouverte     61          4' Nachthorn         32
   II  Cornet            98 tc       2' Nachthorn         12
   IV  Plein Jeu        244        VII  Gross Kornett    192
   16' Basson-Hautbois   12         IV  Mixture          128
    8' Hautbois          61         16' Posaune           32
    4' Schalmey          61         16' Basson-Hautbois   SW
       Tremulant                     8' Trompete          12
                                     4' Klarine           12

      [Received online from Jeff Scofield September 2, 2013]

Websites

Opus 1517: St. John's Lutheran Church - (Aeolian-Skinner Archives Web Site) Specification (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)

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