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Skinner Organ Co. Opus 656 (1927)

Princeton University: Chapel
Princeton, NJ

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


Consoles

Main


Notes

2004-10-30 - G. Donald Harrison. Rebuilt 1954-56 by Aeolian-Skinner; Rebuilt 1991 by N. P. Mander using much A-S pipework on slider chests. -Database Manager

2006-04-18 - Updated 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>G. Donald Harrison was largely responsible for scaling and voicing, especially chorus work, and took part in tonal finishing; installation of remote combination action, #656-A in 1928; Ralph Downes shifted some ranks ca. 1935; work on Swell chorus reeds and French Trumpet in 1948, #A-561; pipe substitution in Great, Positiv, Brustwerk, Pedal Mixture with Choir and Solo shades removed ca. 1952, also #656-A; Antiphonal added in 1954, #656-B; tonal changes in 1956-57 and 1968; Flentrop reeds added to Brustwerk, date unknown; replaced by N.P.Mander in 1991 reusing much original pipework on slider chests.</i> -Database Manager


Stoplist

From Allen Kinzey via <i>The Aeolian-Skinner Archives</i> Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Princeton, New Jersey
Princeton Univeristy - Chapel

Skinner Organ Company   Opus 656   1927         4 manuals, 100 stops, 99 ranks
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           GREAT ORGAN                            SWELL ORGAN
       32' Quintaton (TC)      49             16' Bourdon             73
       16' Diapason            61              8' Diapason            73
       16' Bourdon              5 PED          8' Geigen Diapason     73
        8' First Diapason      61              8' Rohrflöte           73
        8' Second Diapason     61              8' Cor de Nuit         73 *
        8' Third Diapason      61              8' Gamba               73
        8' Principal Flute     61              8' Gamba Celeste       73
        8' Doppelflöte         61 a            8' Salicional          73
    5 1/3' Quint               61              8' Voix Celeste        73
        4' Octave              61              8' Flauto Dolce        73
        4' Principal           61              8' Flute Celeste (TC)  61
        4' Flute               61 a            4' Octave              73
    3 15/' Tenth               61              4' Fugara              73 *
    2 2/3' Twelfth             61              4' Flute Triangulaire  73
        2' Fifteenth           61          2 2/3' Nazard              61 *
        V  Harmonics          305              2' Flautino            61 *
   III-VI  Plein Jeu          268              2' Piccolo             61
       16' Contra Tromba       61 a        1 3/5' Tierce              61 *
        8' Tromba              61 a            V  Cornet (draws * stops)
        4' Octave Tromba       61 a            V  Chorus Mixture     305
                                              16' Posaune             73
           CHOIR ORGAN                         8' French Trumpet      73
       16' Gamba               12              8' Cornopean           73
        8' Diapason            73              8' Oboe                73
        8' Concert Flute       73              8' Vox Humana          73
        8' Viole d'Orchestre   73              4' Clarion             73
        8' Viole Celeste       73                 Tremolo
        8' Dulciana            73
        8' Dulciana Celeste    73                 PEDAL ORGAN
        4' Violina             73             32' Diapason            12 b
        4' Flute Harmonic      73             16' Diapason            32
    2 2/3' Nazard              61             16' Contra Bass         32
        2' Piccolo             61             16' Diapason            GT
    1 3/5' Tierce              61             16' Bourdon             32
    1 1/7' Septieme            61             16' Gamba               CH
       16' Fagotto             73             16' Echo Lieblich       SW
        8' Trumpet             73         10 2/3' Quint               --
        8' Corno di Bassetto   73              8' Octave (open)       12
           Tremolo                             8' Principal           12
                                               8' Gedeckt             12
           SOLO ORGAN                          8' Still Gedeckt       SW
        8' Stentorphone        73          5 1/3' Twelfth             --
        8' Gamba               73              4' Flute               12
        8' Gamba Celeste       73              V  Harmonics          160
        8' Flauto Mirabilis    73             32' Bombarde            12
        4' Octave              73             32' Contra Fagotto      12 CH
        4' Orchestral Flute    73             16' Trombone            32
        V  Mixture            305             16' Tuba                SO
       16' Contra Tuba         73             16' Fagotto             CH
        8' Tuba Mirabilis      73         10 2/3' Quint Trombone      GT
        8' Tuba                73              8' Tromba              12
        8' French Horn         73              4' Clarion             12
        8' English Horn        61
        4' Clarion             73
           Tremolo

          a  enclosed in Choir
          b  open to GGGG


[Received from Steven E. Lawson  2015-07-08]


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