Better Pipe Organ Database

Ernest M. Skinner & Son (1942)

First Methodist Church
47 N. Franklin St.
Wilkes-Barre, PA

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

Images

Unknown - Church exterior (Photograph by William E Fischer Jr via sah-archipedia.org, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
4 manuals
52 stops
54 registers
5 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

Notes

2009-06-14 - Identified through information in Kinzey and Lawn's <i>E. M. Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner Opus List</i> (OHS 1997). -- "Rebuild of four manual Austin, #589 with new console and additions; dedicated February 26, 1942." -Database Manager

2010-07-22 - Updated through on-line information from Jonathan M. Bowen. -- The organ had been vandalized, and in 2010, the organ was purchased and dispersed. -Database Manager

2022-05-02 - The church closed August 2008 with a planned merger with Abbott United Methodist Church; the First Methodist building was to be used by Arts YOUniverse. -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

Source: From THE DIAPASON March 1941 and typed stoplist

     Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
     First Methodist Church

     Ernest M Skinner & Son   1942   4/62
     ___________________________________________________

     GREAT                           CHOIR
 16' Dbl Open Diapason 61         8' Geigen Diapason  73
  8' Open Diapason I   61         8' Concert Flute    73
  8' Open Diapason II  61 n       8' Kleiner Erzähler 73 n
  8' Principal Flute   61 n       8' Erzähler Celeste 73 n
  8' Erzähler          61         4' Flute d'Amour    73
  8' Clarabella        AN         2' Piccolo          61
  8' Gedeckt           AN         8' Clarinet         73
  8' Flute Celeste     AN            Tremolo
  8' Vox Aetheria      AN            Harp             61
  8' Vox Angelica      AN            Celesta             n
  4' Principal         61 n
  4' Octave            61            ANTIPHONAL *
  4' Hohlflöte         61        16' Lieblich Gedeckt 61
  4' Fernflöte         AN         8' English Diapason 61
  2' Super Octave      61         8' Gedeckt          61
III  Mixture          183 r       8' Clarabella       61
  8' Trumpet           61 r       8' Flute Celeste    61
                                  8' Viola Aetheria   61
     SWELL                        8' Vox Angelica     61
 16' Bourdon           73         4' Fernflöte        61
  8' Diapason          73         8' Tuba             61
  8' Stopped Diapason  73         8' French Horn      61
  8' Salicional        73         8' Musette          61
  8' Voix Celeste      73 nr      8' Vox Humana       61
  8' Aeoline           73            Tremolo
  8' Flauto Dolce      73 n          Chimes
  8' Flute Celeste     61 n
  4' Gemshorn          73            PEDAL
  4' Flute Harmonic    73        16' Diapason 1       32
  2' Fifteenth         61        16' Diapason 2       GT
  V  Mixture          305        16' Gemshorn         32 n
  8' Cornopean         73 r      16' Bourdon          SW
  8' Cor d'Amour       73 n      16' Pedal Gedeckt    32
  8' Vox Humana        61 r      16' Echo Lieblich AN 12
     Tremolo                      8' Octave           32 n
                                  8' Principal (Gems) 12 n
                                  8' Flute            32
  *  present organ wired      5 1/3' Quint     (Gems)  7 n
     in the new console           V  Mixture       @ 160 n
  n  new                         16' Trombone         32 n
  r  revoiced
 nr  new bass and revoiced  
  @  4', 3 1/5', 2 2/3', 2 2/7', 2'      

          [Received from Jeff Scofield May 2, 2022]

Typed stoplist Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

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