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Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co. Opus 1015 (1940)

Calvary Methodist Church
Washington, DC

Images

2008-05-28 - Church exterior (Photograph by flickr.com, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Movable Console
3 manuals
26 stops
35 registers
4 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
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2004-10-30 - Designed by G. Donald Harrison in consultation with Thomas Potter. 2 ranks added by Aeolian-Skinner in 1957. Moved to Thomas Thomas residence, West Palm Beach, FL c. 1997. -Database Manager

2007-03-06 - Updated through online information from Thomas R. Thomas. -- organ was sold to St. Francis of Assisi R.C. Church , Wichita, Kansas May 21, 2003 for installation there. -Database Manager

2007-05-14 - Updated 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: Enlarged in 1957, #1015-A (two ranks); Sold to Marvin Memorial United Methodist, Wheaton, Maryland in 1997 for rebuilding and installation by Lewis & Hitchcock. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: From THE DIAPASON June 1941

     Washington, District of Columbia
     Calvary Methodist Church

     Aeolian-Skinner   Op. 1015   1941   3/31
     ________________________________________________

     GREAT                         CHOIR
 16' Quintade          73       8' Viola           73
  8' Diapason          73       8' Nason Flute     73
  8' Spitzflöte        73       8' Dulciana        73
  8' Bourdon           73       8' Unda Maris      73
  4' Octave            73       4' Cor de Nuit     73
 II  Grave Mixture    122   2 2/3' Nazard          61
 IV  Fourniture        pf       2' Blockflöte      61
  8' Trumpet           SW   1 3/5' Tierce          61
     Chimes            25       8' Clarinet        73
                                8' Tuba            pf
     SWELL                         Tremolo
 16' Rohrflöte         12
  8' Diapason          pf          PEDAL
  8' Rohrflöte         73      32' Bourdon          5
  8' Viole de Gambe    73      16' Contre Basse    32
  8' Viole Celeste     73      16' Bourdon         32
  8' Flute Celeste II 134      16' Quintade        GT
  4' Gemshorn          73      16' Echo Lieblich   SW
  4' Flute ⌂           pf       8' Spitz Principal 32
III  Plein Jeu        183       8' Quintade        GT
  8' Trumpet           73       8' Still Gedeckt   SW
  8' Oboe              73       4' Principal       32
  8' Vox Humana        pf      16' Trombone     GT pf
     Tremolo                   16' Posaune      SW 12
                                   Chimes          GT
 pf  prepared-for

        [Received from Jeff Scofield May 4, 2022]

Documents

Write-up from THE DIAPASON June 1941 Stoplist, description and dedication concert commentary -Jeff Scofield

Websites

Opus 1015: Calvary Methodist Church - (Aeolian-Skinner Archives Web Site) Specification (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)

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