Better Pipe Organ Database

Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co. Opus 1519 (1971)

Residence: Bess Heironymus
San Antonio, TX

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

Images

ca. 2008 - Organ case and keydesk (Photograph by Dr. N. Seth Nelson, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

2022-06-07 - Aeolian-Skinner instrument blueprints (Photograph by Dr. N. Seth Nelson, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

1971 - Organ case, keydesk and facade (Robert Sipe/Katie Sipe)

1971 - Bess Hieronymus and Bob Sipe (Robert Sipe/Katie Sipe)

1971 - Bob Sipe and Storey Clamp (Robert Sipe/Katie Sipe)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
Console position: Keydesk Attached
2 manuals
7 stops
7 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Mechanical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Flat Jambs
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: No Enclosed Divisions
Combination action: None
Has hitchdown couplers

Notes

2004-10-30 - Originally a Sipe contract. Built by Laukhuff. -Database Manager

2022-06-19 - When Bess Heironymus passed-away in 2008, she gave the organ to Dr. N. Seth Nelson also of San Antonio. -Jim Stettner

2024-09-24 - Updated through online information from Kate Sipe (September 9, 2024): This was a contract brought by Robert L. Sipe Inc. to A-S when they merged. -Jim Stettner

Stoplist

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

       Bess Heironymus Residence
       San Antonio, Texas

       Aeolian-Skinner   Op. 1519   1971  2/7

       This was a Sipe contract built by Laukhuff
       __________________________________________

       MANUAL I
    8' Rohrflöte     61
    4' Spillflöte    61
1 1/3' Quint         61

       MANUAL II
    8' Holzgedeckt   61
    2' Principal     61
     
       PEDAL
    8' Gedacktpommer 32
    4' Gemshorn      32

      [Received Jeff Scofield September 2, 2013]

Websites

Opus 1519: Bess Heironymus Residence - (Aeolian-Skinner Archives Web Site) Stoplist (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)

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