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Gress-Miles Organ Co. (1965)

Vassar College: Skinner Hall of Music
50 Gammage Pkwy.
Poughkeepsie, NY

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

Consoles

Main

Console position: Movable Console
3 manuals
40 stops
69 registers
4 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
Manual compass: 58 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons

Notes

2014-12-03 - This is a rebuild of an existing organ. Identified by James R. Stettner, using information from this web site: http://music.vassar.edu/organs/. -- The Vassar College, School of Music (Organs) web page states, "The Fritts organ replaces a 1964 three-manual instrument with 69 stops, about half of which was newly built by the firm Gress-Miles. The other half consisted of revoiced pipework from the original instrument built by Kimball in 1931. This hybrid organ has been acquired by the United States Military Academy at West Point and is installed in the Old Cadet Chapel there." -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from <i>The Diapason</i> May 1965 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

       Poughkeepsie, New York
       Vassar College
       Skinner Hall of Music

       Gress-Miles   1965   3/64
       ___________________________________________________

       GREAT                           POSITIV (enclosed)

   16' Violonbasse       58         8' Holzgedeckt      58
   16' Quintaton         58         8' Gemshorn         58
    8' Principal         58         8' Gemshorn Celeste 46
    8' Harmonic Flute    58         4' Principal        58
    8' Bordun            58         4' Rohrflöte        58
    8' Violoncello       12         2' Octave           58
    4' Octave            58     1 1/3' Quint            58
    4' Spielflöte        58        II  Sesquialtera     92
2 2/3' Nasat             46     III-V  Scharf          254
    2' Superoctave       58        16' Dulzian          58
    2' Spielflöte        12         8' Dulzian          12
V-VII  Mixture          370            Tremulant
  III  Zimbel           174
   16' Trumpet           58            PEDAL
    8' Trumpet           12
       Tremulant                   32' Subbass          32
                                   16' Principal        32
       SWELL                       16' Subbass          12
                                   16' Violonbasse      GT
   16' Rohrbordun        58        16' Quintaton        GT
    8' Rohflöte          12        16' Gemshorn         12 PO
    8' Traversflöte      58        16' Rohrbordun       SW
    8' Salicional        58    10 2/3' Rohrquint        SW
    8' Voix Celeste      58         8' Principal        12
    8' Unda Maris II    116         8' Gedeckt          12
    4' Geigen Principal  58         8' Rohrflöte        SW
    4' Traversflöte      12         4' Octave           32
    4' Unda Maris II     24         4' Harmonic Flute   GT
2 2/3' Nazard            58         2' Superoctave      12
    2' Hohlflöte         58         2' Harmonic Flute   GT
1 3/5' Tierce            58        VI  Mixture         192
1 1/3' Larigot           12        32' Contre Basson    12 SW
    1' Sifflöte          12        16' Posaune          32
IV-VI  Acuta            312        16' Basson           SW
   16' Basson            58         8' Trumpet          12
    8' Trompette         58         4' Clarion          12
    8' Hautbois          12         4' Dulzian          PO
    8' Vox Humana        58         2' Cornett          12
    4' Clairon           12
       Tremulant

          [Received from Jeff Scofield June 4, 2016]

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#53900 - W. W. Kimball Co. (1932)