Better Pipe Organ Database

The Aeolian Co. Opus 1232 (1912)

Residence: Edwin Ginn (Terrace of Oaks)
Winchester, MA

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

Images

c.1928 - Exterior of music room wing (Photograph from an archival source: Jim Lewis collection, submitted by Jim Lewis/Jim Lewis)

Unknown - Interior and Pipe Facade (Photographer Unknown, courtesy of Jim Lewis (ca.1914)/Database Manager)

Unknown - Facade in Drawing Room (Photograph from the OHS Archives, Æolian Organ albums (ca. 1914)/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

3 manuals
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 30 notes

Notes

2016-08-20 - Aeolian, Op. 1232, III/37 (HC) Contract: Oct. 19, 1912 Cost: $25,000 Shipped April 5, 1913 Residence later owned by Miss Hunter Robb -Database Manager

2016-09-09 - Updated through online information from Jim Lewis. Edwin Ginn's widow married Hunter Robb, becoming Mrs. Hunter Robb. The couple continued to live at the Ginn estate, "Terrace of Oaks" in Winchester. -Database Manager

2021-08-17 - The organ was removed from the Music Hall by March 1961 when the building was demolished, but as far as I know its new/current home is unknown. -- information from Ellen Knight, Archivist for the Town of Winchester, 2021-08-17 -Paul R. Marchesano

Stoplist

Source: Original Ã†olian contract. OHS Archives Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Winchester, Massachusetts
Edwin Ginn residence
Æolian Organ Company, Opus 1232, 1913

Manual I, Great:
16    Double Open Diapason
8     First Open Diapason
8     Second Open Diapason
8     Viol d'Gamba
8     Gemshorn
8     Æoline
8     Gross Flute
8     Flauto Dolce
4     Octave
4     Hohl Flute
2     Piccolo Harmonique
8     Trumpet
8     Clarinet
Tremolo

Manual II, Swell:
16    Bourdon
8     Open Diapason
8     Viol d'Orchestre
8     Viol Celeste
8     Salicional
8     Voix Celeste
8     Æoline
8     Stopped Diapason
8     Quintadena
4     Flute Harmonique
      Dolce Cornet  V
8     Trumpet
8     Oboe
8     Vox Humana
Tremolo

Manual III, Echo:
8     Salicional
8     Voix Celeste
8     Stopped Diapason
8     Vox Humana
Tremolo

Pedal:
16    Double Open Diapason
16    Violone
16    Bourdon
16    Lieblich Gedeckt  (Sw.)

Harp 61 notes
Chimes 20 notes

Couplers:
Swell to Great  8, 4
Echo to Swell  8
Great to Great  16, 4
Swell to Swell  16, 4
Great to Pedal  8
Swell to Pedal  8
     

 [Received from Jim Lewis 2016-08-22.]

Documents

(1912-10-18) Original Contract Contract courtesy of the OHS Archive -Roman Lizak