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Ernest M. Skinner Company Opus 245 (1916)

Emmanuel Church, Episcopal / Church of the Transfiguration, Episcopal
8614 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, OH

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


Images


1916, after - Sanctuary with organ case at left (Skinner brochure via Jonathan Bowen/Jim Stettner)

2013-01-01 - Chancel facade (Courtesy of Reverend John Richard Hendricks/Brad Engelland)

2013-01-01 - Church exterior (Courtesy of Reverend John Richard Hendricks/Brad Engelland)

Consoles

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Notes

2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1991. -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - Church merged with another. Used Hammond c. 1991. Console damaged in fire. -Database Manager

2005-12-22 - 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: After 1957 fire console removed; pipework subsequently removed in 1988 by David Dortch. -Database Manager

2013-09-16 - Updated through online information from Ronald Gibson. -- Organ (residue) currently; (September, 2013), endangered! Abandoned church building. 4-manual Console/bench missing. Half of the organ is inadequately stored in the church basement for many years and has suffered some moisture damage. Pipe ranks may be nearly complete but some trebles are missing. Overall condition is poor. -Database Manager

2013-11-21 - Updated through online information from Ronald D. Gibson. -- 20 November, 2013. The organ is endangered. Building and land were abandoned previously now acquired by The Cleveland Clinic Foundation. Cleveland Landmarks Commission has authorized the Cleveland Clinic Foundation to order demolition, perhaps within several months. Residue of the organ is available for sale. -Database Manager

2013-12-19 - Updated through online information from Scott Hayes. -- 20 some partial and complete ranks were removed from the church building on December 9, and placed into storage. Many stops are missing their bottom octaves, and several reed stops were severely damaged. The hope is to restore them for eventual reuse in the future Trinity Cathedral, Cleveland choir organ. -Database Manager

2014-04-04 - Updated through online information from Jim Hopkins. -- Emmanual Episcopal Church merged with Church of the Incarnation, Cleveland in 1991 and was re-named Church of the Transfiguration, although they remained in Emmanuel's Euclid Ave. building. Demolition of Emmanuel Episcopal Church was completed in January, 2014. -Database Manager

2024-06-15 - From Rev'd John Richard Hendricks: A modified Gothic Episcopal Church On Euclid Ave. in Cleveland Ohio's “Millionaires Row”. Built: 1901 Destroyed: 2014. The deserted structure was purchased by the Cleveland Clinic. The Cleveland Clinic Holiday Inn now located on this property. http://www.historyeveryday.org/church-of-the-transfiguration--cle.html. “the demolition of the Church of the Transfiguration a grave misfortune for Clevelanders who wish to find glimpses of the past that harken back to the golden age of their city”. Episcopal Bishop Mark Hollingsworth closed “the dilapidated and deteriorated church". The church was designed by famous architects Cram, Goodhue, & Ferguson, who were noted for their Gothic Revival buildings all throughout North America. Cleveland Clinic also purchased the Cleveland OH Euclid Ave Church of God and the Euclid Ave Congregation Church. -Brad Engelland


Stoplist

Stoplist from <i>The Diapason</i>, April 1917 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Cleveland, Ohio
Emmanuel Episcopal Church

Skinner Organ Company   1916   Opus 245           4 manuals, 27 stops, 28 ranks
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           GREAT ORGAN                            SWELL ORGAN
       16' Bourdon             17 PED         16' Bourdon             73
        8' First Diapason      61              8' Diapason            73
        8' Second Diapason     61              8' Gedeckt             73
        8' Philomela          PED              8' Salicional          73
        8' Erzähler            61              8' Voix Celestes       73
        8' Gedeckt             SW              8' Dulciana            73
        8' Dulciana            SW              8' Unda Maris (TC)     61
        4' Flute               SW              4' Octave              73
        8' Cornopean           SW              4' Flute               73
                                               2' Flautino            61
           CHOIR ORGAN                        16' English Horn        73
        8' Diapason            73              8' Cornopean           73
        8' Concert Flute       73              8' Flügel Horn         73
        8' Dulcet II          134              8' Vox Humana          73
        4' Flute               73                 Tremolo
        8' Clarinet            73
           Tremolo                                PEDAL ORGAN
        8' Celesta Sub (TC)    --             32' Bourdon (resultant) --
        4' Celesta             61 bars        16' Diapason            32
                                              16' Bourdon             32
           SOLO and NAVE ORGAN                16' Echo Lieblich       SW
       16' Ophicleide          61              8' Octave              12
        8' Tuba                12              8' Gedeckt             12
        8' French Horn         73              8' Still Gedeckt       SW
        8' Orchestral Oboe     73             16' Ophicleide          SO
                                              16' English Horn        SW
                                               8' Tuba                SO
                                               4' Clarion             SO


[Received from Steven E. Lawson  2016-07-19]


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