Better Pipe Organ Database

Skinner Organ Co. Opus 713 (1928)

First Presbyterian Church
125 S. Third Street
Wilmington, NC

Images

2003 - Pipework (Photograph by A. Thompson-Allen/John Roper)

2015-07-07 - Console (Photograph by Benjamin Brock/Database Manager)

Unknown - Sanctuary interior (Photograph by Benjamin Brock/Database Manager)

2015-07-17 - Right Drawknobs (Choir and Great) (Photograph by Benjamin Brock/Database Manager)

2015-07-17 - Left Drawknobs (Pedal and Swell) (Photograph by Benjamin Brock/Database Manager)

2015-07-17 - Organ Case (Photograph by Benjamin Brock/Database Manager)

2024-06-24 - Facade (Colton Barber/Colton Barber)

2024-06-24 - Pipework (Colton Barber/Colton Barber)

2024-06-24 - 16’ Pedal Reed (Colton Barbee/Colton Barber)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
3 manuals
29 stops
37 registers
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
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: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1989. -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - Restored 1975 by A. Thompson-Allen Co. -Database Manager

2006-05-08 - 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: Replaced 1918 3/45 Austin, #832; restored in 1974.78 by A. Thompson-Allen Co. and Allen Harris in 1979. -Database Manager

2009-03-11 - Updated through online information from James C. Burke, Ph.D.. -- A new church designed by Hobart Upjohn replaced the 1861 First Presbyterian Church in 1928. The 1861 church was destroyed by fire on 31 December 1925. [Source: Tetterton, Beverly. Wilmington: Lost But Not Forgotten. Wilmington, NC: Dram Tree Books, 2005. 72.] The 1928 Skinner Opus 713 is the original organ installed in this structure. -Database Manager

2016-08-28 - Updated through online information from Justin Smith. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Typed stoplist Source: Brochure published by church Date not recorded

Wilmington, North Carolina
First Presbyterian Church

Skinner Organ Company   Opus 713   1928           3 manuals, 29 stops, 33 ranks
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           GREAT ORGAN (6" wind)                  SWELL ORGAN (7½" wind)
       16' Bourdon             17 PED         16' Bourdon             73
        8' First Diapason      61              8' Diapason            73
        8' Second Diapason     61              8' Rohrflöte           73
        8' Principal Flute     61              8' Salicional          73
        8' Erzähler            61              8' Voix Celeste        73
        4' Octave              61              8' Flute Celeste II   134
       II  Grave Mixture      122              4' Octave              73
        8' Tuba         (10")  73 (in CH)      4' Flute Triangulaire  73
        8' French Horn  (10")  73 (in CH)      2' Harmonic Piccolo    61
           Cathedral Chimes    20 tubes      III  Mixture            183
                                              16' Contra Oboe         73
           CHOIR ORGAN (5" wind)               8' Trumpet             73
        8' Concert Flute       73              8' Oboe                12
        8' Gamba               73              8' Vox Humana          73
        8' Dulciana            73                 Tremolo
        4' Flute               73
    2 2/3' Nazard              61                 PEDAL ORGAN (6" wind)
        8' Clarinet            73             16' Diapason            32
           Tremolo                            16' Bourdon             32
        8' Harp (TC)           --             16' Echo Bourdon        SW
        4' Celesta             61 bars         8' Octave              12
                                               8' Gedeckt             12
                                               8' Still Gedeckt       SW
                                               4' Super Octave        12
                                              16' Contra Oboe         SW


[Received from Steven E. Lawson  2017-02-11]

Stoplist taken from http://static1.squarespace.com/static/53b35e2ce4b05dcddc571931/t/53c7d1cee4b095a14c754c76/1405604302865/WILM Source: Source not Date not recorded

Wilmington, North Carolina
First Presbyterian Church

Ernest M. Skinner, op. 713, 1928

Great (6” Wind)

16' Bourdon 
8' First Diapason 
8' Second Diapason 
8' Principal Flute 
8' Erzahler 
4' Octave 
II Grave Mixture  
8' French Horn (Enc. 10” Wind)
8' Tuba (Enc. 10” Wind)
Cathedral Chimes 

Swell (7 ½” Wind)

16' Bourdon
8' Diapason 
8' Rohrflote 
8' Salicional 
8' Voix Celeste 
8' Flute Celeste 
4' Octave 
4' Flute Triangulaire 
2' Harmonic Piccolo 
III Mixture
16' Contra Oboe 
8' Cornopean 
8' Oboe 
8' Vox Humana 
Tremolo

Choir (5” Wind)

8' Concert Flute 
8' Gamba 
8' Dulciana 
4' Flute 
2 2/3' Nazard 
8' Clarinet 
Tremolo
Harp 61 bars
Celesta

Pedal (6” Wind)
16' Diapason
16' Bourdon 
16' Echo Bourdon
8' Octave 
8' Gedeckt 
8' Still Gedeckt 
4' Super Octave 
16' Contra Oboe 
16' Trombone 32* (10” Wind)
Cathedral Chimes GT

*Added 2005 

 [Received from Justin Smith 2016-08-05.]