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Skinner Organ Co. Opus 540 (1925)

St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Williamsport, PA

Consoles

Main

4 manuals
38 stops
44 registers
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes

Notes

2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1996 -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - Designed by John Belt, Ded. 16 My 1926. Additions by Skinner in 1925 (Op. 540-A). Rebuilt by Fritsche in 1955. Reisner console in 1962. [Church also listed for a 1924 Hook & Hastings Op. 2498 which does not appear on any printed H & H lists. Repairs to the 1883 Johnson, Op. 495?] -Database Manager

2006-03-11 - 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: Dedication recital by Harriet Weigle Nicely, May 12, 1926. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Typed stoplist Source: The Diapason, June 1926 Date not recorded

Williamsport, Pennsylvania
St. Paul's Lutheran Church

Skinner Organ Company   Opus 540   1925           4 manuals, 38 stops, 46 ranks
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          GREAT ORGAN (enclosed)                  SWELL ORGAN
       8' Open Diapason        73 (unenc.)    16' Lieblich Gedeckt     73
       8' Second Diapason      73              8' Open Diapason        73
       8' Grossflöte           73              8' Gedeckt              73
       8' Clarabella           73              8' Salicional           73
       8' Erzähler Celeste II 134              8' Voix Celeste II     146
       4' Octave               73              8' Aeoline              73
       4' Harmonic Flute       73              4' Flute d'Amour        73
      IV  Mixture             244              8' Cornopean            73
       8' Tuba          (10")  73              8' Oboe                 73
       8' French Horn   (10")  73              8' Vox Humana           73
          Harp (TC)            61 bars            Tremolo
          Chimes               EC
                                                  SOLO ORGAN
          CHOIR ORGAN                          8' Principal Diapason   73
       8' English Diapason     73              8' Gamba Celeste II    146
       8' Concert Flute        73              8' Orchestral Flute     73
       8' Dulciana             73              8' Tuba Mirabilis       73
       8' Unda Maris (TC)      61                 Tremolo
       4' Flute Triangulaire   73
       8' Clarinet             73                 PEDAL ORGAN
       8' English Horn         73             32' Resultant            --
          Tremolo                             16' Open Diapason        32
                                              16' Bourdon              32
          ECHO ORGAN                          16' Lieblich Gedeckt     SW
       8' Chimney Flute        73              8' Major Flute          12
       8' Vox Angelica II     134              8' Gedeckt              12
       8' Spitz Flute Cel II  134              8' Dolce Flute          SW
       4' Harmonic Flute       73             16' Trombone             32
          Tremolo                              8' Tromba               12
          Chimes               21 tubes
          Harp                 GT


[Received from Steven E. Lawson  2017-02-22]

Websites

Opus 540: St. Paul's Lutheran Church - (Aeolian-Skinner Archives Website) Stoplist (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)