Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
2004-10-30 - Updated through online information from T. Daniel Hancock. -- Paul Opel reports the following on his website (2008-07-06): "The organ was built at a cost of $13,240. It is placed in two chambers. The church building was also constructed in 1928. This organ is one of the last to be constructed before Mr. Skinner's association with G. Donald Harrison, and is the only unaltered Skinner in Berkshire County. -Database Manager
2012-05-01 - Updated through online information from John Igoe. -- Acccording to an online article on iBerkshires.com, dated 29 Apr 2012, this organ has been sold to All Saints Ashmont Episcopal Church in Dorchester -Database Manager
2013-08-21 - Updated through online information from Nicholas Gray. -- I am the Senior Warden of the Parish of All Saints, Ashmont in Dorchester, Massachusetts. The Parish of All Saints purchased Skinner Opus 708 around a year ago. The organ has been removed from that church and is currently safely in storage in our church basement (in pipe trays and a humidity controlled room). We are in the process of restoring Opus 708, under the supervision of our parishioner, Jonathan Ambrosino. Opus 708 will be installed in the Parish of All Saints once the organ's restoration and the building restoration project, both currently underway, have been completed. -Database Manager
2017-05-07 - Skinner organ restored under the supervision of parishioner Jonathan Ambrosino, in collaboration with Joe Sloane, and Ortloff Organ Company. "The Skinner will be restored with no tonal or mechanical changes, save the addition of an enclosed high-pressure Tromba playable from the Choir and Pedal, using vintage Skinner pipes. The organ's elegant console will be restored with no changes, including the retention of the original electro-pneumatic switching and combination action." <i>Ortloff Organ Company web site</i> -Database Manager
From Allen Kinzey via <i>The Aeolian-Skinner Archives</i> Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
North Adams, Massachusetts
First Methodist Church
Skinner Organ Company Opus 708 1928 3 manuals, 20 stops, 23 ranks
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GREAT ORGAN SWELL ORGAN
8' Open Diapason 61 16' Bourdon 73
8' Clarabella 61 8' Geigen 73
4' Principal 61 8' Rohrflute 73
II Grave Mixture 122 8' Salicional 73
Chimes (in Swell) 20 tubes 8' Voix Celeste (TC) 61
4' Octave Geigen 73
CHOIR ORGAN III Mixture 183
8' Cor de Nuit 73 8' Cornopean 73
8' Dulciana 73 8' Flügel Horn 73
4' Flute Harmonique 73 8' Vox Humana 73
8' Clarinet 73 Tremolo
Tremolo
Chimes GT PEDAL ORGAN
16' Contre Basse 32
COUPLERS (rocking tablets) 16' Bourdon 32
Swell to Pedal 8 4 8' Octave 12
Great to Pedal 8 4 8' Gedeckt 12
Choir to Pedal 8 4 4' Flute 12
Swell to Great 16 8 4
Choir to Great 16 8 4 ADJUSTABLE COMBINATIONS
Swell to Choir 16 8 4 Swell 1-2-3-4-5
Swell to Swell 16 4 Great 1-2-3-4
Great to Great 16 4 Choir 1-2-3-4
Choir to Choir 16 4 Pedal 1-2-3
Ped. to Man. Combs. SW
PEDAL MOVEMENTS Ped. to Man. Combs. GT
Balanced Swell Pedal Ped. to Man. Combs. CH
Balanced Choir Pedal Set (thumb)
Crescendo Pedal General Cancel (knobs only)
Great to Pedal Reversible (paddle)
Swell to Great Reversible (paddle)
Choir to Great Reversible (paddle)
Sforzando Reversible (paddle)
[Received from Steven E. Lawson August 14, 2014]
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