Unknown - Nave, Chancel, and Altar (Vintage Postcard, courtesy of T. Bradford Willis, DDS (1950s)/Database Manager)
Unknown - Church Interior, Gallery, and Organ Case (Vintage Postcard, courtesy of T. Bradford Willis, DDS (1900s)/Database Manager)
OHS convention: 1960
Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
2004-10-30 - The original builder was The Aeolian Co. (1916, Opus 1374). -Database Manager
2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1996 -Database Manager
2004-10-30 - The Aeolian built for the Cyrus H. K. Curtis residence, Wyncotte, PA. Donated to Christ Church by his daughter and rebuilt by Aeolian-Skinner under the supervision of E. M. Skinner, in the Erben case. New Austin console installed in 1971 by Brantley Duddy. -Database Manager
2005-01-26 - Additional tonal changes and Antiphonal Division by Brantley A. Duddy late 1970s-early 1980s. -Database Manager
2006-11-24 - Updated through information adapted from <i>E. M. Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner Opus List</i>, by Sand Lawn and Allen Kinzey (Organ Historical Society, 1997), and included here through the kind permission of Sand Lawn: <br><i>Relocation and rebuilding of AEolian, 11374 from C.H.K. Curtis residence; probably the last installation supervised by E.M. Skinner while with Aeolian-Skinner; renovated with new console in 1972; original console then rebuilt in 1993 for First Church of Christ, Wethersfield, Connecticut, for Austin, 2403.</i> -Database Manager
2010-02-01 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- Correction to the "Additional Notes" above: the present case is from the 1767 Philip Feyring and was retained by Erben, and has been retained ever since. -Database Manager
2020-07-28 - Updated through online informatio from Brian Zook. -- The church removed the instrument and replaced it with a tracker action Fisk instrument in 2017. The original case retained by Erben was reused. -Jim Stettner
From Allen Kinzey via <i>The Aeolian-Skinner Archives</i> Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Christ Church, Episcopal
Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co., Inc. Opus 926 1934 4 manuals, 121 ranks
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GREAT ORGAN SWELL ORGAN
16' Gamba 16' Bourdon
8' First Diapason 8' Diapason
8' Second Diapason 8' Horn Diapason
8' Geigen 8' Violin Diapason
8' Viola 8' Quintadena
8' Gemshorn 8' Gedeckt
8' Doppel Flute 8' Viol d'Orchestre
8' Gross Flute 8' Viol d'Orchestre Celeste
8' Flauto Traverso 8' Viole Celeste
4' Octave 8' Voix Celeste
4' Flute d'Amour 8' Dolcissimo
2 2/3' Twelfth 8' Unda Maris
2' Fifteenth 8' Flauto Dolce
IV Mixture 8' Flute Celeste
16' Euphone 4' Octave
8' Trumpet 4' Harmonic Flute
Tremolo 4' Salicet
Chimes 2 2/3' Nazard
16' Tuba (Solo) 2' Flautino
8' Tuba (Solo) V Mixture
4' Tuba (Solo) 16' Bassoon
8' Cornopean
CHOIR ORGAN 8' Oboe
16' Bourdon 8' Vox Humana I
8' Diapason 8' Vox Humana II
8' Violin Diapason Tremolo
8' Flauto Primo
8' Stopped Diapason SOLO ORGAN
8' Melodia 8' Gamba
8' Salicional 8' Gamba Celeste
8' Voix Celeste 4' Flute Octaviante
8' Viol de Gamba 8' French Horn
8' Viola 8' English Horn
8' Dulciana Tremolo
8' Aeoline Chimes
4' Gemshorn 16' Tuba
4' Hohl Flute 8' Tuba 12
4' Flute Harmonique 4' Tuba 12
2' Flageolette
V Mixture PEDAL ORGAN
16' Fagotto 32' Diapason
8' Saxophone 16' Diapason
8' Clarinet 16' Bourdon
8' Oboe 16' Violone
8' Trumpet 16' Dulciana
8' Vox Humana 16' Antiphonal Gedeckt
4' Clarion 16' Antiphonal Bourdon
Tremolo 16' Echo Lieblich
Harp 8' Flute
Chimes 8' Antiphonal Cello
16' Trombone
16' Fagotto
16' Tuba
8' Tuba
4' Tuba
Chimes
[Received from Steven E. Lawson 2016-04-28]
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