Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co.
Opus 251-A, 1956
Originally Ernest M. Skinner Company (Opus 251, 1916)
Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, Episcopal
Huntington Chapel / St. Ansgar Chapel
1047 Amsterdam Ave./112th St.
New York City: Manhattan, NY, US
18 Ranks
Instrument ID: 22315 ● Builder ID: 52 ● Location ID: 1875
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2 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal3 Divisions12 Stops20 RegistersElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop ActionStop Layout: Unknown
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Jeff Scofield on November 16th, 2021:
From the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project, Steve Lawson: In 1956, the Aeolian-Skinner Company was contracted to rebuild the Ernest M. Skinner organs in the Great Choir, Potter Chapel and Huntington Chapel. The organ in Huntington (later renamed St. Ansgar) Chapel was enlarged to 18 ranks. After several decades of service the organ became unplayable. In December 2001, the unfinished north transept was destroyed by fire, causing tremendous smoke damage to the entire cathedral. All of the organs in the cathedral were silenced until they could be removed, cleaned and restored. The organ in St. Angar Chapel was rebuilt in 2011 by Douglass Hunt, curator of the cathedral organs, and includes a new console by Harris Organs, Inc., of Whittier, Calif.
From the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project, Steve Lawson: In 1956, the Aeolian-Skinner Company was contracted to rebuild the Ernest M. Skinner organs in the Great Choir, Potter Chapel and Huntington Chapel. The organ in Huntington (later renamed St. Ansgar) Chapel was enlarged to 18 ranks. After several decades of service the organ became unplayable. In December 2001, the unfinished north transept was destroyed by fire, causing tremendous smoke damage to the entire cathedral. All of the organs in the cathedral were silenced until they could be removed, cleaned and restored. The organ in St. Angar Chapel was rebuilt in 2011 by Douglass Hunt, curator of the cathedral organs, and includes a new console by Harris Organs, Inc., of Whittier, Calif.
Database Manager on July 8th, 2013:
Updated through information from Sam Cherubin -- Rebuilt 2011 by Douglass Hunt, following smoke damage by fire in 2001.
Database Manager on January 21st, 2011:
Updated through online information from Connor Annable.
Database Manager on December 22nd, 2005:
Identified 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> Rebuild of Skinner Opus 251 (1916).</i>
Webpage Links: Opus 215-A: St. Angar Chapel - Cathedral of St. John the Divine, Episcopal , St. Ansgar Chapel - Cathedral of St. John the Divine, Episcopal
Related Instrument Entries: Ernest M. Skinner Company (Opus 251, 1916) , Douglass Hunt (2011)
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