Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co.
Opus 205-A, 1955
St. Thomas Episcopal Church
1 West 53rd Street
New York City: Manhattan, NY, US
169 Ranks - 9,050 Pipes
Instrument ID: 2475 ● Builder ID: 52 ● Location ID: 2364
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4 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal9 Divisions126 Stops110 RegistersElectrical Key ActionStop Layout: Unknown
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Database Manager on August 28th, 2016:
Updated through online information from Sam Cherubin. <br>Current organ has been removed from the chancel and is getting replaced and renovated by Dobson Organs. New chancel case and divisions to be installed after Easter 2017. Very few stops from current Aeolian-Skinner will be reused.
Updated through online information from Sam Cherubin. <br>Current organ has been removed from the chancel and is getting replaced and renovated by Dobson Organs. New chancel case and divisions to be installed after Easter 2017. Very few stops from current Aeolian-Skinner will be reused.
Database Manager on July 17th, 2013:
Updated through online information from Sam Cherubin. -- The V-IX Tierce Mixture in the Grand Choeur (IVth) is the same composition as the one found in the floating Bombarde division at the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine (Opus 150-A).
Database Manager on December 20th, 2005:
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>Rebuild (both #205-A and #205-B) of E. M. Skinner Opus 205, previously altered by Skinner & Son and rebuilt by Möller, with new console using existing shell; dedicatory recital by William Self, November 19, 1956.</i>
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
The original builder was Skinner Organ Co. (1913, Opus 205).
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
Chancel organ. Revision and enlargement of 1913 E. M. Skinner organ. Last organ voiced by G. Donald Harrison. (Also Op. 205-B). Additional tonal work by Gilbert F. Adams in 1969.
Webpage Links: Opus 205-A: St. Thomas Episcopal Church
Related Instrument Entries: Ernest M. Skinner Company (Opus 205, 1913) , Gilbert F. Adams (1969) , M. P. Möller (Opus 7900, 1949) , Ernest M. Skinner & Son (1945)
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