Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co.
Opus 1272, 1955

The Juilliard School / Manhattan School of Music

Recital Hall

Claremont Avenue
New York City: Manhattan, NY, US

29 Ranks - 1,699 Pipes
Instrument ID: 35438 ● Builder ID: 52 ● Location ID: 31363
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3 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal4 Divisions23 Stops29 RegistersElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop Action

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This instrument is: Not Extant and Not Playable in this location

Database Manager on December 3rd, 2019:

From the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project: In 1955, the Aeolian-Skinner Organ Company installed their Opus 1272, a three-manual instrument installed in a niche above and behind the stage of the Recital Hall of the Juilliard School of Music. Vernon de Tar, Chair of the Organ Department, designed the organ and also dedicated it on January 10, 1956. The organ remained at the Claremont Avenue building when the Juilliard School relocated to Lincoln Center in 1969; the building's new occupants, the Manhattan School of Music, continued to use the organ. A leaky roof damaged the organ in 1969 and again in 1982, after which a substantial amount of pipework was replaced by Anthony Bufano. Tonal revisions by Bufano took place after another leak in 1988. This organ was removed in 2002 when Hubbard Hall was renovated and renamed Greenfield Hall. Following are the specifications from the Aeolian-Skinner Factory Contract.


Database Manager on June 12th, 2008:

Identified 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:
Replaced Hillgreen- Lane; building sold to Manhattan School of Music; damaged by roof leak in 1969. Alterations by Anthony Bufano following further leaks in 1982, 1987.

Webpage Links: Opus 1272: Juilliard School of Music

Related Instrument Entries: Anthony A. Bufano (1987) , Anthony A. Bufano (1982) , Range Organ Co. (2003)

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