Potter-Rathbun
1968

Originally Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co. (Opus 956, 1937)

St. Columba's Episcopal Church / Berkeley Memorial Church

55 Vaucluse Avenue
Middletown, RI, US

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Instrument ID: 63761 ● Builder ID: 5063 ● Location ID: 55359
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Builder: Unknown
Position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
Design: Traditional With Roll Top
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Features:
2 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal3 Divisions26 Stops38 RegistersElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop Action✓ Crescendo✓ Combination Thumb Piston(s)✓ Combination Toe Piston(s)✓ Coupler Thumb Piston(s)✓ Coupler Toe Piston(s)

Stop Layout: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination Action: Computerized/Digital
Control System: Unknown or N/A

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This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location

Database Manager on April 18th, 2019:

Updated by Scot Huntington, who has heard or played the organ. In addition Scot Huntington gave this as a source of information: Examination of organ March 21, 2019.

First ca. 1968 enlargement used existing chime and coupler stop controls repurposed to control new stops. The original stop tablet coupler rail was replaced, now with added tablets to control the intra-manual functions previously accessed by stop knobs. Two pedal stops are now controlled by new toe studs with indicator lamps in the Swell keycheek. Wind and Signal lamps once on the nameboard have been moved to the other Swell keycheek. The Great and Swell keyslips have been replaced with new units having a substantially expanded piston complement. The new 8-level Peterson solid-state control system has a roto-selector in the nameboard where the original signal lamps once were.


Database Manager on March 23rd, 2019:

This describes a rebuild of an existing organ.

Identified by Scot Huntington, who has heard or played the organ.
This was an enlargement of the Aeolian-Skinner with tonal additions and chest work. The chancel chamber is now overcrowded. At some point post-2000, Potter-Rathbun installed a new solid-state control system with an expanded manual piston complement in the manual keyslips. The facade covering the chancel chamber is rudimentary and gives the impression of being home-made.

Related Instrument Entries: Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co. (Opus 956, 1937) , Hilborne L. Roosevelt (Opus 353, 1886)

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