Skinner Organ Co.
Opus 708, 1928

First Methodist Church

134 Main Street
North Adams, MA, US

24 Ranks - 1,598 Pipes
Instrument ID: 9271 ● Builder ID: 7374 ● Location ID: 7407
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Builder: Skinner Organ Co.
Position: Unknown
Design: Traditional With Roll Top
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Features:
3 Manuals (61 Notes)23 Note Pedal20 StopsElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop Action

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

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

Database Manager on May 7th, 2017:
Skinner organ restored under the supervision of parishioner Jonathan Ambrosino, in collaboration with Joe Sloane, and Ortloff Organ Company. "The Skinner will be restored with no tonal or mechanical changes, save the addition of an enclosed high-pressure Tromba playable from the Choir and Pedal, using vintage Skinner pipes. The organ's elegant console will be restored with no changes, including the retention of the original electro-pneumatic switching and combination action." <i>Ortloff Organ Company web site</i>

Database Manager on August 21st, 2013:
Updated through online information from Nicholas Gray. -- I am the Senior Warden of the Parish of All Saints, Ashmont in Dorchester, Massachusetts. The Parish of All Saints purchased Skinner Opus 708 around a year ago. The organ has been removed from that church and is currently safely in storage in our church basement (in pipe trays and a humidity controlled room). We are in the process of restoring Opus 708, under the supervision of our parishioner, Jonathan Ambrosino. Opus 708 will be installed in the Parish of All Saints once the organ's restoration and the building restoration project, both currently underway, have been completed.

Database Manager on May 1st, 2012:
Updated through online information from John Igoe. -- Acccording to an online article on iBerkshires.com, dated 29 Apr 2012, this organ has been sold to All Saints Ashmont Episcopal Church in Dorchester

Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
Updated through online information from T. Daniel Hancock. -- Paul Opel reports the following on his website (2008-07-06): "The organ was built at a cost of $13,240. It is placed in two chambers. The church building was also constructed in 1928. This organ is one of the last to be constructed before Mr. Skinner's association with G. Donald Harrison, and is the only unaltered Skinner in Berkshire County.

Webpage Links: Methodists Sell Historic North Adams Pipe Organ - iBerkshires.com article , Opus 708: First Methodist Church

Related Instrument Entries: Multiple Builders (Opus 708, 2015)

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