Pipe Organ Database

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Skinner Organ Co. (Opus 531, 1925)

Location:

Library of Congress
10 1st Street SE
Washington, DC 20540 US
Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge Auditorium
Organ ID: 23106

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Auditoriums and Concert Halls
  • The organ has been relocated.
  • The organ's condition is unknown.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: EP pitman
  • 27 ranks. 1,781 pipes. 3 manuals. 24 stops. 28 registers.
All:
  • Chest Type(s): EP pitman chests
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Main:
  • Manuals: 3
  • Stops: 24
  • Registers: 28
  • Manual Compass: 61
  • Pedal Compass: 32
  • Key Action: Electrical connection from key to chest.
  • Stop Action: Electric connection between stop control and chest.
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Database Manager on March 09, 2006:

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:
Moved to Holy Trinity RC, Georgetown in 1955 by Lewis & Hitchcock incorporating pipework from old Erben organ.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
from Allen Kinzey: Open In New Tab Typed stoplist
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Skinner advertisement from THE DIAPASON January 1926: Open In New Tab Skinner advertisement from THE DIAPASON January 1926
We received the most recent update for this document from Jeff Scofield on January 09, 2023.

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