Groton, Massachusetts
Groton School
Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co., Inc.
Opus 936, 1935-196
No. manuals: 3
No. stops: 81
No. ranks: 92
No. pipes: 5,336
Specification
There were many alterations and additions by the company from 1945 to 1962, including
relocating the console, tonal additions, alterations and revoicing. The Processional
organ was relocated to the console's former niche. Here is an overview of the company's
work thru 1962:
Great
16' Sub Principal 61
8' Diapason 61
8' Principal 61
8' Flute Harmonique (replaced by ex-PO 8' Rohrflote)
8' Gemshorn 61
5 1/3' Grosse Quinte 61
4' Octave 61
4' Principal 61
3 1/5' Grosse Tierce 61 (replaced by 4' Flute Couverte)
2 2/3' Quinte 61
2' Superoctave 61
1 3/5' Tierce 61 (replaced by ex-PO 2' Blockflote)
IV Full Mixture 244 (reworked as IV Sesquialtera)
IV Fourniture 244
III Cymbel 183 (replaced by ex-PO III Scharf reworked)
8' Bombarde 73 (later addition)
Swell
16' Flute Conique 73
8' Geigen 73
8' Gedeckt 73
8' Viole de Gambe 73
8' Viole Celeste 73
8' Flauto Dolce -- (from 16' Flute Conique)
8' Echo Viole 73 (replaced by Flute Cel 54 GG)
4' Octave Geigen 73
4' Flute Triangulaire 73 (replaced by ex-GT 4' Flute Oct)
4' Fugara 73
2 2/3' Nazard 61
2' Fifteenth 61
1 3/5' Tierce 61
VI Plein Jeu 366 (divided into III Mixture with one new rank 183 and IV Plein Jeu 244)
16' Bombarde 73 (replaced in kind)
8' Trompette I 73 (replaced in kind)
8' Trompette II 73 (replaced by Hautbois)
8' Vox Humana 61
4' Clarion 73 (replacedl by ex-CH 8' Tromp Harm)
Tremolo
8' Gedeckt - Processional in choir vestibule, eliminated
8' Viola - Processional in choir vestibule, eliminated
Choir
16' Quintaton 73
8' Viola 73
8' Orchestral Flute 73
8' Dulciana 73
8' Unda Maris 61 tc
4' Lieblich Flute 73 (replaced by 4' Nachthorn)
2' Zauberflote 61
16' English Horn 73
8' Trompette Harmonique (replaced by ex-SW Trompette II)
8' Clarinet 73
4' Rohrschalmei 73 (later addition)
Tremolo
8' Bombarde GT (later addition)
8' Gedeckt PRO (eliminated)
8' Viola PRO (eliminated)
Positif
8' Rohrflote 61 (replaced by 8' Singendgedeckt)
4' Principal 61
4' Koppelflote 61
2 2/3' Nazard 61
2' Blockflote 61 (replaced by 2' Principal)
1 3/5' Tierce 61 (reworked)
1' Sifflote 61 (shifted to 1 1/3' Larigot)
IV Scharf 244 (replaced by IV Cymbel)
Pedal
32' Contrebasse 12
16' Principal 32
16' Contrebasse 32
16' Bourdon 32
16' Flute Conique SW
16' Quintaton GT (later addition)
10 2/3' Grosse Quinte 32
8' Octave 32
8' Flute Ouverte 32
8' Cello 12
8' Gedeckt SW
5 1/3' Quinte 32
4' Super Octave 32
4' Flute Harmonique 32 (harm portions of pipe cut off)
4' Gedeckt SW
2' Waldflote 32 (later additions)
III Mixture 96
III Fourniture 96
16' Bombarde 32
16' English Horn CH
8' Trompette 32
4' Clairon 32 Processional
When Aeolian-Skinner relocated the console from a cubbyhole alongside the choir, they
added shades between the former console space and the choir, installed a recycled 2-stop chest with an 8' Gedeckt and a 4' Octave, and installed five knobs on the console (not
on combination action) which played on the Great manual for a new Processional. (The
other three knobs operated chests and pipework installed by and belonging to the
organist.)
Source: Allen Kinzey
The choir doesn't appear to have [been] unenclosed, since there is a Positiv. Lee
Eyrline Morgan, Organist
Olivet Baptist Church
Oklahoma City, OK
www.olivetbaptistokc.com
[Received January 25, 2007]
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