Skinner Organ Co.
Opus 486, 1924
First Presbyterian Church
310 Fifth Street SE
Cedar Rapids, IA, US
40 Ranks - 2,682 Pipes
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CONSOLES
Builder: Unknown
Position: Unknown
Design: Traditional With Roll Top
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Details Unknown)
Features:
4 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal5 Divisions35 Stops44 RegistersElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop Action✓ Combination Thumb Piston(s)✓ Coupler Toe Piston(s)✓ Sforzando Toe Piston(s)Stop Layout: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Combination Action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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DETAILS
This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location
Updated through online information from Richard C Greene.
Database Manager on October 16th, 2007:
Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- The chimes, while actually playable from the Great, Solo, and Pedal, were located in the Solo box. The organ was installed behind the facade of the previous instrument. The dedicatory recital was played by Marshall Bidwell, the church's organist, on Thursday, March 12, 1925 at 8:15 p.m. Source: Dedicatory Recital Program.
Database Manager on January 19th, 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:
Replaced by 3/45 Reuter, #1752 in 1971 retaining 6 Skinner ranks; some pipework now in #771 in Coe College; the rest went to Freeport Organ Co.
Webpage Links: Opus 486: First Presbyterian Church
Related Instrument Entries: Reuter Organ Co. (Opus 1752, 1971)
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