Howard Best (Howard M. Best III)
1994

Originally Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co. (1969)

Independent Presbyterian Church

Sanctuary

3100 Highland Avenue S.
Birmingham, AL, US

87 Ranks
Instrument ID: 23057 ● Builder ID: 579 ● Location ID: 16701
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Builder: Unknown
Position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
Design: Traditional With Roll Top
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Features:
3 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal6 DivisionsElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop Action✓ Crescendo✓ Combination Thumb Piston(s)✓ Combination Toe Piston(s)✓ Coupler Thumb Piston(s)✓ Coupler Toe Piston(s)✓ Sforzando Thumb Piston(s)✓ Sforzando Toe Piston(s)
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

Jim Cook on August 18th, 2021:

The organ was replaced by Dobson Op. 90 in 2012. Several ranks from the Skinner-Moller-[Best] organ were retained, including the antiphonal division in a slightly modified form.

Database Manager on December 4th, 2006:

Updated through online information from James R. Stettner.

Database Manager on March 6th, 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:
Cleanup and rebuild of Aeolian-Skinner Opus 516-A after a 1992 fire. Some additional ranks after Möller work in 1970s.

Related Instrument Entries: Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co. (Opus 516-A, 1969) , M. P. Möller (Opus M-7535, 1975) , Skinner Organ Co. (Opus 516, 1924) , Dobson Pipe Organ Builders (Opus 90, 2012)

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