Skinner Organ Co.
Opus 819-A, 1938
Originally Skinner Organ Co. (Opus 819, 1930)
Occidental College
Thorne Hall
Los Angeles, CA, US
63 Ranks - 3,881 Pipes
Instrument ID: 23594 ● Builder ID: 7374 ● Location ID: 21059
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STOPLISTS
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CONSOLES
Builder: Unknown
Position: Movable Console
Design: Traditional With Roll Top
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Features:
4 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal48 Stops59 RegistersElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop Action✓ Combination 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 (Details Unknown)
Combination Action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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DETAILS
This instrument is: Extant and Not Playable in this location
Updated through online information from Dr. Les Deutsch. -- Although it was believed that the pipework and chests of this instrument had been removed and relocated to a church - this is not so. I personally inspected the instrument on June 13, 2014. All the pipework, chests, and freestanding chambers are still intact in the rear gallery behind grillwork. The Moller console is disconnected and stored in a room off to the right side of the stage. The pipes and chests appear to be in good condition. However, the organ has not been in playing condition for many years. A deal to sell the organ to a church fell through long ago and the college is currently interested in selling the entire instrument.
Database Manager on August 16th, 2013:
Updated through online information from Scott Crowell. -- Purchased by St. Anthony Roman Catholic Church in Fort Lauderdale, Florida in 2008.
Database Manager on April 4th, 2008:
Updated through online information from Stephen Hall. -- Organ is now in possesion of Wicks organ company, and is being offered for sale with restoration by Wicks.
Database Manager on August 28th, 2007:
Updated through online information from Les Deutsch. -- The console is disconnected and stored, uncovered, with misc. stage props in a room behind the stage. The pipes were still in the rear chambers as of two years ago.
Database Manager on May 15th, 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:
Relocation of #819 with one addition; Schantz, #550 console in 1961.
Webpage Links: Wicks Organ Company [E.M. Skinner Opus 819 page] , Opus 819-A: Occidental College
Related Instrument Entries: Skinner Organ Co. (Opus 819, 1930) , Schantz Organ Co. (Opus 550, 1961)
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