The Aeolian Co.
Opus 1625, 1928
Curtis Institute of Music
Casimir Hall
1726 Locust Street
Philadelphia, PA, US
48 Ranks - 3,196 Pipes
Instrument ID: 25413 ● Builder ID: 51 ● Location ID: 17274
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CONSOLES
Builder: Unknown
Position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
Design: Traditional With Roll Top
Pedalboard Type: Unknown
Features:
4 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal6 Divisions62 Stops44 Registers✓ Crescendo✓ Combination Thumb Piston(s)Stop Layout: Tilting/Rocking Tablets on Angled Jambs
Expression Type: 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
Donated by Cyris H. K. Curtis, owner of the Curtis Publishing Company and dedicated in a recital by Lynwood Farnam on 11/27/1928.
Database Manager on January 18th, 2011:
Updated through on-line information from Jeff Scofield. -- Located in the ceiling, with the sole tonal openings being two lunettes, one at each side of the room, which were only four feet high at the their highest point, tapering away near the ends of the room; the lunettes were below the level of the organ; Aeolian-Skinner added a new five-manual console and Positiv as Op. 958 in 1937 and replaced the organ in 1941 with their Op. 1022.
Database Manager on July 6th, 2007:
Updated 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 1941 Aeolian-Skinner, Opus 1022.
Database Manager on March 5th, 2007:
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:
Enlarged as Aeolian-Skinner Opus 958 (1937).
Related Instrument Entries: Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co. (Opus 958, 1937) , Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co. (Opus 958-A, 1960)
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