Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co.
Opus 984, 1938

United Presbyterian Church of Hornell (formerly, First Presbyterian Church)

Sanctuary; front

150 Main Street
Hornell, NY, US

16 Ranks - 1,019 Pipes
Instrument ID: 25585 ● Builder ID: 52 ● Location ID: 22552
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  • Position: In Center Chambers at the Front of the Room. No Visible Pipes
  • Chest Action: Electro Pneumatic (Details Unknown)
  • Notes: 3.5” Pressure, A440
  • Wind Pressure: 3.5"
  • Notes: Scale 44, 1/4 mouth, spotted metal, 1/2 on 17th note
  • Wind Pressure: 3.5"
  • Notes: Wood, as op. 976
  • Wind Pressure: 3.5"
  • Notes: Common metal, standard Flauto Dolce
  • Wind Pressure: 3.5"
  • Notes: Scale 56, 1/4 mouth, spotted, 1/2 on 17th
  • Wind Pressure: 3.5"
  • Notes: Scale 66 (12th) & 68 (15th); spotted, 1/2 on 18th; 12-15
  • Notes: exposed on side wall
8'61
8'61
8'61
4'61
II122
16'
8'
4'
  • Position: In Center Chambers at the Front of the Room. No Visible Pipes
  • Chest Action: Electro Pneumatic (Details Unknown)
  • Notes: 5” Pressure, A440
  • Wind Pressure: 5"
  • Notes: Unit A
  • Wind Pressure: 5"
  • Notes: Scale 54, 1/5 mouth, spotted
  • Wind Pressure: 5"
  • Notes: TC, identical to Viole
  • Wind Pressure: 5"
  • Notes: Standard Std. Diap. with chimneys, 1/4 mouth, spotted
  • Wind Pressure: 5"
  • Notes: Standard, wood
  • Wind Pressure: 5"
  • Notes: All scale 48 @ 8'CC, spotted, 1/2 on 18th, same as op. 969. Composition: CC-f18 15-19-22, f#19-f30 12-15-19, f#31-f54 8-12-15, f#55-c61 1-8-12
  • Wind Pressure: 5"
  • Notes: French, small
16'73
8'73
8'61
8'73
4'73
III183
8'73
16'
4'
  • Position: In Center Chambers at the Front of the Room. No Visible Pipes
  • Chest Action: Electro Pneumatic (Details Unknown)
  • Notes: 5” Pressure, A440
  • Wind Pressure: 5"
  • Notes: Common metal 16' Principal, 2/9 mouth in bass, unenclosed
16'32
16' SW Bourdon
8'12 PD Spitzprincipal
8' SW Bourdon
GT
8'
8'
4'

Received from Scot Huntington 2013-01-04. Details from head flue and reed voicer's notebooks, Oct '38- Jan. '39; courtesy Allen Kinzey. Installed in chamber behind grill cloth with no visible pipes, chimes exposed on side wall.

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CONSOLES

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Builder: Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co.
Position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
Design: Traditional With Roll Top
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Features:
2 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal3 Divisions16 Stops13 RegistersElectrical 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
Additional Notes: Combinations: Great 1-4, 0; Swell 1-4, 0; Pedal 1-3, 0; General 1-3. Mechanicals: General Cancel, Great to Pedal Reversible, Sforzando, Swell expression, Crescendo

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DETAILS

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This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location

Aaron Jackson on January 8th, 2026:

Updated through online information from Scot Huntington on 01/01/2026.

Database Manager on February 27th, 2011:

Updated through on-line information from Larry Philbrick.

Database Manager on March 16th, 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:
Tonally and mechanically altered by Parsons Organ Co., in 1984; combination action replaced by solid-state.

Webpage Links: Opus 984: First Presbyterian Church

Related Instrument Entries: Parsons Organ Co. (1984) , J. H. & C. S. Odell & Co. (Opus No. 324, 1894)

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