Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co.
Opus 936, 1935
Groton School
St. John's Chapel
282 Farmers Row
Groton, MA, US
94 Ranks - 5,061 Pipes
Instrument ID: 7391 ● Builder ID: 52 ● Location ID: 7001
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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:
3 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal6 Divisions74 Stops✓ 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: Computerized/Digital
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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DETAILS
Updated by Dan Moriarty, who has heard or played the organ.
Database Manager on June 30th, 2010:
Updated through online information from Michael Smith. -- This organ was arguably the prototype for Harrison's vision of the American Classic organ movement. The updates described above reference a renovation/restoration completed in 2003 by Jonathan Ambrosino and Mike Foley.
Database Manager on November 24th, 2006:
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 1900 three manual Geo. S. Hutchings; alterations and additions from 1945 through 1993. Retoration work by Nelson Barden & Associates ongoing since 1990.
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
Altered G. D. Harrison and E. B. Gammons 1948, 1954, etc; altered Kinzey-Angerstein 1981, console rebuilt and Great and Positive revoiced, 3-91. 2/92 form - stop list.
Webpage Links: Opus 936: Groton School - St. John's Chapel , Jonathan Ambrosino: Groton School - Groton, Massachusetts
Related Instrument Entries: Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co. (1962) , Kinzey-Angerstein (1970s) , Nicholas-Bradford Organ Co. (1985) , Nelson Barden (& Associates) (1990)
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