Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co.
Opus 926, 1934
Originally The Aeolian Co. (Opus 1374, 1916)
Christ Church, Episcopal
20 N. American Street
Philadelphia, PA, US
121 Ranks
Instrument ID: 9463 ● Builder ID: 52 ● Location ID: 8733
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STOPLISTS
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CONSOLES
Builder: Unknown
Position: Unknown
Design: Unknown
Pedalboard Type: Unknown
Features:
4 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal5 Divisions96 StopsElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop ActionStop Layout: Unknown
Expression Type: Unknown
Combination Action: Unknown
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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DETAILS
Exhibited in the 1960 OHS convention(s)
This instrument is: Not Extant and Not Playable in this location
Updated through online informatio from Brian Zook. -- The church removed the instrument and replaced it with a tracker action Fisk instrument in 2017. The original case retained by Erben was reused.
Database Manager on February 1st, 2010:
Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- Correction to the "Additional Notes" above: the present case is from the 1767 Philip Feyring and was retained by Erben, and has been retained ever since.
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:
Relocation and rebuilding of AEolian, 11374 from C.H.K. Curtis residence; probably the last installation supervised by E.M. Skinner while with Aeolian-Skinner; renovated with new console in 1972; original console then rebuilt in 1993 for First Church of Christ, Wethersfield, Connecticut, for Austin, 2403.
Database Manager on January 26th, 2005:
Additional tonal changes and Antiphonal Division by Brantley A. Duddy late 1970s-early 1980s.
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
The original builder was The Aeolian Co. (1916, Opus 1374).
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
The Aeolian built for the Cyrus H. K. Curtis residence, Wyncotte, PA. Donated to Christ Church by his daughter and rebuilt by Aeolian-Skinner under the supervision of E. M. Skinner, in the Erben case. New Austin console installed in 1971 by Brantley Duddy.
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
Status Note: There 1996
Webpage Links: Christ Church Philadelphia Curtis Memorial Organ , Curtis Organ Stoplist Christ Church Philadelphia , Opus 926: Christ Church, Episcopal
Related Instrument Entries: The Aeolian Co. (Opus 1374, 1916) , Austin Organs, Inc. (1967) , Brantley A. Duddy (1972)
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