Aeolian-Skinner Organ Company Studio

4 East 53rd Street at Fifth Avenue
New York, N.Y. 10022


Organ Specifications:
4 East 53rd Street at Fifth Avenue – 5th Floor (1941-?)
II/4 Aeolian-Skinner, Op. 4000 (1941)
677 Fifth Avenue at 53rd Street (1932-1941)
II/9 Aeolian-Skinner, Op. 887-X2 (c.1932)
             

Aeolian-Skinner Organ Company, Inc.
Boston, Mass. – Opus 4000 (1941)
Electro-pneumatic action
2 manuals, 21 stops, 4 ranks, 268 pipes



In 1946, this organ was relocated to Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church in Lemoyne, Penn. as Op. 4000-A.
               
Great Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes, enclosed
8
  Diapason
61
4
  Viola [ext.]
12
8
  Viola [common bass]
49
2 2/3
  Nazard [Viola]
8
  Gedeckt
61
2
  Fifteenth * [Viola]
4
  Octave *
  * top octave repeats
               
Swell Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes, enclosed
8
  Gedeckt
2 2/3
  Nazard [Gedeckt]
8
  Viola
2
  Piccolo * [Gedeckt]
4
  Flute [ext.]
12
8
  Oboe
61
4
  Viola
  Tremolo
               
Pedal Organ – 32 notes
16
  Bourdon [ext.]
12
4
  Viola
8
  Diapason
4
  Flute
8
  Flute
8
  Oboe

             

Aeolian-Skinner Organ Company, Inc.
Boston, Mass. – Opus 887-X2 (c.1932)
Electro-pneumatic action
2 manuals, 34 stops, 9 ranks, 549 pipes



The Aeolian-Skinner Organ Company built two identical organs for its studios: one for the studio in Dorchester, MA, and another for the New York City studio. In 1938, the New York organ was relocated to the residence of William F. Raskob in Wilmington, DE, where it was added to and became the Choir division of a three-manual Aeolian organ, Op. 1722 (1928).
               
Great Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes, enclosed
8
  Voix Celeste II ranks
110
1 3/5
  Tierce
8
  Flute Celeste II ranks
110
8
  French Horn
61
8
  Chimney Flute
61
8
  Vox Humana [TC]
49
4
  Flute [ext.]
12
    Tremolo
2 2/3
  Nazard
    Harp
2
  Piccolo [ext.]
12
    Vibra Harp

 

     

 

     
Swell Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes, enclosed (duplexed with Great)
8
  Voix Celeste II ranks
1 3/5
  Tierce
8
  Flute Celeste II ranks
8
  French Horn
8
  Chimney Flute
8
  Vox Humana
4
  Flute
  Tremolo
2 2/3
  Nazard
  Harp
2
  Piccolo
  Vibra Harp

 

     

 

     
Solo Organ (drawn by player only) – 48 notes
8
  Voix Celeste II ranks
8
  French Horn
8
  Flute Celeste II ranks
8
  Vox Humana [37 notes]
8
  Chimney Flute
     
             
Pedal Organ – 32 notes
16
  Bourdon [ext.]
12
8
  Chimney Flute
8
  Voix Celeste II ranks
8
  French Horn
8
  Flute Celeste II ranks
   

             

Sources:
     
Aeolian-Skinner Archives: http://aeolian-skinner.110mb.com/
     "Floor is Leased to Organ Concern," The New York Times, February 24, 1941.
     Kinzey, Allen, and Sand Lawn, comps.
E.M. Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner Opus List. New Rev. Ed. Richmond: The Organ Historical Society, 1997.