Hunter College

69th Street between Park and Lexington Avenues
New York, N.Y. 10021
http://www.hunter.cuny.edu

Auditorium
               

Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co., Inc.
Boston, Mass. – Opus 1005 (1940)
Electro-pneumatic action
3 manuals, 62 stops, 66 ranks, 3,925 pipes


The organ in the Auditorium of Hunter College was a rebuild and enlargement of the E.M. Skinner organ, Op. 349 (1922), formerly located in Skinner's New York studio on Fifth Avenue. Portions of this organ are reported to be extant, but the instrument is unplayable due to extensive damage.
               
Great Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes
16
  Quintaton
61
2
  Super Oktave
61
8
  Principal
61
  Fourniture IV ranks
244
8
  Diapason *
61
    Cymbal III ranks
183
8
  Bourdon *
61
8
   Trumpet *
61
8
  Spitzflöte
61
8
  Tuba
CH
8
  Concert Flute
CH
8
  French Horn
CH
4
   Principal
61
     Chimes  
4
   Rohrflöte
61
     Harp
CH
2 2/3
   Quint
61
     Celesta
CH

     

     
Swell Organ (Manual III) – 61 notes, enclosed
16
  Bourdon
73
4
  Flute
73
8
  Diapason
73
2
   Fifteenth
61
8
  Gedeckt
73
  Mixture III ranks
183
8
  Voix Celeste II ranks
146
16
  Fagotto
73
8
  Aeoline
73
8
  Trumpet
73
8
  Unda Maris [TC]
61
8
  Corno d'Amore
73
8
  Flauto Dolce
73
4
  Clarion
73
8
   Flute Celeste [TC]
61
    Tremolo  
4
   Octave
73
        
               
Choir-Solo Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes, enclosed
8
  Diapason
73
16
  Bassoon
61
8
  Cello
73
8
  French Horn
61
8
  Concert Flute
73
8
  English Horn
61
8
  Voix Celeste II ranks
146
8
  Orchestral Oboe
61
8
  Dulciana
73
8
   Clarinet
61
4
  Gemshorn
73
     Tremolo  
4
   Chimney Flute
73
8
   Tuba
61
2 2/3
   Nazard
61
     Harp  
2
   Piccolo
61
     Celesta  
1 3/5
   Tierce
61
        

     

     
Pedal Organ – 32 notes
16
  Contre Basse
32
8
  Still Gedeckt
SW
16
  Violone
32
4
   Principal
32
16
  Bourdon
32
4
  Nachthorn
32
16
  Subbass *
32
  Mixture IV ranks
128
16
  Echo Lieblich
SW
32
  Contra Trombone [ext.] **
12
8
   Principal
32
16
   Trombone
44
8
  Gedeckt
32
8
   Tromba [ext.]
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* Added as 1005-A in 1946
       
 
** Added as 1005-B in 1947
Couplers
    Great to Pedal 8'   Choir-Solo to Great 16', 8', 4'
    Swell to Pedal 8', 4'   Swell to Choir-Solo 16', 8', 4'
    Choir-Solo to Pedal 8', 4'   Swell to Swell 16', 4'
    Swell to Great 16', 8', 4'   Choir-Solo to Choir-Solo 16', 4'
               
Adjustable Combinations
    Great Pistons No. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8
    Swell Pistons No. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8
    Choir-Solo Pistons No. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8
    Pedal Pistons No. 1-2-3-4-5
               
Mechanicals
    Balanced Swell Expression Pedal   Great to Pedal Reversible
    Balanced Choir-Solo Expression Pedal   Sforzando
    Balanced Crescendo Pedal   Cancel

               

Sources:
     Aeolian-Skinner Archives web site: http://aeolian-skinner.110mb.com/ Stoplist of Aeolian-Skinner Organ, Op. 1005 (1940).
     Kinzey, Allen and Sand Lawn, comps. E.M. Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner Opus List. New Rev. Ed. Richmond: The Organ Historical Society, 1997.
     Trupiano, Larry. Specifications of Aeolian-Skinner Organ, Op. 1005 (1940).