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HISTORY
OF THE ORGAN
1929 E. M. Skinner Organ #724 installed in present church. 3 manuals, 43 ranks, designed by Charles Courboin. Great & Pedal enclosed behind reredos and sanctuary woodwork, Swell & Choir enclosed in ceiling chamber at front of Nave.
1953 Contract signed for rebuilding of the organ by the Aeolian-Skinner Organ Company. Designed by G. Donald Harrison, Tonal Director, and Thomas Dunn, Organist at St. Paul's. Entire organ to be in chancel, with functional pipe displays designed in collaboration with Henry Pitz. Chancel mechanism and console to be retained; pipework, except for five ranks, entirely new, 3 manual, 70 ranks.
1956 Organ installation, #724-A, completed. Specifications significantly altered on the job. Tonal finishing supervised by G. Donald Harrison; his signature plate is placed on the console. Dedicatory recital, 6 June 1956 by Carl Weinrich. Harrison dies on 14 June 1956 while finishing the organ at St. Thomas Church, New York City.
1969 New three-manual Austin drawknob console installed.
1977 Nave Organ (Solo, Echo & Pedal) installed in memory of Mary Thompson Reath, given by her family. Solo Organ (#578), Flute Celeste (#295), Diapason (#927) and double-bell English Horn (#851).
1983 Cracked Great chest and 1929 Swell chests replaced. Austin Vox Humana added to Echo Organ. Prestant (#921) and Octavin (#295) added to Swell Organ. Small scale wood Contrebasse (#852) added to Pedal Organ. Regal (#1066) replaces 1956 stop.
1989 Grand Choeur division added to Chancel Organ in memory of Schuyler Lippincott, given by his family and friends. Designed by Richard Alexander, Organist at St. Paul's, and Jack Bethards, Tonal Director of Schoenstein Organ Company, San Francisco, builders of the flues. Grand Choeur Trompette subsequently built by Austin Organs, and voiced by David Broome. Three electronic 32' Pedal stops, built by Robert Walker Technical Company, Zionsville PA installed. Old Austin Vox Humana installed in Swell Organ. Stop nomenclature affectations removed.
1989 Contracts signed with Austin Organs, Inc., Hartford CT for 1) a new four-manual solid-state drawknob console, 2) the complete rewiring of the Chancel Organ with all solid-state circuitry and 3) completely new mechanism for the Nave Organ. Specifications for Nave Organ drawn by Richard Alexander, to include new Austin broad-scale Violas, pipework from #295, 389, 578, 604, 724, 813, 851, 860, 927 and 991, old Austin Solo Flutes 8 and 4, 16 Fagotto, 16 Dulciana and Vox Humana.
1990 High pressure Trompette Harmonique (#578) and Tuba (#604) installed in memory of Dr. Charles Sackett, given by Charlotte Rogenmuser.
1992 Austin contracts completed. Installation by Brantley Duddy, organ technician at St. Paul's. Tonal finishing on Nave Organ by Richard Alexander, Brantley Duddy and Daniel Kingman, Austin head flue voicer.
1992 Electronic Gallery Enclosed Great, Gallery Pedal, Harp, Chimes, and Nave Pedal reeds installed in memory of Robert Reath, given by his family. 1969 Austin console installed in Gallery in memory of Harold Gilbert, given by Charlotte Rogenmuser. All tonal and mechanical work designed and finished by Robert Walker.
1998 All electronic voices replaced by Robert Walker; electronic additions, including Trompette-en-chamade and Tower Bells, given by Charlotte Rogenmuser.
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The organ at St. Paul's Church is maintained by Stephen Emery.
(#) refers to opus numbers of Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner organs
295 Grove Park Inn, Asheville NC
389 North Presbyterian, Binghamton NY
578 Old South Church, Springfield MA
604 St. Paul's Church, Jackson MI
724 St. Paul's Church, Chestnut Hill PA
813 Reformed Church, Flushing NY
851 Trinity College, Hartford CT
852 Dwight Chapel, Yale, New Haven CT
860 Church of the Ascension, New York NY
927 Trinity Church, New Haven CT
991 Broadway Tabernacle, New York NY
1066 Christ Church, New Haven CT
ORGAN SPECIFICATIONS
GRAND CHOEUR (I)
32 Quintatön GT & PD
16 Principal GT & PD
8 Octave
8 Flûte Harmonique
4 Principal
Plein Jeu IV
Grande Fourniture
II-IV
16 Bombarde TC
8 Trompette
4 Clairon 12
CHANCEL GREAT (I)
16 Quintade
8 Principal
8 Bourdon
4 Octave
4 Rohrflöte
2-2/3 Twelfth
2 Fifteenth
Plein Jeu IV-VI
Scharff IV
(Enclosed)
Cornet III
16 Rankett
8 Krummhorn
4 Regal
Tremulant
(Gallery*)
8 Diapason
8 Gamba
8 Gamba
8 Flauto Traverso
8 Kleine Erzähler II
8 Unda Maris II
4 Gemshorn
8 Cor d'amour
Tremulant
Octaves
Tower Bells
CHANCEL POSITIF (II)
8 Spitzviol
8 Gedackt Pommer
4 Principal
4 Koppelflöte
2 Octave
2 Blockflöte
1-1/3 Larigot
1 Principal
Cymbel III-IV
Sesquialtera II
8 Rohr Schalmei
Tremulant
Zimbelstern
8 Trompette-en-chamade *+
(Gallery*)
Fourniture IV
16 Double Trumpet
8 Trumpet
4 Clarion
8 Orchestral Oboe
Tremulant
Zimbelstern
CHANCEL SWELL (III)
16 Gamba
8 Diapason
8 Viole-de-Gambe
8 Viole Céleste
8 Rohrflöte
4 Principal 12
4 Gemshorn
4 Flûte Harmonique
2 Octavin
Grand Cornet IV-V
Plein Jeu III
16 Bombarde
8 Trompette 12
8 Hautbois
8 Vox Humana
4 Clairon
Tremulant
NAVE ECHO (III)
16 Bourdon
8 Viola
8 Viola Céleste
8 Dulcet II
8 Cor de nuit
8 Spitzflöte
8 Flûte Céleste
4 Fernflöte
2-2/3 Nasard
16 Fagotto
8 Flügel Horn
8 Clarinet
8 Vox Humana
Tremulant
Harp*
8 Trompette Harmonique
8 French Horn SO+
NAVE SOLO (IV)
16 Dulciana
8 Cello Céleste II
8 Bois Céleste II
8 Unda Maris II
4 Unda Maris II
Celestes Off
8 Flauto Mirabilis
4 Flûte Harmonique
8 French Horn
8 English Horn
8 Corno-di-Bassetto
8 Tuba
Tremulant
Orchestral Bells*
8 Trompette PD
8 Trompette-en-chamade*+
CHANCEL PEDAL
32 Gamba*
16 Contrebasse
16 Principal
16 Flûte Ouverte*
16 Violone
16 Gamba SW
8 Octave
8 Flûte Ouverte*
8 Spitzflöte
8 Bourdon GR
4 Choralbass
4 Nachthorn
2 Cor de nuit
Raucshquinte II
Cymbel IV
32 Bombarde
16 Bombarde
8 Trompette
4 Clairon
2 Zink
(Nave)
32 Bourdon*
16 Bourdon EC
16 Dulciana SO
32 Ophicleide*
16 Trombone*
16 Fagotto EC
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