Charles W. McManis Co.
Opus 52, 1960
St. John's Episcopal Church (1842)
628 Main Street
Stamford, CT, US
Instrument ID: 22339 ● Builder ID: 4134 ● Location ID: 9252
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CONSOLES
Features:
3 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal7 DivisionsElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop Action✓ 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: Unknown
Expression Type: Unknown
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Control System: Unknown or N/A
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DETAILS
Updated by Carl S Zimmerman, naming this as the source of information: Charles McManis\' autobiography, cited in full on OHS Website, pp.159-61,286,331,395.
McManis rebuilt the chancel organ (since replaced) and added a gallery organ (still in use as of 2008).
Database Manager on June 24th, 2014:
The console for the McManis job was sub-contracted to Austin, who installed a large 3-manual drawknob console.
Database Manager on December 23rd, 2005:
Identified 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:
Rebuild of Skinner Opus 277 (1917), previously enlarged by E. M. Skinner & Son (1941).
Related Instrument Entries: Bruce Schultz and Associates (1992) , Ernest M. Skinner & Son (1941) , Frank Roosevelt (Opus 492, 1891) , Ernest M. Skinner Company (Opus 277, 1917)
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