Skinner Organ Co.
Opus 596, 1926
West Chester State Normal School / West Chester University
Philips Auditorium
University and South High Street
West Chester, PA, US
34 Ranks - 2,135 Pipes
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IMAGES
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STOPLISTS
| Great (II)🛈 | ||
| 16' | Bourdon | 17 ext. Ped. 16' Bdn. |
| 8' | First Diapason | 61 |
| 8' | Second Diapason | 61 |
| 8' | Claribel Flute | 61 |
| 4' | Octave | 61 |
| 4' | Flute | 61 |
| 8' | Tromba | 61 |
| 8' | French Horn | SW |
| Chimes |
| Swell (III - Expressive)🛈 | ||
| 16' | Bourdon | 73 |
| 8' | Diapason | 73 |
| 8' | Gedeckt | 73 |
| 8' | Salicional | 73 |
| 8' | Voix Celeste | 73 |
| 8' | Flute Celeste II🛈 | 134 |
| 4' | Flute Triangulaire | 73 |
| 2' | Piccolo | 61 |
| V | Mixture | 305 |
| 16' | Waldhorn | 73 |
| 8' | Cornopean | 73 |
| 8' | Oboe | 73 |
| 8' | French Horn | 73 |
| 8' | Vox Humana | 73 |
| 4' | Clarion | 73 |
| Tremolo |
| Choir (I - Expressive)🛈 | ||
| 8' | Concert Flute | 61 |
| 8' | Dulciana | 61 |
| 4' | Flute | 61 |
| 8' | Clarinet | 61 |
| 8' | English Horn | 61 |
| 8' | French Horn | SW |
| Tremolo | ||
| 8' | Harp [tc] | |
| 4' | Celesta [61] |
| Pedal🛈 | ||
| 16' | Diapason | 32 |
| 16' | Bourdon | 32 |
| 16' | Echo Lieblich | SW |
| 8' | Octave | 12 ext. 16' Diap. |
| 8' | Gedeckt | 12 ext. 16' Bdn. |
| 8' | Still Gedeckt | SW |
| 16' | Trombone | 32 |
| 16' | Waldhorn | SW |
| 8' | Tromba | 12 ext. 16' Trbn. |
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CONSOLES
Builder: Skinner Organ Co.
Position: Movable Console
Design: Traditional With Roll Top
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Details Unknown)
Features:
3 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal4 Divisions29 Stops41 RegistersElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop Action✓ Crescendo✓ Combination Thumb Piston(s)✓ Coupler Toe Piston(s)✓ Sforzando Thumb Piston(s)✓ Sforzando Toe Piston(s)Stop Layout: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Combination Action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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DETAILS
This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location
Updated through onine information from Jeffrey Shaull.
Database Manager on March 25th, 2006:
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: Built in Westfield; console rebuilt in 1956, #596-A; extant; unaltered.
Webpage Links: Opus 596: West Chester State Normal School - Phillips Auditorium
Related Instrument Entries: Luley Organ Company (1999)
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