Skinner Organ Co.
Opus 787, 1929
St. Philip Catholic Church
Church
112 Capital Avenue NE
Battle Creek, MI, US
28 Ranks - 1,883 Pipes
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CONSOLES
Builder: Unknown
Position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
Design: Traditional With Roll Top
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Features:
3 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal4 Divisions25 Stops35 RegistersElectrical 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: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
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 online information from Chad Boorsma -- The contract for the organ was signed in 1929. The instrument had some modifications to it before the Casavant/Michael Perrault rebuild in 1991, including the replacement of the keyboards and drawknobs with supply house items. The original cost of the organ was $19,940 with $10,000 coming from the W. K. Kellogg Foundation. Professor William E. Zeuch, Vice President at Skinner, was originally scheduled to give the dedicatory concert on May 26, 1930, but a death in the family prevented him from doing so. Herbert E. Hyde, mid-western representative for Skinner, played instead and was apparently well-received by the audience.
Database Manager on April 19th, 2007:
Updated through online information from Trevor Dodd.
Database Manager on May 10th, 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: Tonally altered; Casavant additions and pedal reed from #604 by Michael Perrault.
Webpage Links: Opus 787: St. Phillip Catholic Church
Related Instrument Entries: Casavant Frères Ltée. (1991)
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