Skinner Organ Co.
Opus 763, 1929

St. John's Lutheran Church

223 West Orange Street
Lancaster, PA, US

23 Ranks - 1,484 Pipes

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	GREAT ORGAN (II - Expressive)🛈 Position: In Center Chambers at the Front of the Room. Facade Pipes or Case Front Visible Chest Action: Electro Pneumatic (Pitman) Stop Action: Electric Notes: (enc. with CH)
8'	First Diapason	61
8'	Second Diapason	61
8'	Flute Harmonique	61
4'	Octave Diapason	61
	Tremolo
	Chimes

	SWELL ORGAN (III - Expressive)🛈 Position: In Side Chambers at the Front of the Room. Facade Pipes or Case Front Visible Chest Action: Electro Pneumatic (Pitman) Stop Action: Electric
16'	Echo Bourdon	73
8'	Diapason	73
8'	Salicional	73
8'	Voix Celeste	73
4'	Flute Triangulaire	73
III	Mixture	183
8'	Trumpet	73
8'	Corno d'Amore	73
8'	Vox Humana	73
	Tremolo

	CHOIR ORGAN (I - Expressive)🛈 Position: In Side Chambers at the Front of the Room. Facade Pipes or Case Front Visible Chest Action: Electro Pneumatic (Pitman) Stop Action: Electric
8'	Concert Flute	73
8'	Dulciana	73
8'	Unda Maris🛈 Notes: (TC)	61
4'	Flute	73
8'	English Horn	73
	Tremolo
	Harp	PF
	Celesta	PF

	PEDAL ORGAN🛈 Position: In Side Chambers at the Front of the Room. Facade Pipes or Case Front Visible Chest Action: Electro Pneumatic (Unit) Stop Action: Electric
16'	Diapason	32
16'	Bourdon	32
16'	Echo Bourdon🛈 Notes: (from Felgemaker?) reported 32 pipes on original stoplist	32
8'	Octave Diapason	12 16' Diapason
8'	Gedeckt	12 16' Bourdon
	Chimes	GT

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Builder: Skinner Organ Co.

Position: Console in Fixed Position, Left

Design: Traditional With Roll Top

Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Details Unknown)

Features:

3 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal4 Divisions21 Stops24 RegistersElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop Action✓ Crescendo✓ Combination Thumb Piston(s)✓ Combination 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

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This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location

Paul R. Marchesano on March 13th, 2024:

A 2-2/3' has been added to the Great a 2' Principal was added to the Choir and the Vox Humana was replaced with a 4' Octave all by the Gundling Organ Company of Lancaster. -- Information from James M Hoover

Database Manager on January 19th, 2007:

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:
Extant; tonal changes by Gundling in the 1960s.

Webpage Links: Opus 763: St. John's Lutheran Church

Related Instrument Entries: A. B. Felgemaker Co. (1895) , Gundling Organ Co., Inc. (1980's)