Aeolian-Skinner Organ
Aeolian-Skinner Organ, Opus 1009
This organ was built for Sage Chapel in 1940, under the direction of G. Donald Harrison. It is a classic example of Harrison’s tonal thinking and incorporates advanced neo-Baroque elements (the Positiv division in particular) as well as several ranks re-used from earlier instruments. The Swell Bourdon 16’ and Oboe 8’, all but two stops (the Zauberflöte 2’ and the Cromorne 8’) on the Choir, and the Pedal Bourdon 16’ come from the E. M. Skinner organ, Op. 175, built in the chapel in 1909. The façade incorporates part of the Pedal Violone 16’ from the 1898 King organ that preceded the E. M. Skinner instrument.
Specification:
| Great | Swell | Choir |
| Principal 8’ Bourdon 8’ Spitzflöte 8’ Principal 4’ Rohrflöte 4’ Quint 2 2/3’ Super Octave 2’ Full Mixture IV Fourniture IV Cymbel III Trumpet 8’ |
Bourdon 16’ Diapason 8’ Stopped Diapason 8’ Viole de Gambe 8’ Viole Celeste 8’ Sesquialtera II Principal 4’ Cor de Nuit 4’ Fifteenth 2’ Plein Jeu III Fagotto 16’ Trompette 8’ Vox Humana 8’ Oboe 8’ Clarion 4’ Tremolo |
Viole 8’ Concert Flute 8’ Erzähler 8’ Erzähler Celeste 8’ (from tenor C) Flauto Traverso 4’ Zauberflöte 2’ English Horn 8’ Cromorne 8’ Tremolo |
| Positiv | Pedal | |
| Gedeckt 8’ Nachthorn 4’ Nasat 2 2/3’ Italian Principal 2’ Terz 1 3/5’ Oktav 1’ Zimbel III |
Contra Bourdon 32’ Principal 16’ Violone 16’ Bourdon 16’ Echo Lieblich 16’ (from Swell) Principal 8’ Gedackt Pommer 8’ Violone 8’ Quint 5 1/3’ Principal 4’ Koppelflöte 4’ Blockflöte 2’ Fourniture IV Bombarde 16’ Tompette 8’ Clarion 4’ |