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Under the leadership of the Reverend James Aubrey Goins and our former Director of Music, Nolan Patrick Reilly, St. Thomas More’s new chapel at the University of Oklahoma will be the new home to E.M. Skinner Organ, Opus 422. Originally built in 1923 by the Ernest M. Skinner Organ Company for First Presbyterian Church of Stamford, Connecticut, this instrument boasts more than 2,000 pipes. Played in recital by Marcel Dupre, then organist at Notre-Dame, Paris, and Virgil Fox, this instrument has a long and storied history in the church music world and is being refurbished by the Schantz Pipe Organ Company of Orville, Ohio. Check here for details about the completion of this project.
Couplers
Three Manuals and Pedal ~ 29 stops / 31 ranksUtilizing pipework from the existing Skinner Organ Co., Opus 422 (1923)
Great Organ
Manual II – Electro-Pneumatic & Unit-Action Windchests
Unenclosed - 6" wind pressure1. 16' Bourdon [Pedal] 17 pipes
# 342. 8' First Diapason 61 pipes 3. 8' Second Diapason 61 pipes 4. 8' Wald Flute 61 pipes 5. 8' Dulciana [Enclosed in Choir] 61 pipes 6. 4' Octave 61 pipes 7. 4' Flute 61 pipes 8. 2-2/3' Twelfth Ex-Grave Mixture II 61 pipes 9. 2' Fifteenth Ex-Grave Mixture II 61 pipes 10. 8' French Horn [Enclosed in Choir] 61 pipes 11. Tremolo 12. [Blank for Chimes] Swell Organ
Manual III – Electro-Pneumatic & Unit-Action Windchests
Enclosed and Expressive
6” Wind Pressure13. 16' Bourdon 73 pipes 14. 8' Diapason 73 pipes 15. 8' Salicional 73 pipes 16. 8' Voix Celeste 73 pipes 17. 8' Gedeckt 73 pipes 18. 8' Flauto Dolce 73 pipes 19. 8' Flute Celeste (TC) 61 pipes 20. 4' Flute 73 pipes 21. 2' Flautino 61 pipes 22. 1-3/5' Mixture III 183 pipes 23. 8' Cornopean 73 pipes 24. 8' Corno d'Amore 73 pipes 25. 8' Vox Humana 73 pipes 26. Tremolo
Choir Organ
Manual I – Electro-Pneumatic & Unit-Action Windchests
Enclosed and Expressive
4" Wind Pressure
27. 8' Concert Flute 73 pipes 28. 8' Dulciana [Great] # 5 29. 8' Unda Maris [Ex-Choir Dulciana] 73 pipes 30. 4' Flute d' Amour 73 pipes 31. 8' Clarinet 73 pipes 32. Tremolo 33. 8' Tromba 8" Wind Pressure – New Pipework 73 pipes 34. Harp (TC) # 35 35. Celesta Console Preparation Only 61 bars
Pedal Organ
Unit-Action Windchests
Unenclosed
5" Wind Pressure
36. 32' Resultant 32 notes 37. 16' Diapason New Pipework (1-6) 44 pipes 38. 16' Bourdon 44 pipes 39. 16' Echo Bourdon [Swell] # 13 40. 8' Octave # 37 41. 8' Gedeckt # 38 42. 8' Still Gedeckt [Swell] # 13 43. 16' Trombone [Choir] New Pipework 12 pipes
# 3344. [Blank for Chimes] [Great] # 12 Console Features
Great 16 4 Unison Off
Swell 16 4 Unison Off
Choir 16 4 Unison Off
Swell to Great 16 8 4
Choir to Great 16 8 4
Swell to Choir 18 8 4
Great to Pedal 8 4
Swell to Pedal 8 4
Choir to Pedal 8 4Expression Pedals
Great/Choir Expression Pedal
Swell Expression PedalCrescendo Pedal
Miscellaneous
Three-Manual drawknob console
Adjustable bench – Skinner style
Equipment drawers
Integral caster system – no disconnect
Ivora®/Ebony Keyboards – non-inclined
Skinner ‘S’ key-cheeks
Swell Mixture III – 17th On/Off [drawer switch]
Programmable Full Organ/Crescendo
Transposer [+/- 6 semi-tones]
Performance Sequencer
Record/Playback
Midi System [w/jacks]
Reversible Pistons
Swell to Great [thumb]
Great to Pedal [thumb and toe]
Swell to Pedal [thumb and toe]
Full Organ [thumb and toe]
Control System
Peterson [256 levels of memory] [digital display]
Great stops/couplers [thumb] 6
Swell stops/couplers [thumb] 6
Choir stops/couplers [thumb] 6
Pedal stops [toe] 6
General pistons [thumb/toe] 10
General Cancel [thumb]
Setter [thumb]
Performance Sequencer [Next = Any Div. Piston]
[Previous – Thumb/Toe]Accessories
Lights for:
Music Rack
Pedal Keyboard
Indicator Lights:
Wind
Crescendo
Full Organ
Transposer
