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Albany NY, USA (New York) - Westminster Presbyterian Church
Municipal: Albany NY
Region:Albany County
Address: 262 State Street, 12210, Albany NY
Website: http://www.wpcalbany.org/
Description nr.: 2007403.
Built by: Ernest M. Skinner (1929) - opus 780
Ernest Skinner bouwde zijn opus 780 voor de Westminster Presbyterian Church in Albany, New York. Het orgel werd in de jaren zeventig vervangen door een electronisch instrument, omdat het niet meer te gebruiken was en restauratie te duur werd gevonden. Een parochiaan kocht het orgel en bouwde het op in zijn huis. Na tientallen jaren keerde het instrument echter terug naar de oorspronkelijke locatie. Het nog geheel in originele staat verkerende werkstuk werd door de Austin Company gerestaureerd en herbouwd. Tevens breidde Austin het orgel uit met een nieuw Antiphonal Organ. In de zomer van 2003 is het weer in gebruik genomen.
Technical data
Specification
Great Organ (C-c''''): Bourdon 16' - extension van Pedal, Open Diapason 8', Second Diapason 8', Flute Harmonic 8', Octave 4', Flute 4', Twelfth 2 2/3', Fifteenth 2', Mixture 4 ranks (1 1/3') - 2003, Trumpet 8', Chimes.
Choir Organ (C-c''''): Dulciana 16', Concert Flute 8', Dulciana 8', Unda Maris 8' (TC), Flute 4', Piccolo 2' - 2003, Corno di Bassetto 8', Tremolo, Harp, Celesta.
Swell Organ (C-c''''): Diapason 8', Rohrflöte 8', Salicional 8', Voix Celeste 8' (TC), Flute Celestes 8' (2 ranks), Octave 4', Flûte Triangulaire 4', Mixture 3 ranks (2'), Waldhorn 16', Trumpet 8', Oboe d'Amore 8', Vox Humana 8', Clarion 4', Tremolo.
Solo Organ (C-c''''):
Enclosed Section: Cello 8', Cello Celeste 8', Cor Anglais 8' - 2003, Tremolo, French Horn 8', Tuba 8'.
Unenclosed Section: Flute Harmonic 8' - van Great, Flute 4' - van Great, Chimes.
Antiphonal Organ (C-c''''):
Manual: Open Diapason 8', Stopped Diapason 8', Octave 4', Super Octave 2', Mixture 4 ranks (1 1/3'), Trumpet 8'.
Pedal: Bourdon 16'.
Pedal Organ (C-g'): Resultant 32' - akoestisch, Diapason 16', Contra Bass 16', Bourdon 16', Dulciana 16' - van Choir, Octave 8' - extension, Gedeckt 8' - extension, Cello 8' - extension, Dulciana 8' - van Choir, Trombone 16', Trumpet 8' - van Great, Clarion 4' - van Great, Chimes, Star Bells.
Couplers: Choir to Great, Choir to Great 16', Choir to Great 4', Swell to Great, Swell to Great 16', Swell to Great 4', Solo to Great, Solo to Great 16', Solo to Great 4', Antiphonal to Great, Swell to Choir, Solo to Choir, Antiphonal to Choir, Great to Solo, Antiphonal to Solo, Great to Pedal, Choir to Pedal, Swell to Pedal, Swell to Pedal 4', Solo to Pedal, Antiphonal to Pedal, Great to Great 4', Choir to Choir 16', Choir to Choir 4', Swell to Swell 16', Swell to Swell 4', Solo to Solo 16', Solo to Solo 4'.
Albany NY, USA (New York) - Westminster Presbyterian Church
Municipal: Albany NY
Region:Albany County
Address: 262 State Street, 12210, Albany NY
Website: http://www.wpcalbany.org/
Description nr.: 2007403.
Built by: Ernest M. Skinner (1929) - opus 780
| Year | Builder | Opus | Activity | 1929 | Ernest M. Skinner | 780 | new organ | 2003 | Austin Organ Company Inc. | restoration |
Ernest Skinner bouwde zijn opus 780 voor de Westminster Presbyterian Church in Albany, New York. Het orgel werd in de jaren zeventig vervangen door een electronisch instrument, omdat het niet meer te gebruiken was en restauratie te duur werd gevonden. Een parochiaan kocht het orgel en bouwde het op in zijn huis. Na tientallen jaren keerde het instrument echter terug naar de oorspronkelijke locatie. Het nog geheel in originele staat verkerende werkstuk werd door de Austin Company gerestaureerd en herbouwd. Tevens breidde Austin het orgel uit met een nieuw Antiphonal Organ. In de zomer van 2003 is het weer in gebruik genomen.
Technical data
| Number of stops per division | |
| - Great Organ | 10 (9) |
| - Choir Organ | 7 |
| - Swell Organ | 13 |
| - Solo Organ | 7 (5) |
| - Antiphonal Manual | 6 |
| - Antiphonal Pedal | 1 |
| - Pedal | 12 (4) |
| Total number of stops | 56 (45) |
| Key action | Electropneumatic |
| Stop action | Electropneumatic |
| Windchest(s) | Cone chests |
| Pitch | a' = 439 Hz |
| Temperament | Equal temperament |
Specification
Great Organ (C-c''''): Bourdon 16' - extension van Pedal, Open Diapason 8', Second Diapason 8', Flute Harmonic 8', Octave 4', Flute 4', Twelfth 2 2/3', Fifteenth 2', Mixture 4 ranks (1 1/3') - 2003, Trumpet 8', Chimes.
Choir Organ (C-c''''): Dulciana 16', Concert Flute 8', Dulciana 8', Unda Maris 8' (TC), Flute 4', Piccolo 2' - 2003, Corno di Bassetto 8', Tremolo, Harp, Celesta.
Swell Organ (C-c''''): Diapason 8', Rohrflöte 8', Salicional 8', Voix Celeste 8' (TC), Flute Celestes 8' (2 ranks), Octave 4', Flûte Triangulaire 4', Mixture 3 ranks (2'), Waldhorn 16', Trumpet 8', Oboe d'Amore 8', Vox Humana 8', Clarion 4', Tremolo.
Solo Organ (C-c''''):
Enclosed Section: Cello 8', Cello Celeste 8', Cor Anglais 8' - 2003, Tremolo, French Horn 8', Tuba 8'.
Unenclosed Section: Flute Harmonic 8' - van Great, Flute 4' - van Great, Chimes.
Antiphonal Organ (C-c''''):
Manual: Open Diapason 8', Stopped Diapason 8', Octave 4', Super Octave 2', Mixture 4 ranks (1 1/3'), Trumpet 8'.
Pedal: Bourdon 16'.
Pedal Organ (C-g'): Resultant 32' - akoestisch, Diapason 16', Contra Bass 16', Bourdon 16', Dulciana 16' - van Choir, Octave 8' - extension, Gedeckt 8' - extension, Cello 8' - extension, Dulciana 8' - van Choir, Trombone 16', Trumpet 8' - van Great, Clarion 4' - van Great, Chimes, Star Bells.
Couplers: Choir to Great, Choir to Great 16', Choir to Great 4', Swell to Great, Swell to Great 16', Swell to Great 4', Solo to Great, Solo to Great 16', Solo to Great 4', Antiphonal to Great, Swell to Choir, Solo to Choir, Antiphonal to Choir, Great to Solo, Antiphonal to Solo, Great to Pedal, Choir to Pedal, Swell to Pedal, Swell to Pedal 4', Solo to Pedal, Antiphonal to Pedal, Great to Great 4', Choir to Choir 16', Choir to Choir 4', Swell to Swell 16', Swell to Swell 4', Solo to Solo 16', Solo to Solo 4'.
| Compound stop | Composition |
| Mixture 4 ranks (Great) | C: 1 1/3' - 1' - 2/3' - 1/2'. c°: 2' - 1 1/3' - 1' - 2/3'. c': 2 2/3' - 2' - 1 1/3' - 1'. c'': 4' - 2 2/3' - 2' - 1 1/3'. c''': 8' - 4' - 2 2/3' - 2'. |
| Mixture 3 ranks (Swell) | C: 2' - 1 1/3' - 1'. aìs°: 2 2/3' - 2' - 1 1/3'. fis'': 4' - 2 2/3' - 2'. |
| Mixture 4 ranks (Antiphonal) | C: 1 1/3' - 1' - 2/3' - 1/2'. c°: 2' - 1 1/3' - 1' - 2/3'. fìs°: 2 2/3' - 2' - 1 1/3' - 1'. c': 4' - 2 2/3' - 2' - 1 1/3'. c''': 8' - 4' - 2 2/3' - 2'. |
| Literature |
An organ Atlas of the Capital District Region of New York State : Published for the fiftieth anniversary of the Organ Historical Society 1956-2006 / Jonathan Ambrosino, Alfred V. Fedak, Scot L. Huntington, Len Levasseur, Stephen L. Pinel. - Richmond, Virginia : OHS Press, 2006. |