Organ Clearing House - Individual Instrument 2403 Detail

The Organ Clearing House
Post Office Box 290786
Charlestown, MA 02129-0214
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# 2403

“From Oberlin to You”

Originally built as E.M. Skinner’s Opus 230, and rebuilt in 1955 as Aeolian-Skinner #230-A, this grand organ served generations of students at the Oberlin College Conservatory of Music along with the vibrant cultural community of Oberlin, OH. Organ Clearing House executive director John Bishop recalls organ lessons and required performances on the organ, and its role accompanying the Oberlin Musical Union, a large inclusive choral society founded in 1837 – the second oldest continuing choral tradition in the United States. Only Boston’s Händel and Haydn Society (1815) has a longer tradition. The organ was sold and dispersed in preparation for the installation of C. B. Fisk’s Opus 116. We are happy to offer nearly all of the organ’s 83 ranks (4599 pipes) for sale, excepting a few larger ranks that were incorporated in the Fisk Organ. Here’s a great opportunity to resurrect a distinguished organ that played a role in the formation of hundreds of today’s prominent organists.

Builder: Aeolian-Skinner
Date: 1955 Opus: 230-A
Approximate location: Fairfax, VA
Asking price: 75,000

Dimensions (in inches, unless specified):

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Additional Info:

Keyboards:

3

Stops:

75

Ranks:

83

Great

16	Montre
8	Prinzipal
8	Spitzflote
8	Holzgedackt
4	Octave
4	Rohrflote
2 2/3	Quint
2	Doublette
IV-VI	Mixtur
III	Scharf
16	Fagotto
8	Trumpet
	Chimes

Swell

16	Lieblich Gedackt
8	Geigen
8	Gedackt
8	Spitzflote
8	Salicionl
8	Voix Celeste
4	Geigen Octave
4	Flute
2 2/3	Nazard
2	Octavin
IV	Plein Jeu
16	Bombarde
8	Trompette
8	Hautbois
8	Voix Humaine
4	Clairon
	Tremulant

Choir

16	Gamba
8	Viola
8	Concert Flute
8	Kleinerzaher II
4	Flauto Traverso
2	Piccolo
8	Clarinet
	Tremulant
	Harp
	Celesta
8	Trompette-en-Chamade

Positiv

16	Quintaten
8	Prinzipal
8	Nason Flute
4	Prinzipal
4	Nachthorn
2	Koppelflote
2	Prinzipal
1 1/3'	Larigot
1	Sifflote
II	Sesquialtera
IV-VI	Mixtur
8	Cromorne
4	Rohrschalmei
	Tremulant

Pedal

32	Soubass
32	Violone
16	Principal
16	Bourdon	from 32'
16	Violone	from 32'
16	Quintaten	from Positiv
16	Gamba	from Choir
16	Lieblich	from Swell
8	Principal
8	Cello	from 32'
8	Gedacktpommer
8	Still Gedackt	from Swell
5 1/3	Quint
4	Choralbass
4	Nachthorn
2	Blockflote
IV	Mixtur
II	Scharff
32	Bombarde
16	Posaune	from 32'
16	Bombarde	from Swell
16	Fagotto	from Great
8	Trompette	from 32'
8	Cromorne	from Positiv
4	Clairon	from 32'
4	Rohrschalmei	from Positiv
	Chimes