Williamstown, Massachusetts
Williams College — Grace Chapin Hall
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| Sumner Salter, Williams College Organist, playing Opus 195 |
Builder: The Ernest M. Skinner Co.
Year: 1911
Opus: 195
No. manuals: 4
No. stops: 82
No. ranks: 66
No. pipes: 4,479
GREAT ORGAN SWELL ORGAN
16' Diapason 61 16' Bourdon 73
16' Bourdon 61 8' First Diapason 73
8' First Diapason 61 8' Second Diapason 73
8' Second Diapason 61 8' Clarabella 73
8' Philomela 37 PD 8' Gedackt 73
8' Gross Floete 61 8' Salicional 73
8' Melodia 61 8' Voix Celeste 73
8' Gamba 61 8' Spitz Floete 73
8' Gemshorn 61 8' Aeoline 73
4' Octave 61 8' Vox Angelica (TC) 61
4' Wald Floete 61 4' Octave 73
2' Fifteenth 61 4' Flauto Traverso 73
III Mixture 183 4' Salicet 73
16' Trombone SO 2' Flautino 61
8' Tuba SO III Solo Mixture 183
8' Trumpet 61 16' Trumpet 73
4' Clarion SO 8' Cornopean 73
8' Oboe 73
CHOIR ORGAN 4' Clarion 73
16' Contra Gamba 73 Tremolo
8' Geigen Principal 73
8' Quintadena 73 ECHO ORGAN
8' Concert Flute 73 8' Fern Flute 73
8' Dulciana 73 8' Dulcet II 146
8' Unda Maris (TC) 61 4' Rohr Floete 73
8' Dulcet II 146 8' Vox Humana 73
4' Flute d'Amour 73 Tremolo
2' Piccolo Harmonique 61 Cathedral Chimes 25 tubes
16' Fagotto 73
16' English Horn 73 PEDAL ORGAN
8' Orchestral Oboe 73 32' Diapason 32
8' Vox Humana 73 32' Contra Bourdon 32
Tremolo 16' First Diapason 12
Carillons 16' Second Diapason GT
16' Violone 32
SOLO ORGAN 16' Bourdon 32
8' Stentorphone 73 16' Gedackt SW
8' Philomela PD Diap. 16' Contra Gamba CH
8' Viol d'Orchestre 73 8' Octave 12
8' Viol Celeste 73 8' Flute 12
16' Trombone 61 8' Cello SW
8' Tuba 12 8' Gedackt SW
8' French Horn 73 8' Flauto Dolce CH
8' Corno di Bassetto 73 4' Flute 12
8' Clarinet 73 16' Trombone SO
8' Orchestral Oboe CH 8' Tuba SO
8' Vox Humana CH 4' Clarion SO
4' Clarion 12
Tremolo
Carillons CH
Source: Allen Kinzey
Notes: The stoplist was published in the October 1912 issue of The Diapason. The
magazine also had the following interesting article:
"In this organ Mr. Skinner has done what has never heretofore been done in any other organ having a moveable console, with a single exception in the case of an organ in a private residence in Boston. He has made the adjustable pistons move the stop knobs. Wind is brought into the console directly from the blower through a vacuum cleaner hose in connection with the cable, of which there is 48 feet free length. In consequence of this, the player has at all times a visible indication of the exact condition of his organ. The combinations are adjustable at the console.
"The couplers (oscillating tablets) are grouped according to a scheme prescribed by Professor Sumner Salter, who drew up the specification of the organ, as follows: Those affecting the pedal organ are bunched and under the group is placed the horizontal tablet "To Pedal," and on each coupler tablet occurs only the one word "Swell," "Choir," "Great," or "Swell 4 feet." The several manuals are treated in the same way. By this means one finds readily the desired coupler, just as any stop, in connection with the keyboard he is playing. The organ contains 4,826 pipes and has about fifty-one miles of wiring."
Photo 2: Sumner Salter, Williams College Organist, in ad by The Ernest M. Skinner Company. The New Music Review and Church Music Review (January 1913)
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