Glens Falls, NY
First Presbyterian Church

 
  
Builder:          Bassett-Skinner Organ Co., Inc.
  Year:           1951
No. manuals:      5
No. stops:        104
No. ranks:        119

Specification 

        GREAT                                   ECHO
    16' Diapason                             8' Muted Viole
     8' Diapason I                           8' Vox Angelica
     8' Diapason II                          8' Fern Flute
     8' Doppel Flute                         8' Flute Celeste
     8' Viole d'Amour                        4' Rohr Flute
 5 1/3' Quint                                V  Dulciana Mixture
     4' Octave                               8' Musette
     4' Hohlpfeife                              Tremolo
 3 1/5' Gross Tierce
 2 2/3' Twelfth                                 ANTIPHONAL
     2' Fifteenth                           16' Gemshorn
    IV  Plein Jeu                            8' Diapason I
     V  Cymbale                              8' Diapason II
     8' Trumpet                              8' Principal Flute
                                             8' Gamba
        SWELL                                8' Gamba Celeste
    16' Bourdon                              8' Gemshorn
     8' Diapason                         5 1/3' Quint
     8' Rohr Flute                           4' Principal
     8' Viola da Gamba                       4' Octave
     8' Voix Celestes                        4' Flute Harmonique
     4' Principal                            2' Fifteenth
     4' Flauto Traverso                  2 2/3' Twelfth
     2' Piccolo                             IV  Harmonics
     V  Cornet                               V  Mixture
    IV  Fourniture                          16' French Trumpet
    16' Posaune                              8' English Trumpet
     8' Trompette                            8' Corno d'Amour
     8' Flugel Horn                          4' Clarion
     4' Clarion                                 Tremolo
        Tremolo
                                                PEDAL
        CHOIR                               32' Diapason
     8' Diapason                            16' Diapason I
     8' Concert Flute                       16' Diapason II
     8' Quintadena                          16' Bourdon
     8' Dulciana                            16' Violone
     8' Unda Maris                          16' Gedeckt
     4' Flute d'Amour                        8' Octave
     4' Violina                              8' Still Gedeckt
 2 2/3' Nazard                               8' Cello
     2' Flageolet                            4' Super Octave
 1 3/5' Tierce                               2' Quintaton
 1 1/3' Larigot                              V  Mixture
 1 1/7' Septieme                            II  Carillon
     V  Dulciana Mixture                    32' Fagotto
     8' Trompette                           16' Bombarde
     8' Clarinet                            16' Fagotto
     8' English Horn                         8' Trompette
        Tremolo                              4' Clarion
        SOLO                                    ECHO PEDAL
     8' Diapason                            16' Bourdon
     8' Flauto Mirabilis
     8' Viole d'Orchestre                       ANTIPHONAL PEDAL
     8' Viole Celeste                       32' Bourdon
     4' Flute                               16' Diapason
     8' Trompette Harmonique                16' Gemshorn
     4' Tuba Clarion                         8' Principal
        Tremolo                          5 1/3' Quint
        Chimes                              16' French Trumpet
                                             8' Clarion 


Source: OHS Archives, via Jonathan Bowen.

Notes: The contract was signed in April 1950 by Ernest Skinner & Son. When Skinner used the payments from Glens Falls to finish work on a previous organ and came up short, the project faltered. Carl Bassett assumed the assets of Ernest M. Skinner & Son and completed the contract, which was a rework of 1928 Casavant Op. 1226. Interestingly, the article in the June 1951 issue of THE DIAPASON announcing completion of the instrument makes no mention of Carl Bassett.

Two new chambers were constructed in the rear to accommodate the Echo and Antiphonal. One was in the north side of the balcony and the other was built "in the choir room above the chapel."

The organ was dedicated in a recital by the church's organist, Hugh Allen Wilson, on March 16, 1951.

Links: Organ Historical Society Database record: https://pipeorgandatabase.org/OrganDetails.php?OrganID=19663