Omaha, Nebraska

First Presbyterian Church


First Presbyterian Church (Omaha, NE)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Builder:        The Ernest M. Skinner Co.
   Year:        1915
   Opus:        238
 
No. manuals:    3
No. stops:      38
No. ranks:      26
No. pipes:      1,525
 
 
 
                GREAT ORGAN                             SWELL ORGAN
             8' First Diapason      61              16' Bourdon             73
             8' Second Diapason     61               8' Diapason            73
             8' Philomela          PED               8' Gedeckt             73
             8' Erzähler            61               8' Salicional          73
             8' Gedeckt             SW               8' Voix Celeste        73
             4' Flute               SW               8' Aeoline             73
            16' Ophicleide *        61               8' Unda Maris (TC)     61
             8' Tuba *              12               4' Octave              73
             8' Cornopean           SW               4' Flute               73
             4' Clarion *           12               2' Flautino            61
                * enclosed in CH                    16' Contra Posaune      73
                                                     8' Cornopean           73
                CHOIR ORGAN                          8' Flugel Horn         73
             8' Diapason            73                  Tremolo
             8' Concert Flute       73
             4' Flute               73                  PEDAL ORGAN
             8' Clarinet            73              16' Diapason            32
             8' French Horn         73              16' Bourdon             32
                Tremolo                             16' Echo Lieblich       SW
             8' Harp (TC)           --          10 2/3' Quint (Bdn)         --
             4' Celesta             61 bars          8' Octave              12
                                                     8' Gedeckt             12
                ECHO ORGAN                           8' Still Gedeckt       SW
             8' Cor de Nuit         61              16' Posaune             SW
             8' Vox Humana          61
                Tremolo
                Cathedral Chimes    20 tubes


Source: The Pipes of Great Omaha, Edward A. Holyoke, Jr., MD, 1992

Photo Source: Jeff Scofield

Notes: The organ was replaced by Schantz Op. 992 4/53 in 1970 and sold to the Omaha Gospel Tabernacle (now Christ Community Church). The organ was never installed and was put into storage.

Organ Historical Society Database: https://pipeorgandatabase.org/OrganDetails.php?OrganID=22320