Washington, District of Columbia

First Congregational Church

First Congregational Church (Washington, DC)
 
Skinner Organ, Op. 315 (1920) in First Congregational Church (Washington, DC)
 
William Watkins at Skinner Organ, Op. 315 (1920) in First Congregational Church (Washington, DC)
 
 
 
 
  
Builder:        Skinner Organ Company
   Year:        1920
   Opus:        315
   
No. manuals:    4
No. stops:      54
No. ranks:      51
No. pipes:      3,453
 
 
 
                GREAT ORGAN                           SWELL ORGAN
            16' Diapason            61            16' Bourdon             73
             8' First Diapason      61             8' Diapason            73
             8' Second Diapason     61             8' Gedeckt             73
             8' Claribel Flute      61             8' Gamba               73
             8' Dolce d'Amour       61             8' Salicional          73
             4' Octave              61             8' Voix Celeste        73
             4' Harmonic Flute      61             4' Octave              73
         2 2/3' Twelfth             61             4' Traverse Flute      73
             2' Fifteenth           61             2' Flautino            61
            IV  Mixture            244           III  Dolce Cornet       183
             8' Tromba              61            16' English Horn        73
                Chimes              pf             8' Cornopean           73
                                                   8' Flugel Horn         73
                CHOIR ORGAN                        8' Vox Humana          73
             8' Diapason            73             4' Clarion             73
             8' Melodia             73                Tremolo
             8' Keraulophon         73
             8' Dulciana            73                PEDAL ORGAN
             8' Unda Maris (TC)     61            32' Bourdon             32
             4' Flute d'Amour       73            16' Diapason            32
         2 2/3' Nazard              61            16' Bourdon             12
             2' Piccolo             61            16' Violone             32
             8' Clarinet            73            16' Echo Bourdon        SW
                Tremolo                            8' Octave              12
             8' Harp (TC)           pf             8' Bourdon             12
             4' Celesta             pf             8' Cello               SO
                                                   8' Echo Bourdon        SW
                SOLO ORGAN                         4' Bourdon             12
             8' Stentorphone        73            16' Trombone            32
             8' Gamba               73             8' Tromba              12
             8' Gamba Celeste       73
             8' Harmonic Flute      73
             8' Tuba Mirabilis      73
             8' French Horn         73
             8' Orchestral Oboe     73
                Tremolo


Source: The Diapason, July 1921

Photo #3 Source: Lorenz Maycher (Photo shows Williams Watkins at the console around 1946.)

Organ Historical Society Database: https://pipeorgandatabase.org/OrganDetails.php?OrganID=36727