San Francisco, California

Trinity Episcopal Church


Aeolian-Skinner organ, Op. 477 (1924) in Trinity Episcopal Church (San Francisco, CA)
 
Aeolian-Skinner organ, Op. 477 (1924) in Trinity Episcopal Church (San Francisco, CA)
 
 
 
Builder:        Skinner Organ Company
   Year:        1925  / 1928
   Opus:        477-E / 477-A
   
No. manuals:    4
No. stops:      57
No. ranks:      54
No. pipes:      3,567
      

Specification

        GREAT ORGAN                             SOLO ORGAN
    16' Bourdon               5 PED          8' Flauto Mirabilis     73 d
     8' First Diapason       73              8' Gross Gamba          73
     8' Second Diapason      73              8' Gamba Celeste        73
     8' Flute Harmonique     73 a            8' Tuba Mirabilis       73
     8' Erzähler             73 b            8' French Horn          73
     4' Octave               73              8' English Horn         73
     4' Flute (enc. in CH)   73                 Tremolo
   III  Mixture             183                 Chimes               20 tubes
     8' Tromba               73
        Chimes               SO                 ECHO ORGAN (added 1925 as Op. 477-E)
                                             8' Cor de Nuit          61
        SWELL ORGAN                          8' Kleine Erzähler II  122 e
    16' Bourdon              73              8' Vox Humana           61
     8' Diapason             73                 Tremolo
     8' Gedeckt              73              8' English Diapason     61
     8' Gamba                73                   (processional stop)
     8' Voix Celeste II     146
     8' Flauto Dolce         73                 PEDAL ORGAN
     8' Flute Celeste        61 tc          32' Diapason (resultant)
     4' Octave               73             32' Bourdon              32
     4' Flute                73             16' Diapason             32
     2' Fifteenth            61 c           16' Bourdon              12
     V  Mixture             305             16' Violone              32
    16' Posaune              73             16' Echo Bourdon         SW
     8' Cornopean            73              8' Octave               12
     8' Flugel Horn          73              8' Gedeckt              12
     8' Vox Humana           73              8' Still Gedeckt        SW
     4' Clarion              73              4' Flute                12
        Tremolo                             16' Trombone             32
                                            16' Posaune              SW
        CHOIR ORGAN                          8' Tromba               12
     8' Concert Flute        61              4' Clarion              12
     8' Viol d'Orchestre     61                 Chimes               SO
     8' Viol Celeste         61
     8' Dulciana             61
     8' Unda Maris           49 tc
     4' Flute                61
 2 2/3' Nazard               61
     8' Clarinet             61              a  replaced 8' Gedeckt (work order G-204)
     8' Orchestral Oboe      61              b  replaced 8' Wald Flute (Op. 477-A, 1928)
        Tremolo                              c  replaced 2' Flautino (work order G-204) 
        Harp                 61 bars         d  replaced 8' Gross Gedeckt (Op. 477-A, 1928)
        Celesta              --              e  replaced 8' Quintadena Celeste II (Op. 477-A)



Source: Allen Kinzey

Photo Source: Melvin Potts

Notes: Trinity Church, the first Protestant Episcopal church on the Pacific Coast, was founded in 1849 as Holy Trinity Church. The present sandstone building, the congregation's third and an adaptation of Durham Cathedral, was completed in 1892.

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