Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Carnegie Institute – Music Hall
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Builder: Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co., Inc.
Year: 1933
Opus: 907
No. manuals: 4
No. stops: 110
No. ranks: 126
No. pipes: 8,149
GREAT ORGAN SWELL ORGAN
16' Double Diapason 61 16' Bourdon 73
8' First Diapason 61 8' First Diapason 73
8' Second Diapason 61 8' Second Diapason 73
8' Third Diapason 61 8' Viol d'Orchestre 73
8' Fourth Diapason 61 8' Voix Celeste II 146
8' Principal Flute 61 8' Claribel Flute 73
8' Waldflöte 61* 8' Gedeckt 73
8' Erzähaler 61 8' Spitzflöte 73
8' Erzähler Celeste II 110* 8' Flute Celeste 73
4' Octave 61 4' Octave 73
4' Principal 61 4' Flute Harmonique 73
4' Harmonic Flute 61* 4' Violette II 134
II Grave Mixture 122* 4' Dolce Celestine II 146
V Mixture 305* 2 2/3' Nazard 61
16' Ophicleide 61* 2' Flageolet 61
8' Tromba 61* V Mixture 305
4' Clarion 61* III Carillon 183
8' Harp CH 16' Contra Fagotto 73
4' Celesta CH 8' Trumpet 73
Chimes (enclosed) 25 tubes 8' Trompette 73
8' Piano 8' Cornopean 73
4' Piano 8' Flugel Horn 73
* enclosed 8' Vox Humana 73
4' Clarion 73
CHOIR ORGAN Tremolo
16' Contra Gamba 73 String Organ --
8' Diapason 73 8' Harp (TC) CH
8' Concert Flute 73 4' Celesta CH
8' Flute Celeste 73
8' Dolce 73 ECHO ORGAN
8' Unda Maris 73 16' Double Dulciana 73
8' Dulcet II 146 8' Cor de Nuit 73
4' Gemshorn 73 8' Lieblich Gedeckt 73
4' Flute d'Amour 73 8' Viol Sordine 73
2 2/3' Nazard 61 8' Vox Angelica 73
2' Piccolo 61 4' Flute Harmonique 73
1 1/3' Tierce 61 III String Mixture 219
1 1/3' Larigot 61 8' Vox Humana 73
1 1/7' Septieme 61 Tremolo
16' Double English Horn 73 Cathedral Chimes 25 tubes
8' French Trumpet 73
8' Orchestral Oboe 73 PEDAL ORGAN
8' Clarinet 73 32' Double Diapason 32
8' Bassoon 73 32' Contra Bourdon 32
Tremolo 16' First Diapason 12
String Organ -- 16' Second Diapason 32
8' Harp (TC) -- 16' Bourdon 12
4' Celesta 61 bars 16' Violone 32
16' Contra Gamba CH
SOLO ORGAN 16' Dulciana EC
8' Stentorphone 73 10 2/3' Quint (Bourdon) --
8' Diapason 73 8' Octave 12
8' Orchestral Flute 73 8' Gemshorn 32
8' Flauto Mirabilis 73 8' Violoncello 12
8' Gross Gamba 73 8' Flute 12
8' Gamba Celeste 73 8' Gedeckt SW
4' Octave 73 4' Principal 12
4' Hohlpfeife 73 4' Gemshorn 12
VII Mixture 427 V Mixture 160
16' Trombone 73 32' Bombarde 32
16' Double English Horn CH 16' Trombone 12
8' Tuba Mirabilis 73 16' Ophicleide GT
8' Tuba Minor 73 16' Contra Fagotto SW
8' Trompette 73 8' Tromba 12
8' French Horn 73 4' Clarion 12
8' Cor Anglais 73 Chimes GT
8' Orchestral Oboe CH 16' Piano
8' Corno di Bassetto 73 8' Piano
4' Tuba Clarion 73 Kettledrum by coupler tablet
Tremolo
String Organ -- PERCUSSION
Bass Drum
STRING ORGAN Snare Drum
6 ranks 438 Tympani
(in separate swell box) Tambourine
Castanets
Cymbal
Triangle
Chinese Gong
Tom Tom
Photo 2 Source: Ole Jacobsen
Photo 3 Source: Stephen Schnurr
Notes: Carnegie Music Hall, seating 2012, opened in 1895 with a 4-manual 56-stop Farrand & Votey. In 1910, Skinner made tonal changes as Op. 180 and provided a new console. Skinner installed Op. 270, a IV/108, retaining 30 of the previous ranks. The organ was rebuilt and enlarged in 1933 to a IV/126 as Op. 907, with another new console.
The percussion division, added in 1950, has an interesting history. The stops originally came from Skinner Op. 545, a IV/47 installed in the Metropolitan Theatre (now the Wang Center for the Performing Arts) in Boston in 1926. The organ was sold to Wurlitzer and placed in the Auditorium of the H. J. Heinz Co. in 1930. The organ was considerably damaged in the Flood of 1936; it was rebuilt and enlarged by Kimball that year---who also provided a new console, one that resembled ones used in their then-recent installations in Denver and Pretoria. The percussion stops were given to the Carnegie Music Hall organ as a gift of the Heinz Company in 1950. What was left of the Kimball eventually found its way to Texas, where it was broken up for parts in 1987.
Organ Historical Society Database: https://pipeorgandatabase.org/OrganDetails.php?OrganID=24708