New Haven, Connecticut

Christ Church, Episcopal

Aeolian-Skinner organ, Op. 1066-A (1954) in Christ Church, Episcopal (New Haven, CT)

Builder:        Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co., Inc.
   Year:        1954
   Opus:        1066-A
   
No. manuals:    3
No. stops:      42
No. ranks:      45
No. pipes:      2,590
 
 
 
                GREAT ORGAN                          SWELL ORGAN
            16' Quintaton           61           16' Gedackt             61
             8' Spitz Principal     61            8' Geigen              61
             8' Salicional          61            8' Holzflöte           61
             8' Holzgedackt         61            8' Viole de Gambe      61
             4' Oktav               61            8' Viole Celeste (TC)  49
             4' Waldflöte           61            8' Echo Viole          61
         2 2/3' Quinte              61            4' Prestant            61
             2' Super Oktav         61            4' Flauto Traverso     61
           III  Fourniture         183        2 2/3' Nasat               61
           III  Cymbel             183            2' Octavin             61
                Two Blank Knobs                 III  Plein Jeu          183
                                                 16' Kontra Fagot        61
                CHOIR ORGAN                       8' Trompette           61
             8' Viola               61            4' Hautbois            61
             8' Viola Celeste       61               Tremulant
             8' Rohrflöte           61
             4' Offenflöte          61               PEDAL ORGAN
             2' Fife                61           16' Montre              32
            II  Sesquialter        122           16' Violone             32
             8' Chalumeau           61           16' Bourdon             32
                Tremulant                         8' Principal           32
                Two Blank Knobs                   8' Cello               12
                                                  8' Bourdon             12
                                                  4' Choral Bass         12
                                                 II  Mixture             64
                                                 16' Bombarde            32
                                                  8' Trompette           12
                                                  4' Clairon             12

Source: Stoplist and photos courtesy of the Organ Clearing House; histories of the church and organs from the church's web site.

Notes: Christ Church was founded in 1854 as a mission of the city's first Episcopal parish, Trinity. The present Gothic Revival building, designed by Henry Vaughan, was consecrated in 1898. The tower, a close adaption of the tower at Magdalen College, Oxford (1492-1507), was the prototype for countless churches and college chapels. The parish became a national leader in the Anglo-Catholic movement, hosting the American Catholic Congress of the Episcopal Church in 1925.

The first organ in the present building was Hutchings Op. 384, a three-manual 45-rank tubular-pneumatic instrument installed in 1896. It was electrified by the Hall Organ Co. in the 1920s and Aeolian-Skinner installed a new console as Op. 1066 in 1945. The firm then carried out extensive tonal changes in 1954 as Op. 1066-A, using much of the Hutchings pipework with considerable alterations. The A. Thompson-Allen Organ Co. has since overhauled the instrument with slight alterations. One stop, the Clarinet, was replaced with a set of pipes from Aeolian-Skinner Op. 851, 1931, formerly at Trinity College in Hartford.

The organ, offered for sale in 2004 thru the Organ Clearing House, was replaced by a 3/63 Lively-Fulcher in 2005.

Organ Historical Society Database: https://pipeorgandatabase.org/OrganDetails.php?OrganID=33932