EM Skinner Organ Company – Boston, Massachusetts Opus 517, 1925

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EM Skinner Organ Company – Boston, Massachusetts Opus 517, 1925

THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF ST. LUKE & ST. SIMON CYRENE 17 SOUTH FITZHUGH STREET ROCHESTER, NY E.M. Skinner Organ Company – Boston, Massachusetts Opus 517, 1925 PEDAL GREAT – II ECHO – I (enclosed) 32’ Resultant 16’ Bourdon (Ped.) 8’ Echo Flute 16’ Diapason 8’ First Diapason 8’ Viola Atheria 16’ First Bourdon 8’ Second Diapason 8’ Vox Humana 16’ Second Bourdon (Sw.) 8’ Gedeckt Tremolo 8’ Octave 4’ Octave 8’ Octave Bourdon Cathedral Chimes 8’ Soft Flute (Sw.) 16’ Trombone SWELL – III (enclosed) 8’ Tromba 16’ Bourdon Manual compass: 61 notes 8’ Diapason Pedal compass: 32 notes COUPLERS 8’ Stopped Flute Electro-pneumatic action Swell to Great 16’ 8’ Salicionale Swell to Great 8’ Voix Celeste ACCESSORIES Swell to Great 4’ 8’ Spire Flute 2 General Pistons (thumb and 8’ Flute Celeste toe) Choir to Great 16’ 4’ Traverse Flute Choir to Great 2’ Piccolo 5 Great Pistons (Ped. Comb.) Chorus Mixture 6 Swell Pistons (Ped. Comb.) Swell to Choir 8’ Harmonic Trumpet 4 Choir Pistons (Ped. Comb.) 8’ Oboe 4 Pedal Toe Studs Great to Pedal 8’ Vox Humana Swell to Pedal 4’ Clarion Great to Pedal Reversible Toe Swell to Pedal 4’ Tremolo Stud Choir to Pedal Swell to Pedal Reversible Toe CHOIR – I (enclosed) Stud Great to Great 4’ 8’ Concert Flute Sfz Piston and Toe Stud 8’ Dulciana Swell to Swell 16’ 4’ Flute General Cancel Swell to Swell 4’ 8’ Clarinet 8’ French Horn Swell Expression Pedal Choir to Choir 16’ Tremolo Choir/Echo Expression Pedal Choir to Choir 4’ 8’ Tuba Mirabilis Crescendo Pedal In 1925, the organ was donated to the church by the Rochester Rogers family. It was located at that time in the front of the church nave on either side of the chancel area. In 1967, it was relocated to the rear gallery by Parsons Organ Builders of Canandaigua, NY. The Echo Organ was relocated to the vacated organ chamber in the southwest corner of the chancel area. .

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