aeolian-skinner.metropolitan-memorial.washington.dc.us.1961 AEO-METM.WAS Subject: Specifications, Wash. DC A-S / Cannarsa Date: 20-Mar-96 at 13:38 From: Geoffrey Simon, INTERNET:gsim@loc.gov TO: Herb Huestis,70771,1047 In 1961, Aeolian-Skinner installed a 3/56 instrument designed by Joseph Whiteford in Metropolitan Memorial, The National United Methodist Church in Washington, D.C. The dedicatory recital was played by Virgil Fox. As originally installed, the Choir, Great, and Swell divisions occupied the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd bays of the choir, at the triforium level. The Positiv pipework was placed in the original organ chamber (before the extension of the nave), halfway down the nave from the rest of the pipework. The organ was completely rebuilt in 1981 by Cannarsa Organs Inc., with a new tonal design by Geoffrey Simon. The Swell was moved to the 1st bay so that it would no longer be between the (vocal) choir and the congregation; most of the distant Positiv was moved into the 3rd bay with the Choir division, which originally had only a Spitz Geigen 8' and a Scharf IV as a principal chorus. The Trompette-en-Chamade was mounted horizontally, having been vertical in the original installation; however, the original pipework sagged when placed _en chamade_, thus requiring new pipework. Reed cleaning and revoicing was done by the Trivo company. The original and the revised specifications (divisional names in parentheses following a stop name in the 1981 spec identify the 1961 division in which those pipes were originally placed; an asterisk identifies new pipework not present in the 1961 organ): Aeolian-Skinner, 1961: Cannarsa, 1981: Great, Manual II Grand Orgue, Manual I 16' Quintaton 61 16' Bourdon 61 8' Principal 61 8' * Montre 61 8' Bourdon 61 8' Pommer Gedackt (CH) 61 4' Octave 61 8' Spitz Geigen (CH) 61 4' Flute 61 8' * Flute Harmonique TC 49 2 2/3' Twelfth 61 4' Octave 61 2' Fifteenth 61 4' Flute a Cheminee 61 IV-VI Mixture 306 2 2/3' Twelfth 61 8' Trompette en 2' Doublette (POS) 61 Chamade 61 1 3/5' Seventeenth (CH) 52 4' Clairon en Ch. 12 IV Fourniture 244 Unison Off II Cymbale (GT + CH) 122 Positiv on Great 8' * Trompette en Chamade 61 Chimes (25 tubes) 4' Trompette en Chamade 12 Tremblant Unison Off Chimes POSITIV, Manuals I/II ANTIPHONAL, Manuals I/II 8' Spitzflote 61 8' Principal (GT) 61 8' Pommer Gedackt 61 4' Octave 61 4' Principal 61 16' Pedal Basse (SW) 12 4' Koppelflote 61 8' Principal -- 2 2/3' Nazard 61 4' Octave -- 2' Octav 61 1 3/5' Tierce 61 POSITIF, Manual II Tremulant 8' Cor de Nuit (4') 61 8' Quintaton (GT) 61 POSITIV PEDAL 8' Flute Douce (SW) 61 16' Gedackt Bass 12 8' Flute Celeste TC (SW) 49 8' Spitzflote -- 8' Dulciane 61 8' Pommer Gedackt -- 8' Unda Maris TC 49 4' Spillflote (8') 61 CHOIR, Manual I 2' Principal (GT) 61 8' Spillflote 68 2' Blockflote 61 8' Spitz Geigen 68 1 3/5' * Tierce 61 8' Dolcan 68 1 1/3' Larigot (POS) 61 8' Dolcan Cel. TC 56 1', 1 1/7' Septieme 61 4' Nachthorn 68 II-IV Scharf 184 2' Blockflote 61 16' Cromorne TC -- 1' Gemshorn 61 8' Cromorne 61 IV Scharf 244 8' Trompette en Chamade (G.O.) 8' Cromorne 68 4' Trompette en Chamade (G.O.) 8' Tr. en Chamade (Gt) Tremblant 4' Clarion en Ch. (Gt.) Positif 16' Tremulant Unison Off Choir 4' Choir 16' Positiv on Choir SWELL, Manual III RECIT, Manual III 8' Viola Pomposa 68 8' Viole de Gambe 68 8' Viola Celeste 68 8' Voix Celeste 68 8' Rohrflote 68 8' Spitzflote (POS) 68 8' II Flute Celeste 124 8' Flute a Cheminee 68 4' Prestant 68 4' Principal 68 4' Flute Harm. 68 4' Flute Harmonique 68 2' Octavin 61 2 2/3' Nasard (POS) 61 III-V Plein Jeu 245 2' Spitz Octave 61 16' Hautbois 68 III-V Plein Jeu 245 8' Trompette 68 16' Hautbois 68 4' Clairon 68 8' Trompette 68 Tremulant 8' Hautbois 7 Swell 4' 4' Clairon 68 Swell 16' Tremblant Unison Off Recit 4' Recit 16' Unison Off PEDAL PEDALE 32' Resultant 32' Soubasse Elec. 16' Contra Bass 32 32' Contre Bourdon Elec. 16' Bourdon 32 16' Contre Basse 32 16' Rohr Bourdon (Sw) 16' Soubasse 32 16' Quintaton (Gt) 16' Bourdon (G.O.) 8' Octave 32 8' Octave 32 8' Bourdon 12 8' Soubasse 12 8' Quintaton (Gt) 8' Bourdon (G.O.) 4' Choral Bass 12 4' Octave 12 4' Flute 12 4' Soubasse 12 2' Waldflote 32 2' Waldflote 32 III Mixture 96 III Mixture 96 16' Bombarde 32 32' Contre Bombarde Elec. 16' Hautbois (Sw) 32' Contre Hautbois Elec. 8' Trompette 12 16' Bombarde 32 4' Clairon 12 16' Hautbois (Rec.) 4' Cromorne (Ch) 8' Bombarde 12 Chimes 8' Trompette (Rec.) Positiv on Pedal 4' Bombarde 12 4' Cromorne (Pos.) Chimes Zimbelstern 6 bells Swell > Great 16', 8', 4' Choir > Great 16', 8', 4' Recit > G.O. 16', 8', 4' Great > Pedal 8', 4' Pos. > G.O. 16', 8' Swell > Pedal 8', 4' Standard Pedal Couplers Choir > Pedal 8', 4'