aeolian-skinner.ninth-christ-scientist.san-francisco.ca.us.1971 AEO-NINC.SAN


Subject: 9th CS church, San Francisco:  A-S
Date:    02-Feb-98 at 14:18   
From:    Timothy Tikker, INTERNET:timjt@awod.com

TO: 70771,1047
    


Ninth Church of Christ, Scientist, San Francisco, CA, USA
organ by Aeolian-Skinner, 1971 (one of their very last West Coast installations)
2 manuals & pedal, 61/32 compass;  electro-pneumatic action (pitman chests)
32 ranks;  drawknob console


        GREAT (I;  all ranks 61 pipes except as indicated)

        unenclosed subdivision:

          8' Principal
          4' Octave
          2' Fifteenth
              Mixture IV

        enclosed subdivision:

        16' Quintaton
          8' Holzgedeckt
          8' Gemshorn
          8' Gemshorn celeste (c0; 49 pipes)
          4' Koppelfloete
          8' Krummhorn
              Tremulant
              Chimes
              Harp
              Enc. Great 4'
              Enc. Great Unison Off


        SWELL (II;  enclosed; all ranks 61 pipes)

          8' Viole
          8' Viole celeste
          8' Rohrbordun
          4' Prestant
          2' Spillfloete
  2-2/3' Sesquialtera II
              Plein jeu IV
          8' Trompette
          8' Vox humana
              Tremulant
              Swell 4'


        PEDAL

        16' Principal (56 pipes)
        16' Subbass (56 pipes)
        16' Quintaton (GT)
          8' Octave (from 16')
          8' Gedeckt (from 16')
          4' Choralbass (from 16')
          4' Floete (from 16')
              Mixture III (96 pipes)
        16' Fagot (32 pipes)
          4' Krummhorn (GT)
              Chimes (GT)


        Couplers (tilting tablets above Swell manual):

        Great (unenc) to Pedal 8'
        Enc. Great to Pedal 8', 4'
        Swell to Pedal 8', 4'
        Swell to Great 8', 4'
        Enc. Great to Swell 8', 4'


        Pistons:  6 per divison, 6 general; general cancel

        Reversibles:  Great to Pedal, Full organ (thumb & toe);
Zymbelstern (toe only)

        Balanced pedals:  Swell, Enc. Great, Crescendo

        Indicator Lights:  Organ on (white);  Crescendo (green);  Full
Organ (red)


Design by Ludwig Altman, organist at this church as well as Temple
Emanu-El, San Francisco;  installation by Lawrence Schoenstein

The organ replaced a c. 1927 Welte-Mignon of 12 ranks, installed in this
church in 1941.  The Vox humana was retained from this organ (it was
shipped back to the A-S factory in Boston for revoicing!), as well as the
Chimes, I believe.

reported Welte-Mignon stoplist:

        summary:

        16' Diapason (73 pipes; bass diaphonic - ?)
        16' Bourdon (97 pipes)
        16' Solo Violin (73 pipes)
          8' English Diapason (61 pipes)
          8' Philomela (61 pipes)
          8' Flauto traverso (73 pipes)
          8' Viole d'amour (73 pipes)
          8' Voix celeste (61 or 49 pipes)
        16' Tuba (85 pipes)
          8' English Horn (61 pipes)
          8' Clarinet (61 pipes)
          8' Vox humana (61 pipes)
              Chimes

NB:  these pipe totals assume that the organ had no couplers; as none were
listed in the spec I was given;  of course, if there were octave couplers,
it's possible that some or all of the ranks had 12 additional treble pipes.

        GREAT

        16' Contre Viole
          8' Open Diapason
          8' English Diapason
          8' Solo Violin
          8' Flauto traverso
          8' Stopped Flute
          8' Viole d'amour
          8' Voix celeste
          4' Flute d'amour
          4' Dulcet
          8' Tuba
          8' English Horn
          8' Vox humana
          4' Clarion


        SWELL

        16' Bourdon
          8' Diapason
          8' English Diapason
          8' Philomela
          8' Solo Violin
          8' Flauto traverso
          8' Stopped Flute
          8' Viole d'amour
          8' Voix celeste
          4' Violin
          4' Harmonic Flute
  2-2/3' Nazard
          2' Piccolo
  1-3/5' Tierce
          8' Tuba
          8' English Horn
          8' Clarinet
          8' Vox humana
          8' Orchestral Oboe (synthetic:  = Flute 4' + 2-2/3')
              Tremolo
              Chimes


        PEDAL

        32' Acoustical Bass
        16' Contra Bass
        16' Violone
        16' Bourdon
          8' Cello
          8' Flute
        16' Trombone
          8' Tuba


- Timothy Tikker