Saint Paul's Episcopal Church

Great Neck, NY

 

1928 E.M. Skinner

Opus # 746

II/13

Stoplist

Exterior     Interior     Console     Organ

The pipe organ at Saint Paul's Episcopal Church in Great Neck was built by E.M. Skinner, one of the most influential pipe organ builders in the United States.  Since a pipe organ's sound doesn't change with age, this particular instrument gives us a glimpse into the sound of that period of organ building.        While the sound might not change with age, the internal components certainly do.  This organ uses the electro-pneumatic style action which relies heavily on leather components.  When problems started arising, such as dead notes, slow notes and blown out reservoir leather, the decision was made to fully restore the pipe organ.        All of the console components were removed, cleaned and restored.  The components inside the chest, such as the primaries and secondaries were also removed, cleaned and restored.  Pipes and chests were cleaned and any damaged pipes were repaired.  Once all the restoration work was complete we tuned the organ to A=440.        It is a pleasure to once again be able to listen to this fine example of American organ building exactly as it would have sounded when E.M. Skinner originally installed it in 1928.