First Presbyterian Church

5555 South Washington Street
Grand Forks, ND 58201


Builder: Aeolian-Skinner, Op. 1533, 1971.
Manuals: 3
Ranks: 46
Stops: 33
Pipes: 2456
Action: Electro-pneumatic

Notes: from Adam Almaraz. Relocation of this instrument to a new building and some new components used with original Aeolian-Skinner organ. In the move process, the analog components were replaced with digital process systems. Solenoid connectors for the organ were replaced with digital relay. In March, 2009, the organ was reported to be for sale by the church. It was advertised as the “last Aeolian-Skinner built”. Information from the Organ Historical Society Archive. Photos from Jonathan Bowen. Last update: 2/2009.

GREAT ORGAN
16' Gedecktpommer 61
8' Principal 61
8' Spitzflöte 61
4' Octave 61
4' Blockflöte 61
2' Spillflöte 61
    Mixture IV-V 274
8' Trompete 61

SWELL ORGAN
8' Gemshorn 61
8' Gemshorn Celeste 61
8' Rohrflöte 61
4' Sitzprincipal 61
4' Spillflöte 61
2' Blockflöte 61
    Plein Jeu IV 244
16' Basson 61
8' Hautbois 61
4' Clairon 61

POSITIV
8' Gedeckt 61
4' Spitzgedeckt
2' Principal 61
    Sesquialtera II 122
    Scharf III183
8' Krummhorn 61
    Tremulant

PEDAL ORGAN
16' Principal 32
16' Subbass 32
8' Octave 32
8' Spillgedeckt 32
4' Choralbass 32
    Mixture IV 128
16' Posaune 32
4' Rohrschalmei 32

Notes from OHS Database Manager on August 30, 2018:

First Presbyterian, Grand Forks, ND: Aeolian-Skinner, Op; 1533, 1971. Originally installed in the downtown building in 1972, using the facade of the existing organ; it was relocated to a new building outside of town in 1999. The organ was offered for sale in 2009 to “help pay down the costs of the move” to the new building! Rumored to be the last (final) instrument built and installed by Aeolian-Skinner. Other factory instruments were completed later by other companies after the A/S factory closed.

Updated through online information from Richard C Greene. -- In March, 2009, THE DIAPASON reported that "the last Aeolian-Skinner built" was for sale by the church.

Identified through information adapted from E. M. Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner Opus List, by Sand Lawn and Allen Kinzey (Organ Historical Society, 1997), and included here through the kind permission of Sand Lawn:

Extant; last new instrument completed by AEolian-Skinner.