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1933 Spielbusch
Toledo, Ohio 43604-5360

Mail: P.O. Box 985
Toledo, OH 43697-0985

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Liturgical Repertoire List
Ensembles E. M. Skinner Organ
Recordings Wedding Music

Skinner Organ
Learn more about E. M. Skinner here

Please visit this page for information about recordings featuring the E.M. Skinner organ.. 

The E.M. Skinner organ dates from 1930 and was one of the last instruments Ernest Skinner designed and finished before he retired from the company. It represents the culmination of his career and reflects the influences of Willis, Cavaille-Coll, and G. Donald Harrison. All of the unique orchestral voices invented or perfected by Skinner are found on the organ as well as a progressive treatment of a well-developed diapason chorus.

The organ chamber is located at the lofty triforium level in the south wall near the front of the cathedral. From a rather shallow 15’ deep chamber finished with hard plaster, the organ speaks clearly into the perfect acoustics of the cathedral. The console was originally housed in the choir loft opposite the pipe chamber but was moved in 1980 to the floor level of the sanctuary where the music area now is located.

In the late 1980’s the chests and pipework were carefully restored by Sam Koontz of Ann Arbor, Michigan, who passed away as the work was nearing completion. The organ is currently serviced by the James Leek Organ Company of Oberlin, Ohio. The organ remains today as Skinner left it in 1930, both tonally and mechanically.

Refer to the events listing on this site for concerts at the cathedral featuring the organ.

STOP LIST 1930 Skinner Organ—Opus 820

Cathedral of Our Lady Queen of the Most Holy Rosary, Toledo, Ohio


GREAT—6-inch wind
16’ Double Diapason
8’ First Diapason
8’ Second Diapason
8’ Third Diapason †
8’ Viola †
8’ Harmonic Flute
8’ Gedeckt †
8’ Erzδhler
4’ Octave
4’ Flute †
22/3’ Twelfth
2’ Fifteenth*
IV Chorus Mixture*
IV Harmonics*
16’ Trumpet*
8’ Tromba*
4’ Clarion*
 † = enclosed in Choir
* = 10-inch wind


SWELL—6-inch wind, enclosed
 16’ Melodia
8’ Diapason*
8’ Salicional
8’ Voix Celeste
8’ Rohrflφte
8’ Flute Celeste II
8’ Echo Gamba
4’ Flute Triangulaire
4’ Octave*
2’ Flautino*
V Mixture*
16’ Waldhorn*
8’ Trumpet*
8’ Oboe d’Amore
8’ Vox Humana
4’ Clarion*
Tremolo
 * = 10-inch wind


SOLO—10-inch wind, enclosed
 8’ Gamba
8’ Gamba Celeste
8’ Flauto Mirabilis
4’ Orchestral Flute
16’ Corno di Bassetto (ext. of 8 foot)
8’ Corno di Bassetto
8’ English Horn
8’ French Horn †
8’ Tuba Mirabilis †
Tremolo
 † = 20-inch wind


CHOIR—6-inch wind, enclosed
 16’ Gamba
8’ Diapason
8’ Concert Flute
8’ Gamba
8’ Kleine Erzδhler
8’ Kleine Celeste (t.c.)
4’ Gemshorn
4’ Flute
22/3’ Nazard
2’ Piccolo
III Carillon
16’ Fagotto
8’ Flόgel Horn
8’ Clarinet
Tremolo
Harp
Celesta


PEDAL—6-inch wind, unenclosed
32’ Major Bass (ext. Bourdon)
16’ Diapason
16’ Contra Bass
16’ Metal Diapason (Great)
16’ Gamba (Choir)
16’ Dulciana
16’ Melodia (Swell)
16’ Bourdon
8’ Octave (ext. Diapason)
8’ ‘Cello (ext. Contra Bass)
8’ Gedeckt (ext. Brourdan)
8’ Stillgedeckt (Swell Melodia)
4’ Super Octave (ext. Contra)
IV Mixture*
32’ Fagotto (ext. Choir) †
16’ Trombone †
16’ Waldhorn (Swell)
16’ Fagotto (Choir)
8’ Tromba † (ext. Trombone)
* = 6-inch wind
† = 15-inch wind