National Broadcasting Company

30 Rockefeller Plaza
49th Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues
New York, N.Y. 10112

Studio 3B
               

Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co., Inc.
Boston, Mass. – Opus 923 (1933)
Electro-pneumatic action
3 manuals, 49 stops, 12 registers, 15 ranks, 1,023 pipes


In 1933, Aeolian-Skinner installed a rare theatre-style organ in Studio 3B of the National Broadcasting Company's headquarters in Rockefeller Center. The organ was moved in 1951 to the Post Chapel Building at the United States Military Academy in West Point, NY, where it was enlarged by the addition of an 8' Trompette (Op. 923-A) in 1962. A new console was installed by M.P. Möller in 1970, and in 1977 Gress-Miles rebuilt and enlarged the organ to 57 ranks, and provided a new console.
               
Solo Organ (Manual III) – 61 notes
16
  Tibia Clausa
8
  Clarinet
8
  Tibia Clausa
8
  English Horn
4
  Tibia Clausa
8
   Vox Humana
2
  Tibia Clausa
8
   Flute Celeste II ranks
8
  Flute
8
  Soft String Celeste II ranks
4
  Flute
4
  Soft String Celeste II ranks
2 2/3
   Flute
8
   Orchestral Flute
2
   Flute
    Tremolo  
8
   Voix Celeste II ranks
    Chimes  
8
   Cornopean
    Harp  
8
   French Horn
  Celesta

     

     
Great Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes
8
  Diapason
61
8
  Voix Celeste II ranks
122
16
  Tibia Clausa
12
8
   Cornopean
61
8
  Tibia Clausa
61
8
  French Horn
61
4
  Tibia Clausa
12
8
  Clarinet
61
2
  Tibia Clausa
12
8
  English Horn
61
8
  Flute
61
8
  Vox Humana
61
4
  Flute
12
  Tremolo
2 2/3
  Flute
—
  Chimes
2
   Flute
12
     
               
Choir Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes
8
  Flute Celeste II ranks
122
  Choir Second Touch
8
  Soft String Celeste II ranks
122
8
  Cornopean  
4
  Soft String Celeste II ranks
24
8
  Tibia Clausa  
8
  Orchestral Flute
61
4
  Tibia Clausa  
  Tremolo
8
   Clarinet  
  Chimes
8
   Diapason  
       
     
Pedal Organ – 32 notes
16
  Tibia Clausa
8
  Voix Celeste II ranks  
16
  Waldhorn
12
8
   Flute Celeste II ranks  
16
  English Horn
12
8
  Soft String Celeste II ranks  
8
  French Horn
     

               

Sources:
     Aeolian-Skinner Archives: http://aeolianskinner.organsociety.org/
     Kinzey, Allen, and Sand Lawn, comps. E.M. Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner Opus List (New Revised Edition). Richmond: The Organ Historical Society, 1997.