Alpenrose Dairy
Ernest M. Skinner, Opus 265, 1916
Originally installed in the...
Municipal Auditorium, Portland, Oregon

GREAT
16'   Diapason            
 8'   First Diapason    
 8'   Second Diapason 
 8'   Philomela (Ped. Diapason)
 8'   Claribel Flute 
 8'   Erza"hler        
 4'   Octave          
 4'   Flute          
 2'   Fifteenth   
III   Mixture     
16'   Euphonium (Solo)
 8'   Tuba (Solo)  
 4'   Clarion (Solo)
      Cathedral Chimes

SWELL
16'   Bourdon     
 8'   Diapason  
 8'   Clarabella    
 8'   Gedeckt       
 8'   Salicional      
 8'   Voix Celestes 
 8'   Spitz Floete
 8'   Flute Celestes 
 4'   Octave   
 4'   Flute  
 2'   Flautino       
III   Mixture     
16'   English Horn   
 8'   Cornopean      
 8'   Flu"gel Horn  
 8'   Vox Humana
 4'   Clarion         
      Tremolo

CHOIR
16'   Gamba
 8'   Diapason   
 8'   Quintadena 
 8'   Concert Flute 
 8'   Dulcet (II)     
 4'   Flute           
 2'   Piccolo        
 8'   Clarinet    
 8'   Celesta Sub    
 4'   Celesta    
      Tremolo

SOLO
 8'   Stentorphone
 8'   Philomela (Ped. Diapason) 
 8'   Gross Gamba   
 8'   Gamba Celeste     
16'   Euphonium (8' Tuba)
 8'   Tuba Mirabilis     
 8'   Tuba           
 8'   French Horn       
 8'   Orchestral Oboe    
 4'   Clarion (8' Tuba)  
      Tremolo

PEDAL
32' ? Diapason (16' Diapason)  (possibly this stop no longer exists) ***
16'   Diapason       
16'   Bourdon             
16'   Violone             
16'   Gamba (Ch)
16'   Echo Lieblich Gedeckt (Sw. Bourdon)
 8'   Octave (16' Diapason)
 8'   Gedeckt (16' Bourdon)
 8'   Cello (Ch)
 8'   Still Gedeckt (Sw. 16' Bourdon)
 4'   Super Octave (16' Diapason)
32'   Bombarde (16' Trombone)
16'   Trombone        
16'   English Horn (Sw)
 8'   Tuba (Solo)
 8'   Tromba (16' Trombone)
 4'   Clarion (16' Trombone)

Wind Pressures: Pedal 6", Great & Choir 7-1/2", Swell 10", Solo 10", 15" 25", Bombarde 15"

Analysis: 50 Ranks, 68 Stops, 3378 Pipes

From "The Life and Work of Ernest M. Skinner" by Dorothy J. Holden (page 264), and thoughtfully sent in by Mr. Lanny Hochhalter of Salem, Oregon.

This organ was literally "saved" by David Newman (picture above at the console). His extensive collection of Music Instruments is on display at Alpenrose.

*** About the 32' stop William A. Hanson writes... "It was a magnificent 32' in the Auditorium. I remember early on being disappointed in it. When working on the organ in March, 1960 I discovered that the chest was leaking badly where the center was not adequately supported. Once I made that repair (which had probably been needed for many years), the rank really showed its true power and background noise in the organ was almost nil. Virgil Fox remarked that the organ was doing so very much better than the last time he had played it, and I am sure a lot of the credit went to that simple chest sealing." (!)