Not quite together, it takes all the other additions that have been
finished since the Schlicker went in. And there are two Schlicker
"organs" if you count as an 'instrument' separately the
Italian-influenced division above the south choir stalls, below the
Skinner. Just the Schlicker and Skinner parts totalled "only" a little
over 200 ranks, but presently there are some 339 ranks (according to
the AGO convention booklet; other sources I've seen say 345 ranks and
346 ranks, among others). I can't wait until this instrument is
completed (the AGO convention program booklet listed 25+/- ranks of
preparations yet!), as it's so disappointing for its present lack of
registrational options. (tongue severely in cheek) I don't think much
was changed in the Schlicker per se, but going on a dim memory of the
stoplist of the Skinner, those divisions have increased substantially.

Kenneth L. Sybesma, CAGO
Choirmaster and Organist
Church of the Advent, Westbury NY
Temple Organist & Director of Children's Music
Temple Or Elohim, Jericho NY

On 3 Sep 2004, at 10.40 PM, Angus Mackay wrote:

> As the original reference was to a First Congregational Church, perhaps
> the "other" one being cited was the First Congregational Church here in
> Los Angeles which, as many listers will know, has the E.M.Skinner Opus
> 856
> (1931) in the front, and the 1969 Schlicker neo-baroque organ in the
> rear
> gallery, which together (and they can be played together from either of
> two solid state consoles) constitute the largest organ in a church in
> the
> world.

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