Frazee Organ Co.
1939

Perkins School for the Blind

Chapel

175 North Beacon Street
Watertown, MA, US

16 Ranks - 961 Pipes
Instrument ID: 2405 ● Builder ID: 2150 ● Location ID: 2311
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Builder: Frazee Organ Co.
Position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
Design: Traditional With Roll Top
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Features:
2 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal2 Divisions19 Stops28 RegistersElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop Action✓ Crescendo✓ Combination Thumb Piston(s)✓ Combination Toe Piston(s)✓ Sforzando Thumb Piston(s)✓ Sforzando Toe Piston(s)

Stop Layout: Tilting/Rocking Tablets Above Top Manual
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination Action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Control System: Unknown or N/A

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This instrument is: Extant and Not Playable in this location

Database Manager on July 19th, 2018:
Updated by John Roper, who has heard or played the organ. Five stop tabs detached. Three are safe on a ledge inside the console: Gedeckt 8', Swell 4', Flute 4'. Two are missing: Gemshorn 16', Swell to Pedal 8'.

Database Manager on December 9th, 2016:
Updated through online information from Wayne Johnson. <br>The organ chamber has openings into the Chapel as well as Dwight Hall and was playable from the console of Aeolian-Skinner Opus 888.

Database Manager on June 14th, 2010:
Updated through online information from Andrew Park.

Database Manager on December 3rd, 2009:
Updated through online information from Andrew Park. -- great 61 notes (C-C); swell 61 notes (C-C); pedal 32 notes (C-G)

Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
Status Note: There 1976.

Related Instrument Entries: Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co. (Opus 888, 1932)

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