Farrand & Votey Organ Co.
Opus 748, 1895
First Church of Christ, Scientist - Original Edifice
Norway and Falmouth Streets
Boston, MA, US
35 Ranks
Instrument ID: 4357 ● Builder ID: 1992 ● Location ID: 4139
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Builder: Unknown
Position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
Design: Unknown
Pedalboard Type: Unknown
Features:
3 Manuals (61 Notes)30 Note Pedal4 Divisions33 Stops34 RegistersElectrical Key Action✓ Coupler Toe Piston(s)Stop Layout: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
Expression Type: Unknown
Combination Action: Fixed Mechanical
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location
Database Manager on August 10th, 2013:
Updated through online information from Steven E. Lawson.
Updated through online information from Steven E. Lawson.
Database Manager on June 10th, 2008:
Updated through information adapted from <i>E. M. Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner Opus List</i>, by Sand Lawn and Allen Kinzey (Organ Historical Society, 1997), and included here through the kind permission of Sand Lawn: <br><i>Thirteen ranks and case retained in Aeolian-Skinner Opus 1202 (1949).</i>
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
The organ facade, made of curly birch was designed to be in keeping with the Romanesque Renaissance architecture of the church. Special features of the instrument included electro-pneunataic stop and key actions (not commonly found until somewhat later), and newly developed automatic combination action. A Hook & Hastings is listed for Op. 2111, 1906 (3-51). Was this a rebuild of the Farrand & Votey?
Related Instrument Entries: Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co. (Opus 1202, 1952)
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