Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co.
Opus 1203, 1952
First Church of Christ, Scientist - Extension
210 Massachusetts Avenue
Boston, MA, US
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CONSOLES
Builder: Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co.
Position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
Design: Traditional With Roll Top
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Features:
4 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal8 Divisions145 Stops166 RegistersElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop Action✓ Crescendo✓ Combination Thumb Piston(s)✓ Combination Toe Piston(s)✓ Coupler Thumb Piston(s)✓ Coupler Toe Piston(s)✓ Sforzando Thumb Piston(s)✓ Sforzando Toe Piston(s)Stop Layout: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Flat Jambs
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination Action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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DETAILS
Updated through information adapted from E. M. Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner Opus List, by Sand Lawn and Allen Kinzey (Organ Historical Society, 1997), and included here through the kind permission of Sand Lawn:
Replaced four manual 1906 Hook & Hastings, #2107 with existing case revised; installation competed in 1952; combination action replaced with solidstate; tonally altered by J.H. Steinkampf, Jr. and Jason McKown in 1979.
Database Manager on August 5th, 2007:
Updated through on-line information from Leonardo A. Ciampa. -- Though the largest organ Aeolian-Skinner ever built, it never had five manuals, only four. There are eight divisions: Great, Hauptwerk, Swell, Choir, Positiv, Bombarde, Solo, and Pedal.
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
Status Note: There 1976.
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
Lawrence I Phelps, tonal advisor, consultant. Tonal revisions and enlargement.
Webpage Links: The Organs of the Mother Church - Boston , Opus 1203: The First Church of Christ, Scientist - The Extension
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