Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co.
Opus 1202, 1952
First Church of Christ, Scientist - Original Edifice
250 Massachusetts Avenue
Boston, MA, US
46 Ranks - 2,698 Pipes
Instrument ID: 8899 ● Builder ID: 52 ● Location ID: 8272
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CONSOLES
Builder: Unknown
Position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
Design: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Features:
3 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal4 Divisions39 Stops47 RegistersElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop Action✓ Hitchdown Coupler(s)Stop Layout: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped 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
This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location
Updated through online information from Bryan Ashley.
Database Manager on June 10th, 2008:
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:
Old case and thirteen ranks from 1895 Farrand & Votey retained; extant.
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
Status Note: There 1990.
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
A rebuild using the case and 13 ranks of the Farrand & Votey pipework. Pipes in the façade no longer speak. the original appearance of the mechanically modernized console has been preserved.
Webpage Links: The Organs of the Mother Church - Boston , Opus 1202: The First Church of Christ, Scientist - Original Edifice
Related Instrument Entries: Farrand & Votey Organ Co. (Opus 748, 1895) , Foley-Baker Inc. (1990s)
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