Ernest M. Skinner Company
1919

First Church of Christ, Congregational

Bradford, MA, US

26 Ranks - 1,816 Pipes
Instrument ID: 9372 ● Builder ID: 7401 ● Location ID: 8660
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Builder: Ernest M. Skinner Company
Position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
Design: Traditional Without Cover
Pedalboard Type: Concave Straight
Features:
3 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal4 Divisions31 Stops27 RegistersElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop Action✓ Crescendo✓ Combination Thumb Piston(s)✓ Combination Toe Piston(s)
Stop Layout: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Combination Action: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
Control System: Unknown or N/A

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This instrument is: Extant and Not Playable in this location

Database Manager on February 7th, 2019:

Probably last played in the 1990s. The church sustained a lightning strike, which has rendered the organ inoperable.

Database Manager on December 23rd, 2005:

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:
Rebuild; damaged by fire in 1977; restored by Robert & Richard Lahaise in 1979; console moved to gallery.

Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:

Status Note: There 1979

Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:

Damaged by fire 24 Dec 1977. Releathered/restored c. 1978 by Robert & Richard Lahaise. Console moved to gallery.

Webpage Links: Opus 286: First Church of Christ, U.C.C.

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