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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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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This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location

Database Manager on June 23rd, 2014: 
Updated through online information from Bryan Ashley.

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>Old case and thirteen ranks from 1895 Farrand & Votey retained; extant.</i>

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)