Berkeley, California

First Unitarian Church

Aeolian-Skinner organ, Op. 1381 (1961) in First Unitarian Church, Berkeley, CA
 
Aeolian-Skinner organ, Op. 1381 (1961) in First Unitarian Church, Berkeley, CA
 
Aeolian-Skinner organ, Op. 1381 (1961) in First Unitarian Church, Berkeley, CA
 
 
 
 
  
Builder:        Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co., Inc.
Contract Year:  1958
Install Year:   1961
Opus:           1381
   
No. manuals:    3
No. stops:      47
No. ranks:      50
No. pipes:      2,945

Specification

            GREAT ORGAN                              SWELL ORGAN
        16' Quintaton             61             16' Spitzflöte            68
         8' Principal             61              8' Viole Pompose         68
         8' Bourdon               61              8' Viole Celeste         56 tc
         8' Spitzflöte            SW              8' Rohrpommer            68
         4' Octave                61              8' Spitzflöte            68
         2' Super Octave          61              8' Spitzflöte Celeste    56 tc
        IV  Mixtur               244              4' Principal             68
         8' Bombarde              CH              4' Flute Harmonique      68
            Chimes                dg a            2' Blockflöte            61
                                              1 1/3' Larigot               61
            GRAND CHOIR ORGAN                     1' Sifflöte              61
         8' Spitzgeigen           68             II  Sesquialtera         122
         8' Cor de Nuit           68          III-V  Plein Jeu            257
         8' Erzähler              68             16' Basson                68
         8' Erzähler Celeste      68              8' Trompette             68
         4' Rohrflöte             68              4' Hautbois              68
    III-IV  Grand Fourniture     226                 Tremulant
        16' Cor Anglais           68                 Zimbelstern              b
         8' Bombarde              68
         8' Cromorne              68                 PEDAL ORGAN
         4' Chalumeau à Cheminée  68             32' Bourdon               12 c
            Tremulant                            16' Contre Basse          32
                                                 16' Bourdon               12 GT
                                                 16' Spitzflöte            SW
                                                  8' Octave                32
                                                  8' Rohrpommer            SW
                                                  4' Choralbass            32
                                                  4' Rohrpommer            SW
                                                 IV  Mixtur               128
                                                 16' Contre Bombarde       12 GC
                                                  8' Trompette             SW
                                                  8' Cromorne              GC
                                                  4' Schalmei              GC
                                                     Chimes                GT

         a  added by Schoenstein 2013, Walker digital
         b  added by Schoenstein 2013, enclosed in GT
         c  added by Schoenstein 2000

Photo 1 Source: Valerie Kippen

Photo 2 Source: The Diapason

Photo 3 Source: Neal Campbell

Notes: Subsequent work done by others include a 32' extension by Schoenstein of the 16' Bourdon in the Pedal; the console was converted to solid-state, with some modifications to the combination action and couplers; Chimes were added to the Great; the Pedal Chimes knob was utilized for the 32' Bourdon.

Organ Historical Society Database: https://pipeorgandatabase.org/OrganDetails.php?OrganID=35672