Springfield, Massachusetts

Old First Church, Congregation


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Builder:        Ernest M. Skinner Co.
   Year:        1913
   Opus:        209
No. manuals:    4
No. stops:      49
No. ranks:      39
No. pipes:      2,642
      

Specification

               GREAT ORGAN                           SWELL ORGAN
           16' Bourdon          PED              16' Bourdon           73
            8' First Diapason    61               8' Diapason          73
            8' Second Diapason   61               8' Clarabella        73
            8' Philomela        PED               8' Gedeckt           73
            8' Waldfloete        61               8' Salicional        73
            8' Erzähler          61               8' Voix Celeste      73
            4' Octave            61               8' Aeoline           73
            4' Flute             61               8' Unda Maris (TC)   61
            8' Tuba              61               4' Octave            73
               Chimes            SO               4' Flute             73
                                                  2' Flautino          61
               CHOIR ORGAN                      III  Mixture          183
           16' Gamba             73              16' Posaune           73
            8' Geigen Principal  73               8' Cornopean         73
            8' Concert Flute     73               8' Oboe              73
            8' Dulcet II        146               8' Vox Humana 73
            4' Flute d'Amour     73               4' Clarion 73
           16' Horn              73                  Tremolo
            8' Clarinet          73
            8' Orchestral Oboe   73                  PEDAL ORGAN
               Tremolo                           32' Resultant         --
                                                 16' Open Diapason     73
               SOLO ORGAN                        16' First Bourdon     61
            8' Philomela        PED              16' Second Bourdon    SW
            8' Clarinet          CH              16' Gamba CH
            8' Orchestral Oboe   CH          10 2/3' Quinte (1st Bdn)  --
            8' Tuba              73 a             8' Octave (O. Diap)  --
            8' French Horn       73 a             8' Gedeckt (1st Bdn) --
               Tremolo                           16' Tuba 12           SO
               Chimes 27 tubes a                  8' Tuba              SO
                                                     Chimes            SO

           (a) enclosed in Choir box


Source: Stoplist and clarification provided by Allen Kinzey, with the names of registers as they appeared on the layout drawing.

Notes: Mr. Kinzey says that the 16' Horn in the Choir "was, indeed, his English Horn - the early capped type, not the later double-cone type."

Organ Historical Society Database: https://pipeorgandatabase.org/OrganDetails.php?OrganID=22269