Boston, Massachusetts

Second Church, Unitarian


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Builder:        The Ernest M. Skinner Co.
   Year:        1914
   Opus:        226
   
No. manuals:    3
No. stops:      45
No. ranks:      45
 
 
 


The contract was for the addition of a Chancel Organ to the 1890 Geo. S. Hutchings Op. 202 organ in the gallery.


                GREAT ORGAN                             SWELL ORGAN
            16' Diapason                            16' Bourdon ("in two halves")
             8' Diapason                             8' Violin Diapason
             8' Doppel Flute                         8' Stopped Diapason
             8' Gamba                                8' Salicional
             4' Octave                               8' Voix Celeste
             4' Flute Harmonique                     8' Quintadena
         2 2/3' Octave Quint                         8' Aeoline
             2' Super Octave                         4' Octave
           III  Mixture                              4' Flute Traverse
             8' Trumpet                              4' Fugara
                                                     2' Flautino
                CHOIR ORGAN                          8' Cornopean
            16' Dulciana ("in two halves")           8' Oboe
             8' Geigen Principal                     8' Vox Humana
             8' Melodia                                 Tremolo
             8' Dolcissimo
             4' Flute d'Amour                           PEDAL ORGAN (30 notes)
             4' Violina                             16' Diapason (wood)
             2' Piccolo Harmonique                  16' Bourdon
             8' Clarinet                            16' Lieblich Gedeckt (Chancel)
                Tremolo                              8' Flute (open)
                                                     8' Violoncello
                CHANCEL ORGAN
            16' Bourdon
             8' Diapason
             8' Clarabella
             8' Erzähler
             8' Kleine Erzähler
             4' Flute
             8' Flugel Horn
                Chimes


Source: Lynnwood Farnam Collection, Curtis Institute of Music, via Jonathan Bowen

Mr. Farnam's CommentsChancel Organ beautiful; main organ wretched – flutey Diapasons and chorus work, windy flutes, frightful reeds; effective Pedal organ; main organ in west gallery, console in chancel.

Organ Historical Society Database: https://www.pipeorgandatabase.org/OrganDetails.php?OrganID=22300