Boston, Massachusetts

The First Church of Christ, Scientist — Original Edifice

Aeolian-Skinner Organ, Oop. 1202 (1949) in The First Church of Christ, Scientist - Original Edifice (Boston, MA)
 
 
 
 
 
  
Builder:        Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co., Inc.
Contract Year:  1949
Install Year:   1952
Opus:           1202
No. manuals:    3
No. stops:      47
No. ranks:      46
No. pipes:      2,692
 
 
 
                GREAT ORGAN                           SWELL ORGAN
            16' Quintaton         61              16' Bourdon           68
             8' Principal         61               8' Geigen            68
             8' Bourdon           61               8' Stopped Diapason  68
             8' Spitzflöte        61               8' Viole de Gambe    68
             4' Octave            61               8' Voix Celeste      68
             4' Rohrflöte         61               8' Echo Viole        68
         2 2/3' Quinte            61               4' Gemshorn          68
             2' Super Octave      61               4' Flute Harmonique  68
         III-V  Fourniture       245               2' Fifteenth         61
                                                 III  Mixture          183
                CHOIR ORGAN                       16' Fagot             68
             8' Viola             68               8' Trompette         61
             8' Viola Celeste     68               4' Hautbois          61
             8' Concert Flute     68                  Tremulant
             8' Quintadena        68
             8' Dulciana          68                  PEDAL ORGAN
             8' Unda Maris        68              16' Diapason          32
             4' Fugara            68              16' Bourdon           32
         2 2/3' Nazard            61              16' Quintaton         GT
             2' Blockflöte        61              16' Lieblich Gedeckt  SW
         1 3/5' Tierce            61               8' Octave            32
             8' Clarinet          68               8' Flute             32
                Tremulant                          8' Still Gedeckt     SW
                                                   4' Super Octave      12
                                                   4' Lieblichflöte     SW
                                                  II  Mixture           64
                                                  16' Bombarde          32
                                                  16' Fagot             SW
                                                   8' Trumpet           12
                                                   4' Clarion           12


Source of Stoplist and Comments: Allen Kinzey

The predecessor to Op. 1202 was across the front of the room. However, when The Extension was built, it sliced off some of that end of the building. So, today the only thing left of the original chamber is the facade plus a passageway behind it. The organ was moved to above the ceiling and speaks through grills toward the rear of the room.

Organ Historical Society Database: https://pipeorgandatabase.org/OrganDetails.php?OrganID=8910