Honolulu, Hawaii

Central Union Church (UCC)


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Builder:         Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co., Inc.
Contract Year:   1964
Install Year:    1966
Opus:            1452

No. manuals: 4 No. stops: 65 No. ranks: 66 No. pipes: 4,083 GREAT ORGAN SWELL ORGAN 16' Gemshorn 61 8' Spitzgedeckt 68 8' Prinzipal 61 8' Viola Pomposa 68 8' Gedecktflöte 61 8' Viola Celeste 68 8' Gemshorn 12 8' Kleinerzähler II 136 4' Oktave 61 4' Prestant 68 4' Quintade 61 4' Koppelflöte 68 2' Waldflöte 61 2' Flachflöte 61 II Rauschmixtur 122 IV Plein Jeu 244 IV Mixture 244 III Cymbale 183 Chimes 16' Basson 68 8' Festival Trompeta GAL 8' Trompette 68 8' English Horn 68 CHOIR-POSITIV ORGAN 8' Vox Humana 68 8' Spitzgeigen 61 4' Bombarde 68 8' Rohrgedeckt 61 Tremulant 8' Flauto Dolce 61 8' Flute Celeste (TC) 49 PEDAL ORGAN 4' Fugara Grosso 61 32' Contre Bourdon 7 4' Blockflöte 61 16' Contra Principal 32 2 2/3' Nasat 61 16' Bourdon 32 2' Prinzipal 61 16' Gemshorn GT 1 3/5' Terz 61 16' Rohrbass 12 CH 1' Sifflöte 61 8' Octave Principal 12 III Zimbel 183 8' Bourdon 12 16' Krummhorn 61 8' Gemshorn GT 8' Rohrschalmei 61 4' Choral Principal 12 4' Orchestral Oboe 61 4' Bourdon 12 Tremulant IV Mixture 128 32' Contre Basson 12 SW GALLERY ORGAN 16' Posaune 32 8' Montre Conique 68 16' Basson SW 8' Pommer 68 8' Trumpet 12 8' Harmonic Spitzflöte 68 8' Basson SW 8' Spitzfl. Celeste (TC) 56 4' Basson SW 4' Prestant 68 Chimes GT 2' Zauberflöte 61 III-IV Fourniture 226 8' Hautbois 68 Tremulant Harp 8' Festival Trompeta 68 4' Festival Trompeta 12


Source: Stop list courtesy of Steve Bournias

Notes: Central Union's history extends back to the original Seaman's Bethel Chapel, built in 1833 to serve the spiritual needs of American merchant seamen visiting Honolulu Harbor. When fire destroyed the Chapel in 1886, a merger with Fort Street Congregational, organized in 1852 for English-speaking residents, established Central Union at Beretania and Richards, now the present site of Hawaii's new State Capitol.

The present sanctuary of familiar new England Colonial architecture, designed by the Boston firm of Cram and Ferguson, was completed in 1924 on 8 1/2 acres owned by the Dillingham family, originally purchased for $100,000 but now valued at millions of dollars. Membership of the church is now 3,000, with seating for 2,000. More than 300 weddings take place at Central Union annually. Side doors to the sanctuary and adjacent Atherton Chapel may be opened during summer services to permit the tradewinds to provide an outdoor atmosphere, thus giving the church a name often used to describe this cool and pleasant condition, "The Church in the Garden." Central Union Church is the largest UCC congregation west of the Mississippi.

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