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Hutchings, Plaisted & Co. Opus 58 (1876)

New Old South Church
645 Boyleston St. (Copley Sq.)
Boston, MA

Images


Unknown - Church interior with organ case in gallery, ca. 1910. (Vintage postcard in the collection of James R. Stettner, courtesy of James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main


Notes

2004-10-30 - Compass 58/30. In chamber behind narrow rear gallery. Rebuilt by Hutchings-Votey c. 1900 as 4m. Then rebuilt by E. M. Skinner in 1915 (Op. 231) using the case and only a few of the original pipes. -Database Manager


Stoplist

Specification from <i>The Organ in New England</i> by Barbara Owen (Raleigh: The Sunbury Press, 1979) Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Boston, Massachusetts
Old South Church, Congregational

Hutchings, Plaisted & Co.   1876             3 manuals, 55 stops, 64 ranks
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         GREAT ORGAN                          SWELL ORGAN
     16' Principal           58           16' Bourdon             58
      8' Principal           58            8' Violin Principal    58
      8' Hohlflöte           58            8' Stopped Diapason    58
      8' Gamba               58            8' Salicional          58
      8' Doppel Flöte        58            8' Æoline              58
  5 1/3' Quinte              58            8' Quintadena          58
      4' Octave              58            4' Octave              58
      4' Rohrflöte           58            4' Flute Harmonique    58
      4' Flauto Traverso     58            4' Violina             58
  2 2/3' Quinte              58            2' Flautina            58
      2' Super Octave        58               Dolce Cornet V     290
         Mixture IV         232            8' Cornopean           58
         Scharf III         174            8' Oboe                58
     16' Trompet             58            8' Vox Humana          58
      8' Trompet             58
      4' Clarion             58               PEDALE
                                          32' Bourdon             30
         CHOIR ORGAN                      16' Principal           30
     16' Dulciana            58           16' Violone             30
      8' Geigen Principal    58           16' Dulciana            30
      8' Gedekt              58           16' Bourdon             30
      8' Dulciana            58       10 2/3' Quinte              30
      8' Melodia             58            8' Gemshorn            30
      8' Spitz Flöte         58            8' Violoncello         30
      4' Octave              58            4' Super Octave        30
      4' Dolce               58           16' Trombone            30
      4' Flute d'Amour       58            8' Trompet             30
      2' Piccolo Harmonique  58
      1' Flautino            58
     16' Faggotto            58
      8' Clarionette         58
      8' Physharmonica       58
           (free reed)

                               MECHANICALS
         Great to Pedal                       Grand Cresendo
         Swell to Pedal                       Full Organ
         Choir to Pedal                       Great to Pedal Reversible
         Great to Pneumatics                  Balanced Pedal - Swell
         Swell to Pneumatics                  Balanced Pedal - Physharmonica
         Choir to Pneumatics                  4 Great Combinations
         Forte Pedal to Pneumatics            3 Swell Combinations
         Swell Tremolo                        2 Choir Combinations
         Choir Tremolo                        "All Couplers"


[Received from Steven E. Lawson  2014-12-30]


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