Better Pipe Organ Database

Austin Organ Co. Opus 1537 (1927)

Unitarian Church: Sanctuary
478 Main St.
Winchester, MA

Images

2012-12-03 - Church exterior (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2019-05-07 - Organ cases (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2025-02-12 - Console (Otto Jensen/Otto Jensen)

2025-02-12 - Facade (Otto Jensen/Otto Jensen)

2025-02-12 - Builder's nameplate (Otto Jensen/Otto Jensen)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
3 manuals
28 stops
40 registers
4 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Stop Keys Above Top Manual
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons

Notes

2005-01-07 - Information identifying this instrument from the Austin Organs, Inc. web site, accessed December 29, 2004: http://www.austinorgans.com/organ-research.htm. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from <i>The Diapason</i> May 1927 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

    Winchester, Massachusetts
    Unitarian Church

    Austin   Op. 1537   1927   3/30
    ___________________________________________________

    GREAT                          SWELL

16' Bourdon           41 PD    16' Bourdon           73
 8' 1st Open Diapason 73        8' Open Diapason     73
 8' 2nd Open Diapason 73        8' Stopped Diapason  73
 8' Concert Flute     41 PD     8' Viole d'Orchestre 73
 8' Gamba             73        8' Voix Celeste      61
 8' Gamba Celeste     61        8' Spitzflöte        73
 8' Melodia           73        8' Flute Celeste     61
 8' Gemshorn          73        8' Aeoline           73
 4' Octave (2nd Open) --        4' Flauto Traverso   73
 4' Harmonic Flute    61      III  Dolce Cornet     183
 8' Tuba              73       16' Contra Fagotto    61
    Tremolo                     8' Cornopean         73
    Sub                         8' Oboe              12
    Unison Off                  8' Vox Humana        61
    Super                       4' Clarion           12
                                   Tremolo
    CHOIR                          Sub
                                   Unison Off
 8' Violin Diapason   73
 8' Concert Flute     73           PEDAL
 8' Dulciana          73
 8' Unda Maris        61       32' Open Diapason     --
 4' Flute d'Amour     73       16' Open Diapason     32
 8' French Horn       73       16' Bourdon           32
 8' Clarinet          73       16' Violone           12 CH
    Tremolo                    16' Gedeckt           SW
    Sub                         8' Flute             12
    Unison Off                 16' Tuba              12 GT
    Super
    Chimes            25
    Chimes pp

   [Received from Jeff Scofield October 7, 2014]