Better Pipe Organ Database

Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co. Opus 3014 (1938)

St. Agatha's Roman Catholic Church: Lower Church
432 Adams St.
Milton, MA

Images

2022-12-19 - Room (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)

2022-12-19 - Pipework (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)

2022-12-19 - Organ Alcove (Photograph by John Roper/John Roper)

2019-07-01 - Console and Organ Case (Photograph by John Roper/Database Manager)

2019-07-01 - Manuals (Photograph by John Roper/Database Manager)

2019-07-01 - Stop Tabs (Photograph by John Roper/Database Manager)

2019-07-01 - Pedalboard, Swell and Crescendo Pedals (Photograph by John Roper/Database Manager)

2019-07-01 - Builder's Nameplate (Photograph by John Roper/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
Console position: Keydesk Attached
2 manuals
3 stops
18 registers
1 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Tilting/Rocking Tablets Above Top Manual
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Has crescendo
Combination action: None

Notes

2005-11-16 - Identified through online information from Eric Anderson. -- According to the Kinzey/Lawn A-S Opus list this is one of the "3000 Series" unit organs. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Typed stoplist from James R. Stettner Source: Stoplist copied from July 2019 photos of the organ on the Database Date not recorded

East Milton, Massachusetts
St. Agatha's RC Church - Lower Church

AEOLIAN-SKINNER ORGAN CO., Opus 3014, 1938 - “Original Specifications”


GREAT (Expressive)               SWELL (Expressive)              PEDAL (Expressive)
   8     Diapason                   8     Viola                     16    Bourdon
   8     Viola                      8     Gedeckt                   8     Diapason
   8     Gedeckt                    4     Viola                     8     Gedeckt
   4     Octave                     4     Flute                     4     Viola
   4     Viola                      2-2/3 Nazard                    4     Flute
   2-2/3 Nazard                     2     Piccolo
   2     Fifteenth                        Tremolo


STOP / RANK / PIE ANALYSIS
   16    Bourdon                  (Ped)   12   Extension of the 8 Gedeckt.
   8     Diapason              (Gt/Ped)   61
   8     Viola                  (Sw/Gt)   49   1-12 from the Gedeckt unit.
   8     Gedeckt            (Sw/Gt/Ped)   61
   4     Octave                    (Gt)   –-   From the 8 Diapason. Top 8ve repeats.
   4     Viola              (Sw/Gt/Ped)   12   Extension of the 8 Viola.
   4     Flute                 (Sw/Ped)   12   Extension of the 8 Gedeckt.
   2 2/3 Nazard                 (Sw/Gt)   --   From the Gedeckt unit.
   2     Fifteenth                 (Gt)   –-   From the Viola unit. Top 8ve repeats.
   2     Piccolo                   (Sw)   --   From the Gedeckt unit. Top 8ve repeats. 
         Tremolo                   (Sw)        Affects the entire instrument.


PIPE SUMMARY

   Bourdon/Gedeckt                  Diapason                        Viola
   85 pipes                         61 pipes                        61 pipes


ACTION: E-P unit        VOICES: 3        STOPS: 18        RANKS: 3        PIPES: 207


NOTES
This is one of Aeolian-Skinner's stock model 3000 Series organs. It is original and
was restored in 2006. The organ is free-standing and encased. The keydesk is attached.
Stops are as rocker tablets over the Swell keys. The facade is wood with cloth grilles,
and a small dummy facade of 9 gold pipes in the center. The organ has been moved from
the back to the front.

Sources: A-S opus list; OHS Database; OHS Database photos

St. Agatha's R.C. Church – Lower Church
432 Adams Street
East Milton, MA. 01286

Websites

Opus 3014: St. Agatha Roman Catholic Church - (Aeolian-Skinner Archives Web Site) Specification (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)