2004-10-30 - The original builder was Aeolian-Skinner (1935, Opus940). -Database Manager
2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 2000 -Database Manager
2004-10-30 - Tonal revisions. Added 5 stops, 11 ranks. Ongoing restoration work by Nelson Barden beginning in 1979. -Database Manager
2007-02-10 - Updated through information adapted from <i>E. M. Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner Opus List</i>, by Sand Lawn and Allen Kinzey (Organ Historical Society, 1997), and included here through the kind permission of Sand Lawn: <br><i>Tonal changes to Aeolian-Skinner Opus 940 (1935).</i> -Database Manager
Stoplist from church's website Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Church of the Advent, Boston, Mass Aeolian-Skinner Company Opus 940-A (1964) 3 Manuals and Pedal Great, Swell, Positif, and Choir located in North Transept And West Gallery Organ which includes a Trompette-en-Chamade (1968) LEGEND: (*) - revised original pipework LEGEND: (**) - new stop GREAT (3 1/4" WP): 16' Diapason 8' Principal * 8' Diapason 8' Flute Harmonique * 8' Cor de Nuit ** 4' Principal * 4' Octave 4' Rohrflote ** II Rauschqint (2 2/3') IV Fourniture (2') III Cymbel (2/3') IV-V Sesquialtera (2 2/3') SWELL (4 1/8" WP): 16' Quintaton */** 8' Geigen * 8' Viol de Gambe 8' Viole Celeste 8' Stopped Diapason * 4' Octave Geigen * 4' Flauto traverso 4' Fugara 2 2/3' Rohrnasat */** 2 Fifteenth * III Grave Mixture (2 2/3') III Plein Jeu (1') 16' Bombarde 8' Trompette I * 8' Trompette II 4' Clairon 8' Vox Humana Tremolo CHOIR (3 3/4" WP): 8' Orchestral Flute 8' Dolcan 8' Dolcan Celeste (tenor c) 4' Zauberflöte * 8' Clarinet 4' Krummhorn ** Tremolo POSITIF (2 1/2" WP): 8' Nason Flöte ** 4' Principal * 4' Koppelflöte * 2 2/3' Nazard * 2' Blockflöte * 1 3/45 Tierce * 1' Sifflöte * IV Scharff (1/2') WEST END GALLERY (7 1/2" WP): 8' Unenclosed Trumpet * (Trompette-en-Chamade (1968) PEDAL (3 1/2" WP): 32' Sub Bass (FFFF) 16' Principal 16' Contrebasse 16' Bourdon 16' Quintaton (Swell) 8' Principal * 8' Flute Ouverte 8' Quintaton (Swell) 5 1/3' Quint 4' Principal * 4' Flute Harmonique III Mixture (2 2/3') * II Fourniture (1') */** 16' Bombarde 8' Trompette 4' Clairon [Received from Sam Cherubin 2012-10-21.]
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