Better Pipe Organ Database

Frazee Organ Co. (1939)

Perkins School for the Blind: Chapel
175 North Beacon Street
Watertown, MA

Note: Not playable. (in this location)

Images

2014 - Pipework (Photograph by Spencer Organ Company, submitted by John Roper/John Roper)

2018-07-16 - Swell Unison Off on Right keycheek (Photograph by John Roper/Database Manager)

2018-07-16 - Console placement at far end of chapel (Photograph by John Roper/Database Manager)

2018-07-16 - Stop Jamb wiring (Photograph by John Roper/Database Manager)

2016-12-07 - Chapel Interior (Photograph by Wayne Johnson/Database Manager)

2016-12-07 - Console (Photograph by Wayne Johnson/Database Manager)

2016-12-07 - Pedal Stops (Photograph by Wayne Johnson/Database Manager)

2016-12-07 - Swell Stops (Photograph by Wayne Johnson/Database Manager)

2016-12-07 - Great Stops (Photograph by Wayne Johnson/Database Manager)

2016-12-07 - Builder's Nameplate (Photograph by Wayne Johnson/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
2 manuals
19 stops
28 registers
2 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 (Meeting AGO Standards)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1976. -Database Manager

2009-12-03 - Updated through online information from Andrew Park. -- great 61 notes (C-C); swell 61 notes (C-C); pedal 32 notes (C-G) -Database Manager

2010-06-14 - Updated through online information from Andrew Park. -Database Manager

2016-12-09 - Updated through online information from Wayne Johnson. <br>The organ chamber has openings into the Chapel as well as Dwight Hall and was playable from the console of Aeolian-Skinner Opus 888. -Database Manager

2018-07-19 - Updated by John Roper, who has heard or played the organ. Five stop tabs detached. Three are safe on a ledge inside the console: Gedeckt 8', Swell 4', Flute 4'. Two are missing: Gemshorn 16', Swell to Pedal 8'. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: Stoplist taken from console Aug 2018

Watertown, MA
Perkins School for the Blind

Organ by Frazee Organ Co. (1939)

GREAT (enclosed w/Swell)
Diapason 8'
Octave 4'
Grave Mixture II (2 2/3' + 2')
Sw. Gemshorn 8'
Sw. Gedeckt 8'
Sw. Gemshorn 4'
Sw. Gedeckt 4'
Chimes
Swell to Great
Swell to Great 16'
Swell to Great 4'

SWELL (enclosed)
Ext. Lieblich Bourdon 16'
Geigen Principal 8'
Gedeckt 8'
Gamba 8'
Gamba Celeste 8'
Gemshorn 8'
Gemshorn Celeste 8'
Harmonic Flute 4'
Ext. Gemshorn Octave 4'
Ext. Nazard 2 2/3'
Ext. Dulcinet 2'
Ext. Tierce 1 3/5'
Trumpet 8'
Oboe 8'
Tremulant
Swell 16'
Swell 4'

PEDAL
Diapason 16'
Gemshorn 16'
Lieblich Bourdon 16'
Octave 8'
Gemshorn 8'
Gedeckt 8'
Flute 4'
Great to Pedal
Swell to Pedal
Swell to Pedal 4'

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#2404 - Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co. Opus 888 (1932)