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Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co. Opus 1124 (1947)

First Congregational Church
128 Central Street
Auburn, MA

Images

2021-08-01 - The organ’s pipe work is behind the front screen with no visible pipes. The console is seen in the alcove to the left of the altar. (Photograph by Stephen St. Denis/Stephen St. Denis)

2021-08-01 - Stain glass window in the sanctuary. (Photograph by Stephen St. Denis/Stephen St. Denis)

2021-08-01 - Console. (Photograph by Stephen St. Denis/Stephen St. Denis)

2019-01-23 - Church exterior. (Photograph by Stephen St. Denis/Stephen St. Denis)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
2 manuals
11 stops
11 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
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 coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2008-05-19 - Identified through information adapted from *E. M. Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner Opus List*, by Sand Lawn and Allen Kinzey (Organ Historical Society, 1997), and included here through the kind permission of Sand Lawn: Extant; Great shutters removed. -Database Manager

2013-04-14 - Updated by Kurt Blomstrom, based on personal knowledge of the organ. -Database Manager

2025-05-07 - Updated through online information from Bill Czelusniak (May 7, 2025): Yesterday, our Firm completed a couple of small but important repair projects on a really interesting and pristine G. Donald Harrison Aeolian-Skinner organ in a Congregational Church building immediately south of Worcester, Mass. < snip > Our final adjustments to the Great expression shades took longer than expected, but they work now as intended and expected. We tested every electrical signal from the console and every operating function, and the organ is at 100%. Ed. - The Great expression louvers previous removed have been reinstalled. -Jim Stettner

Stoplist

From Allen Kinzey via <i>The Aeolian-Skinner Archives</i> Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Amherst, Massachusetts
First Congregational Church

Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co., Inc.   Opus 1124   1947
2 manuals, 11 stops, 11 ranks
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               GREAT ORGAN (enclosed)
            8' Principal             61
            8' Melodia               61
            8' Dulciana              61
            4' Octave                61
               Tremolo
 
               SWELL ORGAN (enclosed)
            8' Stopped Diapason      68
            8' Viole de Gambe        68
            8' Viole Celeste (TC)    56
            4' Flute Triangulaire    68
            8' Trompette             68
               Tremulant
 
               PEDAL ORGAN
           16' Bourdon               32
            8' Principal             32

               COUPLERS
               Great to Pedal      8
               Swell to Pedal      8  4
               Swell to Great  16  8  4
               Swell to Swell  16     4

               ADJ. COMBINATION ACTION
               Great        3  (thumb)
               Swell        3  (thumb)
               General      3  (thumb & toe)
               General Cancel  (thumb)

               PEDAL MOVEMENTS
               Great Expression Pedal
               Swell Expression Pedal
               Crescendo Pedal
               Sforzando


[Received from Steven E. Lawson  2016-07-18]

FINGER PISTONS: General 1-3, Swell 1-3, Great 1-3, Sforz (reversible), Set (blank), Cancel; TOE STUDS: General 1-3, TOE SPOONS: Gr to Ped (reversible) Sforzando (reversible); PEDAL MOVEMENTS: Swell Expression (balanced), Great Expression (balanced), Crescendo (balanced). Source: From Allen Kinzey via The Aeolian-Skinner Archives

Great Principal 8, Melodia 8, Dulciana 8, Octave 4, Tremulant

Swell Stopped Diapason 8, Viole de Gambe 8, Viole Celeste [tc] 8, Flute ∆ [Triangulaire] 4, Trompette 8, Tremulant

Pedal Bourdon 16, Principal 8

Swell to Pedal 8, Swell to Pedal 4, Great to Pedal 8, Swell to Great 16, Swell to Great 8, Swell to Great 4, Swell to Swell 16 (Swell 16), Swell to Swell 4 (Swell 4)

Websites

Opus 1124: First Congregational Church - (Aeolian-Skinner Archives website) Stoplist (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)