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Foley-Baker Inc. (1990s)

First Church of Christ, Scientist - Original Edifice
210 Massachusetts Avenue
Boston, MA

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2012-09-01 - Church exterior (Photograph by Stephen Schnurr/Database Manager)

2015-03-15 - Church Interior and Organ Case (Photograph by Len Levasseur/Database Manager)

Unknown - Church Interior and Organ Case (Photograph by Len Levasseur/Database Manager)

Unknown - Chancel and Organ Case (Photograph by Len Levasseur/Database Manager)

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From the church web site Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Boston, Massachusetts
The First Church of Christ, Scientist - Original Edifice

Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co., Inc.  Opus 1202   1952          3 manuals, 49 stops, 46 ranks
Revised by Foley-Baker, Inc. (late 1990s)
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        GREAT ORGAN                                      CHOIR ORGAN
    16' Quintaton                61                   8' Gedackt                 68
     8' Principal                61                   8' Concert Flute           68 a
     8' Rohrflöte                61                   8' Viola                   68
     8' Spitzflöte               61                   8' Viola Celeste           68
     4' Octave                   61                   8' Unda Maris II          136 b
     4' Waldflöte                61                   4' Fugara                  68 a
 2 2/3' Quinte                   61                   4' Nachthorn               68
     2' Super Octave             61               2 2/3' Nazard                  61
 1 1/3' Mixture                 244                   2' Blockflöte              61
     8' Solo Trompette           61               1 3/5' Tierce                  61
        Chimes                   CH                   8' Krummhorn               68
        Harp                     CH                      Tremulant
        Great Unison Off                              8' Solo Trompette          GT
        Great to Great 4                                 Chimes             digital
                                                         Harp               digital
        SWELL ORGAN                                      Choir to Choir 16
    16' Gemshorn            digital                      Choir Unison Off
     8' Geigen                   68 a                    Choir to Choir 4
     8' Stopped Diapason         68 a
     8' Viole de Gamba           68                      PEDAL ORGAN
     8' Viole Celeste            68                  32' Kontrasubbass      digital
     8' Flute Celeste II    digital                  32' Kontrastillbass    digital
     4' Gemshorn                 68                  16' Diapason                32
     4' Flute Harmonique         68 a                16' Bourdon                 32 a
     2' Fifteenth                61                  16' Subbass            digital
     1' Mixture IV              244                  16' Gemshorn                SW
    16' Fagot                    68                  16' Lieblich Gedeckt        32 c
     8' Trompete                 68                  16' Stillbass               GT d
     8' Oboe (ext. Hautbois)     12                   8' Octave                  32
     4' Hautbois                 68                   8' Bourdon (ext)           12
        Tremulant                                     8' Still Gedeckt (L. Ged)  12
     8' Solo Trompette           GT                   8' Stillbass          digital
        Swell to Swell 16                             8' Gemshorn                SW
        Swell Unison Off                              4' Super Octave (ext 8')   12
        Swell to Swell 4                              4' Lieblichflöte (L. Ged)  12
                                                  2 2/3' Mixture II              64
        COUPLERS                                     32' Contra Bombarde    digital
        Great to Pedal 8                             32' Kontrafagott       digital
        Swell to Pedal 8, 4                          16' Bombarde                32
        Choir to Pedal 8, 4                          16' Fagot                   SW
        Swell to Great 16, 8, 4                       8' Trumpet (ext Bombarde)  12
        Choir to Great 16, 8, 4                       8' Solo Trompette          GT
        Great to Choir 8                              4' Clarion (ext Bombarde)  12
        Swell to Choir 16, 8, 4                       4' Rohrschalmei       digital
                                                         Chimes                  CH

     a  from 1895 Farrand & Votey organ
     b  Dulciana & Unda Maris from 1895 F&V organ
     c  in Swell box
     d  Great 16' Quintaton; digital Stillbass prepared
   

        ADJUSTABLE COMBINATIONS                          ACCESSORIES
        Swell     1-9  (thumb)                           Balanced Swell Pedal
        Great     1-9  (thumb)                           Balanced Choir Pedal
        Choir     1-9  (thumb)                           Crescendo Pedal (4 levels)
        Pedal     1-6  (thumb & toe)                     Piston Sequencer
        General   1-20 (thumb)                             Next/Prev
        General   1-8, 10, 12 (toe)                        All 1's Next
        General Cancel (thumb)                             All Pistons Next
        Setter         (thumb)                           999 Memory Levels

        REVERSIBLES
        Swell to Pedal (thumb & toe)
        Great to Pedal (thumb & toe)
        Choir to Pedal (thumb & toe)
        Swell to Great (thumb & toe)
        Choir to Great (thumb)
        Swell to Choir (thumb)
        Sforzando      (2 thumb, 1 toe)

[Received from Steven E. Lawson  2014-08-14]



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