Second Congregational Church: Sanctuary
60 Highland St.
West Newton, MA
Images
2019-05-15 - Church exterior (Photograph by John Borchard, via Wikipedia, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2019-10-31 - Organ case pipes (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
ca. 1917 - Sanctuary interior showing rear gallery with Echo chamber (Photograph from an archival source: The American Architect, Vol. CXI, No. 2157, March 21 1917, pg. 188, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
ca. 1917 - Chancel with facades, and left transept facade (Photograph from an archival source: The American Architect, Vol. CXI, No. 2157, March 21 1917, pg. 192, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
ca. 1917 - Organ facade in chancel (Photograph from an archival source: The American Architect, Vol. CXI, No. 2157, March 21 1917, pg. 185, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
- Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
- 4 manuals
- 50 stops
- 44 registers
- 5 divisions
- Key action Type: Electrical
- Stop action Type: Electrical
- Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
- Manual compass: 61 notes
- Pedal compass: 30 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 thumb pistons
- Has coupler toe pistons
- Has tutti thumb pistons
Notes
2011-02-14 - Identified through on-line information from Jeff Scofield. -- Rebuilt and enlarged to 4/65 by Casavant in 1987. -Database Manager
Stoplist
Stoplist copied from the factory specifications Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
West Newton, Massachusetts
Second Congregational Church
Casavant Op. 657 1916 4/49
Courtesy of the Casavant Frères Archives
St. Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada
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GREAT SWELL
16' Dbl Open Diapason 56 16' Bourdon 68
(1-12 Pedal Bourdon) 8' Open Diapason 68
8' 1st Open Diapason 68 8' Stopped Diapason 68
8' 2nd Open Diapason 68 8' Viola di Gamba 68
8' Violin Diapason 68 8' Voix Céleste 56
8' Doppelflöte 68 8' Aeoline 68
8' Dolce 68 4' Principal 68
4' Octave 68 4' Flauto Traverso 68
4' Waldflöte 68 2' Piccolo 61
2' Super Octave 61 III Cornet 204
IV Mixture 272 16' Bassoon 68
8' Trumpet 68 8' Cornopean 68
Super 8' Oboe 68
8' Vox Humana 68
CHAPEL * 4' Clarion 68
8' Open Diapason Tremulant
8' Stopped Diapason Sub
8' Viola di Gamba Super
8' Voix Céleste
4' Harmonic Flute CHOIR
8' Oboe 16' Dulciana 68
Tremulant 8' Open Diapason 68
16' Bourdon 8' Melodia 68
Chapel Sub to CH 8' Dulciana 68
Chapel to CH 4' Violina 68
Chapel Super to CH 4' Dolce Flute 68
Chapel to Pedal 2' Flageolet 61
8' Clarinet 68
* Swell and Pedal Tremulant
divisions of Op. 661 Sub
Sunday School organ Super
PEDAL SOLO (encl w/Choir)
32' Dbl Open Diapason -- 8' Grossflöte 68
16' Open Diapason 30 8' Viole d'Orchestre 68
16' Bourdon 30 4' Traverse Flute 68
16' Violone 30 2' Harmonic Piccolo 61
16' Gedeckt SW 8' Tuba 68
16' Dulciana CH 8' Orchestral Oboe 68
8' Flute 12 Tremulant
8' Bourdon 12 Sub
8' Violoncello 12 Super
16' Trombone 30
[Received online from Jeff Scofield February 15, 2011]
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