First Congregational Church: Sanctuary; rear gallery
251 Main Street
Great Barrington, MA
OHS convention: 2015
Images
2014-09-10 - Nave, Balcony, and Organ Case (Photograph by Len Levasseur/Database Manager)
2014-09-10 - Nave, Balcony, and Organ Case (Photograph by Len Levasseur/Database Manager)
1973-03-21 - Balcony, Console, and Organ Case (Photograph courtesy of Len Levasseur/Database Manager)
Unknown - Church Exterior (Vintage Postcard; image courtesy of Len Levasseur/Database Manager)
1928 - Original console (The Tracker 1998 no3/Christian Tedesco)
Unkown - Console (The Tracker volume 27 no 2/Christian Tedesco)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
- Console position: Keydesk Attached
- 3 manuals
- 60 stops
- 5 divisions
- Key action Type: Tubular Pneumatic (Details Unknown)
- Stop action Type: Tubular Pneumatic (Details Unknown)
- Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
- Manual compass: 58 notes
- Combination action: Fixed Mechanical
- Has combination trundles
Notes
2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1988. -Database Manager
2004-10-30 - Historic Organs Recital in 1983 (listed as 4-60). [On Roosevelt list as 3m.] Originally tubular pneumatic (electric action echo) with Roosevelt Adjustable Combination Action. Compass extended to 61 manual and 32 pedal notes. Electrified by W. W. Laws without tonal change in 1936 with a console built on an Austin stop-key skeleton. Swell Cornet and Great Mixture altered in 1970's. On PIPORG-L 21 Apr 1996 (Paul Opel) as 4-73. Apparently restored by congregation under Andover supervision with new console. [Facade may have been designed by George Ashdown Audsley? ] -Database Manager
Stoplist
Typed stoplist from the OHS PC Database. Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Congregational Church, Great Barrington, MA.
1883 Hilborne Roosevelt, Op. 113 (Case designed by George A. Audsley)
(Stoplist: Paul Opel 1998)
II Great
Double Open Diapason 16 61, metal
Open Diapason 8 61, metal
Open Diapason 8 61, metal
Gemshorn 8 61, metal (nicking filled in with tallow, 1970's)
Viola da Gamba 8 61, metal
Principal Flute 8 61, wood
Doppel Flute 8 61, wood
*Quint 5 1/3 61, metal
Octave 4 61, metal
Gambette 4 61, metal
Flute Harmonique 4 61, metal
*Octave Quinte 2 2/3 61, metal
*Super Octave 2 61, metal
*Mixture IV-V (Tierce rank repitched to 1 1/3)
*Scharff III 183, metal (contains Tierce rank)
*Euphone 16 61, free reed, wood boots
*Trumpet 8 61, metal
* Enclosed with Choir
I Choir
Contra-Gamba 16 58, metal 1-10 stopped wood
Open Diapason 8 58, metal
Viola D'Amour 8 58, metal
Dulciana 8 58, metal
Concert Flute 8 46, wood
Rohr Flute 8 58, metal 1-17 stopped wood
Quintadena 8 58, wood
Fugara 4 58, metal
Flute D'Amour 4 58, metal
Piccolo Harmonique 2 58, metal
Dolce Cornet V 290, metal
Clarinet 8 58, metal
Vox Humana 8 58, metal
Chimes (Ch)
III Swell
Bourdon 16 58, wood
Open Diapason 8 58, metal
Spitz Flute 8 58, metal
Salicional 8 58, metal
Dolce 8 58, metal
Vox Celeste 8 46, metal
Clarabella 8 46, wood
Stopped Diapason 8 58, wood
Octave 4 58, metal
Salicet 4 58, metal
Flauto Dolce 4 58, wood
Hohl Flute 4 58, metal
Flageolet 2 58, metal
Cornet III 174, metal
Contra Fagotto 16 58, metal
Cornopean 8 58, metal
Oboe 8 58, metal
Clarion 4 58, metal
Chimes (Ch)
Tremulant
IV Echo
Keraulophon 8 61, metal
Fern Flute 8 61, stopped wood
Flauto Traverso 4 61, wood
Oboe 8 61, metal
Vox Humana 8 61, metal
Chimes 8 25 tubes g-g''
Tremulant
Pedal
Resultant 10 2/3 32, wood
Open Diapason 16 32, metal
Dulciana 16 32, metal
Bourdon 16 32, wood
Lieblich Gedact 16 (Swell Bourdon)
Violincello 8 32, metal
Flute 8 32, open wood
Bourdon 8 (Swell Bourdon)
Trombone 16 32, wood
Couplers
Sw-Gt 16, 8, 4
Sw-Ch 16, 8, 4
Ch-Gt 16, 8, 4
Gt-Gt 16, -8, 4
Ch-Ch 16, -8, 4
Sw-Sw 16, -8, 4
Echo-Ch 16,-8,-4
Echo-Gt 16,-8,-4
Echo-Sw 16,-8,-4
Echo-Echo 16, -8, 4
Gt-Ped 8,-4
Ch-Ped 8,-4
Sw-Ped 8,-4
Echo-Ped
Pistons
7 General
8 Gt
6 Ch
9 Sw
3 Echo
General Cancel
Master Swell Pedal
Toe Studs
Generals 8, 9, 10
5 Pedal
Sforzando
Gt-Ped Reversible
Ch-Ped Reversible
Sw-Ped Reversible
Echo-Ped Reversible
Swell Pedals
Great/Choir
Swell
Echo
Crescendo
Mixture Compositions
Mixture IV-V
Scharff III
Cornet III
12-15-17
Dolce Cornet V
1-8-12-15-17 dulciana scale
Notes
Original compass C-f-a''', extended to C-g-c'''' and console replaced with a console by William W.
Laws in 1936. Releathering performed by Andover Organ Co. and a congregational committee,
1980-1993.Roosevelt chests. Original action tubular-pneumatic, with electro-pneumatic to the Echo,
mercury contacts, LeClanche batteries, water motor for wind, 3 settable combinations. Original
console preserved in narthex.
Facade in cherry, stained to imitate mahogany; pipes rough plastered and gilded.
There is also an interesting Crescendo Check. A knob sliding in a horizontal slot can be put in one
of 10 positions. Rods behind the pedal limit the travel of the crescendo pedal to 1/10, 2/10, 3/10,
etc. of full travel, depending on the position of the Crescendo Check knob.
The facade has a total of 87 pipes, 61 of them playing, from the Great Open Diapasons and Pedal
Dulciana. The chambers are all very generous. Wide walk-ways and stairs with railings give easy
access to everything (except that one of the three-note extension chests added by Laws blocks one
walk-way). The original tubing for gas lights in the chambers are still extant.
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