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Stephen J. Russell (& Co.) (2003)

First Unitarian Church
90 Main Street
Worcester, MA

Images

2021-08-01 - Organ facade and console (Photograph by Stephen St. Denis/Stephen St. Denis)

2021-08-29 - Church interior (Photograph by Stephen St. Denis/Stephen St. Denis)

2021-08-29 - Organ in rear gallery (Photograph by Stephen St. Denis/Stephen St. Denis)

2021-08-03 - Church exterior (Photograph by Stephen St. Denis/Stephen St. Denis)

2019-10-26 - Console (Photograph by Gavin Klein/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
4 manuals
52 stops
80 registers
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)
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has sequencer
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2012-08-29 - Identified through online information from Scott Crowell. -- Rebuild of existing organ. Aeolian-Skinner organ damaged by fire in June 2000. It was rebuilt by Russel & Company and was dedicated in 2004. -Database Manager

2020-06-30 - During the rebuild of the organ following the fire, pipes from Aeolian Skinner, Casavant, and new pipes where utalized along with a few digital voices. -Gavin Klein

Stoplist

Typed stoplist Source: from church website Date not recorded

Worcester, Massachusetts
First Unitarian Church

Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co., Inc.   Opus 1433   1964   4 manuals, 47 stops, 61 ranks
Rebuilt with additions by Russell & Co.       2003   4 manuals, 52 stops, 67 ranks
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         GREAT ORGAN (II)                           SWELL ORGAN (III)
     16' Gemshorn               73              16' Rohrbass               61
      8' Diapason               61 *             8' Principal              61
      8' Principal              61               8' Rohrflöte              61
      8' Bourdon                61               8' Spitzviol              61
      8' Gemshorn (fr. 16')     --               8' Viol Celeste           61
      4' Octave                 61               8' Flauto Dolce           61
      4' Flute Harmonique       61               8' Flute Celeste (TC)     49
      2' Fifteenth              61               4' Prestant               61
         Fourniture IV         244               4' Flute Ouverte          61
         Cymbel III            183               2' Octavin                61
      8' Trompet                61 *                Plein Jeu IV          244
      8' Major Trumpet (Ch)     --              16' Fagott                 73
         MIDI on Great             *             8' Trumpet                61
                                                 8' Fagott (fr. 16')       --
         CHOIR ORGAN (I)                         8' Voix Humaine           61
      8' Doppelflute            61 *             4' Clarion                61
      8' Cor de Nuit            61                  Tremulant
      8' Viola Pomposa          61                  MIDI on Swell
      8' Viola Celeste          61
      4' Principal              61 *                PEDAL ORGAN
      4' Rohrflöte              61 *            32' Principal              -- d 
      4' Spitzflöte             61              32' Bourdon                -- d
  2 2/3' Nasard                 61 *            32' Lieblich               -- d
      2' Blockflöte             61              32' Violone                -- d
  1 3/5' Tierce                 61              16' Principal              -- d
         Mixtur III            183              16' Violone                -- d
      8' Clarinet               61 *            16' Bourdon                44
      8' English Horn           -- d            16' Gemshorn (Gt)          --
         Tremulant                              16' Rohrbass (Sw)          --
         MIDI on Choir             *             8' Principal              32
                                                 8' Bourdon (fr. 16')      --
         POSITIV ORGAN (IV)                      8' Gemshorn (Gt)          --
      8' Doppelflute (Ch)       --               4' Choral Bass            32
      8' Pommergedeckt          56               4' Gemshorn (Gt)          --
      4' Geigen Principal       56               4' Nachthorn              32 *
      4' Koppelflöte            56                  Mixtur III             96
      2' Octave                 56 *            32' Kontra Fagott (ext SW) 12
      2' Hellflöte              56              32' Kontra Posaune         -- d
  1 1/3' Larigot                56              16' Bombarde               56
  2 2/3' Sesquialtera II (TC)  112              16' Fagott (Sw)            --
         Zimbel III            183               8' Trompette (fr. 16')    --
      8' Cromorne (fr. Ch)      61               8' Fagott (Ch)            --
      8' Clarinet (Ch)          --               8' Clarinet (Ch)          -- d
     16' Major Trumpet (TC)     --               4' Clarion (fr. 16')      --
      8' Major Trumpet (Ch)     --               4' Fagott (Sw)            --
      4' Major Clarion (Ch)     --                  MIDI on Pedal
         Tremulant
         MIDI on Positiv

      *  new in 2003
      d  Walker Digital


[Received from Steven E. Lawson  2017-06-12]

Websites

First Unitarian Aeolian-Skinner Pipe Organ Specifications - Photographs, description, stoplist, link to further information (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)

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