First Parish Unitarian-Universalist Church: Sanctuary; front
630 Massachusetts Avenue
Arlington, MA
OHS convention: 2000
Images
2023-10-22 - Plaque affixed on organ case (Photograph by Will Sherwood/Will sherwood, Chm, AAGO)
2022-11-10 - Console (Photograph by Will Sherwood, AAGO, ChM/will sherwood)
2022-11-10 - Pedalboard, swellshoe and two footlever pistons (Photograph by Will Sherwood, AAGO, ChM/will sherwood)
2022-11-10 - Builder's nameplate (Photograph by Will Sherwood, AAGO, ChM/will sherwood)
2022-11-10 - Right jamb stopknobs (Photograph by Will Sherwood, AAGO, ChM/will sherwood)
2022-11-10 - Left jamb stopknobs (Photograph by Will Sherwood, AAGO, ChM/will sherwood)
June, 1989 - Keydesk (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Jim Stettner)
June, 1989 - Swellbox behind facade (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Jim Stettner)
June, 1989 - Organ case (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Jim Stettner)
1999-05-04 - Church Interior and Organ Case (Photograph by William T. Van Pelt/Database Manager)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
- Console position: Keydesk Attached
- 2 manuals
- 15 stops
- 18 registers
- 3 divisions
- Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
- Stop action Type: Mechanical
- Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
- Manual compass: 58 notes
- Pedal compass: 27 notes
- Pedal Type: Flat Straight
- Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
- Combination action: Fixed Mechanical
- Has combination trundles
Notes
2013-08-31 - Altered and relocated existing organ. Identified by Jeff Scofield, using information found in <i>Organ Handbook 2000</i>. -- Originally installed in Christ Methodist Episcopal Church, Philadelphia, in 1870; relocated through the Organ Clearing House and installed at Arlington in 1983 by Richard Nickerson, who also provided an electric blower and new static bellows; cleaned in 1998 by the Bishop Organ Co. and fitted with new trackers. -Database Manager
2017-05-07 - Relocated from the Robert Whiting res. Schwenksville, PA, through OCH. Renovated Richard Nickerson 1985. Ded. 22 Sep 1985 by Theodore A. May. In new building. -Database Manager
Stoplist
Source: Stoplist copied from the console June, 1989
Arlington, Massachusetts
First Parish Unitarian-Universalist Church
E. & G.G. HOOK, Opus 523, 1869
Richard Nickerson, 1985 - Refurbishing & Installation
GREAT COUPLERS (Drawknob)
16 Bourdon (tc) 46 Swell to Pedale
8 Op. Diap'ᶯ 58 Great to Pedale
8 Dulciana (tc) 46
8 Melodia (tc) 46 Swell to Great
8 St'ᵈ Diap'ᶯ Bass 12
4 Octave 58
2 Fifteenth 58 FOOT TRUNDLES (Unlabeled; l-r)
II Mixture 116 Gr. Piano – 8 Mel., 8 Dulc., 8 Bass
8 Trumpet 58
Gr. Forte – 16,8,8,8,8,4,3,II,8 (full)
SWELL (Expressive)
8 Keraulophon (tc) 46 PEDAL MOVEMENTS
8 St'ᵈ Diap'ᶯ Treble (tc) 46 Swell Expression (bal.)
8 St'ᵈ Diap'ᶯ Bass. 12
4 Flute Harmonique 58
4 Violina 58 ACTION: Mech. Key & Stop
8 Oboe. (tc) 46
8 Bassoon 12 VOICES: 15
Tremulant
STOPS: 18
PEDAL RANKS: 16
16 Bourdon 27
8 Flöte 27 PIPES: 830
NOTES
Originally installed in Christ Methodist Episcopal Church, Philadelphia, in 1870.
Relocated from the Robert Whiting residence in Schwenksville, PA, through the
Organ Clearing House and installed at Arlington in 1985 by Richard Nickerson,
who also provided an electric blower and new static bellows. Dedicated September
22, 1985 by Theodore A. May.
Cleaned in 1998 by the Bishop Organ Co. and fitted with new trackers.
Sources: Hook opus list; JRS; extant organ; OHS Database
First Parish Unitarian Universalist
630 Massachusetts Ave.
Arlington, MA. 02174 Documented: June, 1989
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