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Austin Organs, Inc. (2001)

Church of the Covenant
67 Newbury Street
Boston, MA

Images

2017-12-04 - Console as rebuilt by Austin (2001) (Photograph by Angelina Oh/Database Manager)

2017-12-04 - Nameplate (Photograph by Angelina Oh/Database Manager)

2017-12-04 - Left jamb (Photograph by Angelina Oh/Database Manager)

2017-12-04 - Right jamb (Photograph by Angelina Oh/Database Manager)

2017-12-04 - Interior (Photograph by Angelina Oh/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
4 manuals
49 stops
69 registers
5 divisions
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

Notes

2014-01-30 - Originally installed by Welte-Tripp in 1929; rebuilt by Austin in 2001. -Database Manager

2017-12-04 - Actually built by Welte-Mignon Organ Corporation. The nameplate was changed to "Welte-Tripp" by Donald F. Tripp. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Typed specification Source: from church website and Austin ad Date not recorded

Boston, Massachusetts
Church of the Covenant (Presbyterian and UCC)

Welte-Tripp Organ Corporation   Opus 287   1929
Rebuilt by Austin Organs, Inc. (2001)                  4 manuals, 49 stops, 52 ranks
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         GREAT ORGAN                              SWELL ORGAN
     16' Diapason                   73        16' Lieblich Gedeckt           85
     16' Bourdon                    85         8' Geigen Diapason            73
      8' First Diapason             73         8' Clarabella                 73
      8' Second Diapason            73         8' Stopped Flute (fr. 16')    --
      8' Doppel Flute               73         8' Viole d'Orchestre          73
      8' Bourdon (fr. 16')          --         8' Viole Celeste (TC)         61
      8' Gemshorn                   73         8' Echo Salicional            73
  5 1/3' Quint                      73         4' Octave Geigen              73
      4' Octave                     73         4' Suabe Flute                73
      4' Harmonic Flute             73         4' Flute d'Amour (fr. 16')    --
  2 2/3' Quint                      61     2 2/3' Nazard                     61
      2' Super Octave               61         2' Fifteenth                  61
     IV  Mixture (19-22-26-29)     183     1 3/5' Seventeenth                61
     16' Double Trumpet             73     1 1/3' Nineteenth                 61
      8' Tromba                     73        IV  Mixture (collective)       --
         Tremolo                              16' Double Trumpet             73
      8' Harp                       pf         8' Cornopean                  73
      4' Celesta                    pf         8' Oboe                       73
      8' Chimes                     pf         8' Vox Humana                 73
                                               4' Clarion                    73
         CHOIR ORGAN                              Tremolo
     16' Contra Dulciana            85
      8' Viola                      73            PEDAL ORGAN
      8' Gedeckt                    73        32' Major Diapason (resulant)  --
      8' Dulciana (fr. 16')         --        32' Contra Bourdon (fr. GGGG#)  4
      8' Celeste (TC)               61        16' Open Bass                  44
      4' Flute d'Amore              73        16' Diapason (Gt)              --
  2 2/3' Nazard                     61        16' Diaphonic Bass (ext Gt)    12
      2' Piccolo                    61        16' Contra Basso               56
      8' Clarinet                   73        16' Bourdon                    32
         Tremolo                              16' Gedeckt (Gt)               --
      8' Harp                       pf        16' Echo Bourdon (Sw)          --
      4' Celesta                    pf        16' Double Dulciana (Ch)       --
      8' Chimes                     pf    10 2/3' Quint (fr. Bourdon)        --
                                               8' Octave (fr. Open Bass)     --
         SOLO ORGAN                            8' Gedeckt (Gt)               --
      8' Diapason Phonon            73         8' Violoncelle (fr. ConBasso) --
      8' Gamba                      73         4' Viola (fr. ConBasso)       --
      8' Gamba Celeste (TC)         61         4' Gedeckt Flute (Gt)         --
      8' Philomela                  73        16' Trombone                   44
      8' Tuba                       73        16' Trumpet (Sw)               --
      8' French Horn                73         8' Tromba (fr. Trombone)      --
         Tremolo
      8' Harp                       pf
      4' Celesta                    pf
      8' Chimes                     pf

         ECHO ORGAN
      8' Diapason                   pf
      8' Cor de Nuit                pf
      8' Vox Angelica               pf
      8' Unda Maris                 pf
      8' Vox Humana                 pf
         Tremolo


[Received from Steven E. Lawson  2017-12-04]

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