Perkins School for the Blind: Dwight Hall, Howe Bldg.
175 North Beacon St.
Watertown, MA
Images
2023-06-24 - Console nameplate indicating that the 1939 work was most likely by Frazee. (Photograph by Peter Krasinski, submitted by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)
2016-12-07 - Console (Photograph by Wayne Johnson/Database Manager)
2016-12-07 - Left Drawknobs (Pedal and Swell) (Photograph by Wayne Johnson/Database Manager)
2016-12-07 - Right Drawknobs (Gallery, Great, and Choir) (Photograph by Wayne Johnson/Database Manager)
2016-12-07 - Pedal Pipework (unit Bourdon 16') (Photograph by Wayne Johnson/Database Manager)
2016-12-07 - Great Pipework (Photograph by Wayne Johnson/Database Manager)
2016-12-07 - Great Pipework (Photograph by Wayne Johnson/Database Manager)
2016-12-07 - Choir Pipework (Photograph by Wayne Johnson/Database Manager)
2016-12-07 - Choir Pipework (Photograph by Wayne Johnson/Database Manager)
2016-12-07 - Swell Rservoir (Photograph by Wayne Johnson/Database Manager)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
- Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
- 4 manuals
- 36 stops
- 58 registers
- 4 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 (Details Unknown)
- Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
- Has crescendo
- Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
- Has combination thumb pistons
- Has combination toe pistons
- Has tutti thumb pistons
- Has tutti toe pistons
Notes
2016-12-09 - This entry describes alterations to an existing organ.
Identified by Wayne Johnson, based on personal knowledge of the organ.
<br>Tonal changes by unknown builders to Aeolian-Skinner Opus 888 (1932) -Database Manager
2016-12-13 - Updated through online information from Wayne Johnson. -Database Manager
Stoplist
Source: Taken from console
Unknown Builder (1939)
Perkins School for the Blind
Watertown, MA
GREAT:
16' Diapason
8' Principal
8' Flute
4' Octave
4' Flute
2 2/3' Twelfth *
2' Fifteenth *
III Mixture *
8' Trompette
4' Clarion
Chimes
CHOIR:
8' Geigen
8' Concert Flute
4' Principal *
4' Flute
2' Octave
1' Sifflote *
II Sesquialtera *
8' Cremona *
Chimes
Tremolo
GALLERY:
8' Gt. Diapason
8' Gt. Gedeckt
8' Gt. Gemshorn
4' Gt. Flute
4' Gt. Gemshorn
4' Gt. Octave and Mixture
8' Sw. Geigen Principal
8' Sw. Gedeckt
8' Sw. Gamba
8' Sw. Gemshorn Celeste
4' Sw. Harmonic Flute
8' Sw. Trumpet
8' Sw. Oboe
Tremolo
SWELL:
16' Bourdon
8' Principal
8' Rohrflote
8' Viola *
8' Viola Celeste *
4' Octave
4' Triangle Flute
2 2/3' Twelfth *
2' Blockflote *
III Mixture
II Cymbal *
16' Fagot *
8' Rohr Shalmei *
8' Trumpet
4' Clarion
Tremolo
PEDAL:
16' Diapason
16' Diapason (GT)
16' Bourdon
16' Echo Lieblch (SW)
8' Octave
8' Gedeckt
8' Still Gedeckt (SW)
4' Flute
16' Trombone
8' Tromba
Chimes
GALLERY PEDAL:
16' Diapason
16' Gemshorn
* = changes
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