Second Congregational Church / United Congregational Church
295 High Street
Holyoke, MA
OHS convention: 2015
Images
2022-06-05 - Church exterior (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2023-04-12 - 32' Bombarde unit (Photograph by Charles Kegg, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2023-04-12 - Right stopjamb (Photograph by Charles Kegg, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2023-04-12 - Left stopjamb (Photograph by Charles Kegg, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2023-04-12 - Console (Photograph by Charles Kegg, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2023-04-12 - Chancel and organ chambers (Photograph by Charles Kegg, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2023-04-12 - Church interior (Photograph by Charles Kegg, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
- Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
- 4 manuals
- 66 stops
- 84 registers
- 6 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)
- Has crescendo
- Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
- Has combination thumb pistons
- Has combination toe pistons
- Has coupler thumb pistons
- Has coupler toe pistons
- Has tutti thumb pistons
- Has tutti toe pistons
Notes
2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1991 -Database Manager
2004-10-30 - Restored by Czelusniak et Dugal 1979. Restoration completed 1990. Reeds refurbished by David Broome, Austin Organs. [Replaced Skinner Op. 167, which was a rebuild of 1894 Hutchings Op. 327. Burned 1919.] -Database Manager
2006-01-04 - Updated through information adapted from <i>E. M. Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner Opus List</i>, by Sand Lawn and Allen Kinzey (Organ Historical Society, 1997), and included here through the kind permission of Sand Lawn: <br><i>Replaced #167; Echo organ is #322-A; dedication recital by William Churchill Hammond on June 21, 1922; extant; unaltered; restorative work by Czelusniak et Dugal from 1977 to 1992. (see # 179 for chapel organ)</i> -Database Manager
2007-11-19 - Updated through online information from Nicholas Russotto. -- There are ventil-style registration aids in hitchdown fashion. When used they bring on "Reeds," "Diapasons," "Strings." There is also a hitchdown for "All Swells" and one for "Chimes on Pedal." -Database Manager
Stoplist
From Allen Kinzey via <i>The Aeolian-Skinner Archives</i> Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Holyoke, Massachusetts
Second Congregational Church
Skinner Organ Company Opus 322 1920 4 manuals, 66 stops, 70 ranks
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GREAT ORGAN (6" wind) SOLO ORGAN (10" wind)
16' Diapason 61 8' Gross Gedeckt 73
16' Bourdon PED 8' Gamba 73
8' First Diapason 61 8' Gamba Celeste 73
8' Second Diapason 61 4' Hohlpfeife 61
8' Claribel Flute 61 16' Fagotto 73
8' Wald Flute 61 8' Heckelphone 73
8' Erzähler 61 8' French Horn 73
4' Octave 61 8' Corno di Bassetto 73
4' Flute 61 8' Musette 73
2 2/3' Twelfth 61 Tremolo
2' Fifteenth 61 8' Tuba Mirabilis (15") 73
8' Tromba 61
Chimes SO ECHO ORGAN (5" wind)
8' Diapason 73
SWELL ORGAN (8" wind) 8' Night Horn 73
16' Bourdon 73 8' Quintadena 73
8' First Diapason 73 8' Tromba 73
8' Second Diapason 73 8' Vox Humana 73
8' Clarabella 73 Tremolo
8' Gedeckt 73 Chimes [Deagan] 25 tubes
8' Gamba 73
8' Salicional 73 PEDAL ORGAN
8' Voix Celeste 73 32' Bourdon 5
8' Spitz Flute 73 16' Diapason 32
8' Flute Celeste (TC) 61 16' Violone 32
8' Aeoline 73 16' Bourdon 32
8' Unda Maris (TC) 61 16' Gamba CH
4' Octave 61 16' Echo Lieblich SW
4' Flute 61 10 2/3' Quint (Bourdon) --
4' Unda Maris II 122 8' Octave 12
2' Flautino 61 8' Cello 12
III Mixture (15-17-19) 183 8' Gedeckt 12
16' Posaune 73 8' Still Gedeckt SW
8' French Trumpet 73 4' Flute 12
8' Cornopean 73 3 1/5' Tierce --
8' Flugel Horn 73 2 2/7' Septieme SW
8' Vox Humana 73 32' Bombarde (15") 32
4' Clarion 61 16' Trombone 12
Tremolo 16' Posaune SW
16' English Horn CH
CHOIR ORGAN (5" wind) 16' Fagotto SO
16' Gamba 73 8' Tromba 12
8' Diapason 73 4' Clarion 12
8' Gamba 73
8' Concert Flute 73 COUPLERS
8' Kleine Erzähler II 134 Swell to Pedal 8 4
4' Flute 61 Great to Pedal 8
2 2/3' Nazard 61 Choir to Pedal 8 4
2' Piccolo 61 Solo to Pedal 8 4
1 3/5' Tierce 61 Swell to Great 16 8 4
1 1/7' Septieme 61 Choir to Great 16 8
16' English Horn 73 Solo to Great 16 8 4
8' Clarinet 73 Swell to Choir 8 4
8' Orchestral Oboe 73 Solo to Choir 8
Tremolo Great to Solo 8
8' Harp (TC) -- Swell to Swell 16 4
4' Celesta 61 bars Choir to Choir 16 4
Solo to Solo 16 4
COMBINATIONS EXPRESSION
Solo & Echo 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8 Balanced Swell Pedal
Swell 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8 Balanced Choir Pedal
Great 1-2-3-4-5 Balanced Solo/Echo Pedal
Choir 1-2-3-4-5-6 Register Crescendo Pedal
Pedal 1-2-3-4-5-6 with indicator light
General Cancel
Setter
Pedal to Manual Combinations
ON & OFF pistons for each manual
Octave Couplers OFF piston
ACCESSORIES
Solo to Pedal Reversible (thumb & toe)
Swell to Pedal Reversible (thumb & toe)
Great to Pedal Reversible (thumb & toe)
Choir to Pedal Reversible (thumb & toe)
Chimes on Pedal (hook-down toe lever)
All Strings (hook-down toe lever)
All Diapasons (hook-down toe lever)
All Reeds (hook-down toe lever)
All Swells (hook-down toe lever)
Sforzando (with indicator) (thumb & toe)
[Received from Steven E. Lawson 2015-06-05]
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