Better Pipe Organ Database

C. B. Fisk, Inc. Opus 46 (1967,1983,1991)

Harvard University: Memorial Church
1 Harvard Yard
Cambridge, MA

OHS convention: 2000

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)

Images

1999-05-04 - Chancel and Organ Case (Photograph by William T. Van Pelt/Database Manager)

1999-05-04 - Church Interior, Chancel, and Organ Case (Photograph by William T. Van Pelt/Database Manager)

1999-05-04 - Console (Photograph by William T. Van Pelt/Database Manager)

1999-05-04 - Builder's Nameplate (Photograph by William T. Van Pelt/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

4 manuals
48 stops
48 registers
Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Electrical
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes

Notes

2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 2000. -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - First 4 manual tracker built in 20th century in U.S. Wind pressures 2 1/2, 1 7/8 (choir). Tonal changes 1983, 1991. Solid-state combination action 1983. -Database Manager

2012-03-03 - Updated through online information from Stephen Hall. -- This instrument was removed May 2010 by Fisk. It will be relocated to Redeemer Presbyterian Church, Austin Texas, in a new building that is currently in design. Fisk Opus 139 was installed in the rear gallery to replace it for the main sanctuary, a vintage Skinner replaced it for use in the side chapel. (source; Fisk website, accessed March 2, 2012.) -Database Manager

Stoplist

Typed specification Source: from Boston Organ Club Newsletter (September 1968) Date not recorded

Cambridge, Massachusetts
Harvard University - Memorial Chapel

C. B. Fisk, Inc.   Opus 46   1967               4 manuals, 48 stops, 78 ranks
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         GREAT ORGAN (II)                     POSITIVE ORGAN (III)
     16' Bourdon (1-12 Ped)      49        8' Violin Diapason         61
      8' Prestants II            90        8' Chimney Flute           61
      8' Spitzflute              61        4' Italian Principal       61
      4' Octaves II              90    2 2/3' Nazard                  61
      4' Chimney Flute           61        2' Doublet                 61
  2 2/3' Twelfth                 61    1 3/5' Tierce                  61
      2' Fifteenths II           80    1 1/3' Mixture IV             244
         Cornet II-V (mounted)  210      1/2' Cymbal II-III-II       146
  1 1/3' Mixture IV-V-IV        269        8' Cromorne                61
    1/2' Sharp III-IV-III       202        8' English Horn            61
     16' Double Trumpet          61           1 blank slider
      8' Trumpet                 61
      4' Clarion                 61           SWELL ORGAN (IV)
         Cymbelstern                       8' Spindle Flute           61
                                           8' Viola da Gamba          61
         CHOIR ORGAN (I) (a Rückpositif)   8' Voix Céleste (TC)       49
      8' Stopped Diapason        61        4' Gemshorn                61
      4' Prestant                61        2' Night Horn              61
      4' Spire Flute             61        2' Clarion Mixture        308
      2' Fifteenth               61             V-VI-III
  1 1/3' Larigot                 61       16' Bassoon (L/2)           61
      1' Mixture II-III         151        8' Trumpet                 61
      8' Regal (L/4)             61

         PEDAL ORGAN                          COMBINATIONS
     16' Prestant                32           Swell        5    (thumb)
     16' Bourdon (wood)          32           Positive     5    (thumb)
      8' Octave                  32           Great        5    (thumb)
      8' Rohrpipe                32           Choir        5    (thumb)
      4' Super Octave            32           Pedal        5    (toe)
  5 1/3' Mixture V              160           General      8    (thumb & toe)
     32' Contra Bassoon          32           General Cancel    (thumb)
     16' Trombone                32           Setter            (thumb)
      8' Trumpet                 32
      4' Clarion                 32           REVERSIBLES
                                              Swell to Pedal    (thumb)
         COUPLERS                             Positive to Pedal (thumb)
         Great to Pedal                       Great to Pedal    (thumb)
         Positive to Pedal                    Choir to Pedal    (thumb)
         Swell to Pedal
         Choir to Pedal                       EXPRESSION
         Positive to Great                    Balanced Swell Pedal (mechanical)
         Swell to Great                       Balanced Crescendo Pedal
         Choir to Great
         Swell to Positive                    Mechanical key action
         Tremulant                            Electro-pneumatic stop and
           (affects Mans. II, III, IV)          combination action


[Received from Steven E. Lawson  2017-11-30]