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Frazee Organ Co. (1926)

Mishkan Tefila Congregation
206 Seaver St.
Boston, MA

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

Images

1925 - Console (Photograph from an archival source: From Frazee ad in THE DIAPASON November 1925, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

4 manuals
75 stops
87 registers
7 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)

Notes

2022-12-23 - After the congregation moved a few decades later, the building remained vacant and derelict for around 35 years; it is now home to the United House of Prayer for All People, which spents millions renovating the building. -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

Source: From THE DIAPASON February 1925

       Boston, Massachusetts
       Temple Mishkan Tefila

       Frazee  4/80
       ____________________________________________

       GREAT                    SWELL
   16' Diapason       61    16' Bourdon          73
    8' 1st Diapason   61     8' Diapason         73
    8' 2nd Diapason   61     8' Gedeckt          73
    8' Harmonic Flute 61     8' Concert Flute    73
    8' Violoncello    61     8' Salicional       73
    4' Octave         61     8' Voix Celeste     61
    4' Harmonic Flute 61     8' Quintadena       73
2 2/3' Twelfth        61     8' Spitzflöte       73
    2' Fifteenth      61     8' Flute Celeste    61
   IV  Mixture     a 244     8' Aeoline          73
    8' Trumpet        61     4' Octave           73
                             4' Harmonic Flute   73
       CHOIR                4' Violina          73
   16' Dulciana       73     2' Flautino         61
    8' Diapason       73   III  Mixture       b 183
    8' Clarabella     73    16' Contra Fagotto   73
    8' Viola          73     8' Cornopean        73
    8' Dulciana       73     8' Oboe             73
    8' Unda Maris     61     4' Clairon          73
    4' Traversflöte   73        Tremulant
2 2/3' Nazard         61
    2' Piccolo        61        SOLO
1 3/5' Tierce         61     8' Stentorphone     73
    8' Clarinet       73     8' Grossflöte       73
       Tremulant             8' Gross Gamba      73
       Chimes         EC     8' Gamba Celeste    61
       Harp           SO     4' Harmonic Flute   73
                                Tremulant
       PEDAL                 8' Tuba Mirabilis   73
   32' Bourdon        32     8' French Horn      73
   16' 1st Diapason   32        Chimes           EC
   16' 2nd Diapason   GT        Harp             61
   16' Violone        32
   16' Bourdon        12        ECHO
   16' Soft Bourdon   SW    16' Bourdon          12
   16' Dulciana       CH     8' Diapason         73
    8' Flute (OpDia)  12     8' Night Horn       73
    8' Violoncello    12     8' Muted Viol       73
    8' Still Gedeckt  SW     8' Viol Celeste     73
    4' Octave         32     4' Violina          12
    4' Flute          GT     4' Flute            73
   16' Trombone       32     8' Vox Humana       61
   16' Fagotto        SW        Tremulant
    8' Trumpet        32        Chimes           25
    4' Clarion        32
                      
       ECHO PEDAL            a  17-19-22-26
   16' Bourdon        EC     b  12-15-17

      Received from Jeff Scofield December 23, 2022]

Documents

Frazee ad from THE DIAPASON November 1925 Frazee ad from THE DIAPASON November 1925 -Jeff Scofield
Write-up from THE DIAPASON February 1925 Stoplist and commentary -Jeff Scofield