United Congregational Church
6 Institute Rd.
Worcester, MA
Images
2024-01-22 - Church exterior (Stephen St. Denis/Stephen St. Denis)
2024-02-27 - Organ in the front of the church (the Swell division is in the right corner chamber) (Stephen St. Denis/Stephen St. Denis)
2024-02-27 - Organ façade (console is behind the podium) (Stephen St. Denis/Stephen St. Denis)
2024-02-27 - Console (Stephen St. Denis/Stephen St. Denis)
2024-02-27 - Left stopjamb (Stephen St. Denis/Stephen St. Denis)
2024-02-27 - Right stopjamb (Stephen St. Denis/Stephen St. Denis)
2024-02-27 - Builder's nameplate (Stephen St. Denis/Stephen St. Denis)
2024-02-27 - Antiphonal division above the rear gallery (Stephen St. Denis/Stephen St. Denis)
Consoles
Chancel
- Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
- Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
- 3 manuals
- 41 stops
- 54 registers
- 5 divisions
- Key action Type: Electrical
- Stop action Type: Electrical
- Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
- Manual compass: 56 notes
- Pedal compass: 30 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
2024-02-29 - The instrument is a rebuilding and enlargement of the 1958, 3/49 Schantz Organ Co. Opus 352, which was relocated from the Chestnut Street Congregational Church in Worcester (OHS Database ID# 48050) when that churched merged with the Central Congregational Church to form the United Congregational Church. The present organ has electro-pneumatic wind chest. It is a 3 manual and pedal organ with 54 ranks and 2922 pipes. The 1987 Berkshire organ replaced the 1958 Austin Organs, Inc Opus 1804-R, which is no longer extant. (OHS Database ID#s 53728 and 12665)
The organ is currently not in regular use but was played on 2-27-2024. It is playable but needs tuning.
-Stephen St. Denis
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