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George Jardine & Son Opus 1257 (1899)

St. Thomas Episcopal Church
111 High Street
Taunton, MA

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2004-05-10 - Builder's Nameplate (Photograph by William T. Van Pelt/Database Manager)

2004-05-10 - Church Exterior (Photograph by William T. Van Pelt/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main


Notes

2004-10-30 - Originally tubular with Slider chests. Electrified by Clark & Fenton c. 1925. Rebuilt in 1980 by Roche Organ Co. The Swell III Rank Mixture had been altered before the rebuild. It was the last major instrument to leave the Jardine factory, as the firm was dissolved in 1899. it was designed and voiced by Carlton C. Michell of England in the English Romantic Style. -Database Manager

2008-11-16 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -Database Manager


Stoplist

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

Taunton, Massachusetts
St. Thomas Episcopal Church

Geo. Jardine & Sons   Opus 1257   1899        3 manuals, 33 stops, 35 ranks
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         GREAT ORGAN                          SWELL ORGAN
     16' Major Diapason          61       16' Lieblich Bourdon        61
      8' Principal Diapason      61        8' Geigen Diapason         61
      8' Small Diapason          61        8' Viole d'Orchestre       61
      8' Violoncello             61        8' Viole Celeste (TC)      49
      8' Dulciana                61        8' Concert Flute           61
      8' Grosse Flote            61        4' Fugara                  61
      4' Octave                  61        4' Flauto Traverso         61
      4' Harmonic Flute          61           Mixture III            183
  2 2/3' Octave Quint            61       16' Contra Fagotto          61
      2' Super Octave            61        8' Cornopean               61
      8' Tromba                  61        8' Oboe                    61
                                              Tremulant
         CHOIR ORGAN (enclosed)
      8' Viola                   61           PEDAL ORGAN
      8' Echo Salicional         61       16' Great Bass (open wood)  42
      8' Unda Maris (TC)         49       16' Violone Dolce           42
      8' Lieblich Gedackt        61       16' Bourdon                 42
      4' Salicet                 61   10 2/3' Great Quint (fr. Bdn)   --
      4' Flute Octaviante        61        8' Viole d'Amour (fr. Vln) --
      2' Piccolo                 61        8' Grosse Flote (fr. GB)   --
      8' Clarinet                61        8' Flute Douce (fr. Bdn)   --
         Tremulant

         MECHANICALS                          COUPLERS
         11 piston buttons affecting          Sub Octave Choir to Great
           stop-keys                          Unison Choir to Great
         4 combination pedals Great & Pedal   Unison Swell to Great
         3 combination pedals Swell & Pedal   Super Octave Swell to Great
         Grand Jeu pedal (setter)             Swell Octave on itself
         2 Ross Water Motors                  Sub Octave Choir on itself
           (one on each side)                 Unison Swell to Choir
         Choir Expression Pedal               Octave Swell to Choir
         Swell Expression Pedal               Great to Pedals
         Crescendo Pedal                      Choir to Pedals
                                              Swell to Pedals


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


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