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Frazee Organ Co. (1926)

First Baptist Church: Sanctuary
819 Massachusetts Ave.
Arlington, MA

Images

1989-03-10 - Facade (Archival source not identified by contributor: James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

1989-03-10 - Console: left stopjamb (Archival source not identified by contributor: James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

1989-03-10 - Console: right stopjamb (Archival source not identified by contributor: James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

1999-05-04 - Sanctuary Interior, Chancel, and Pipe Facade (Photograph by William T. Van Pelt/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
44 stops
57 registers
4 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 (Details Unknown)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2004-10-30 - Voiced by James Cole. Renovated 1992 by the Bishop Organ Co. -Database Manager

2007-01-30 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- The previous organ was by the Cole Organ Co. and was lost to fire in 1924, which is why James Cole voiced the Frazee - to make it as much like the former Cole as possible. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: From THE DIAPASON March 1925

       Arlington, Massachusetts
       First Baptist Church

       Frazee   1926   3/46
       _____________________________________________

       GREAT                      SWELL
   16' Diapason          73   16' Double Dulciana 73
    8' 1st Diapason      73    8' Diapason        73
    8' 2nd Diapason      73    8' Melodia         73
    8' Gamba             73    8' Flute Celeste   61
    8' Clarabella        73    8' Viola da Gamba  73
    8' Gamba             73    8' Dulciana        --
    8' Doppelflöte       73    8' Unda Maris      61
    4' Octave            73    4' Salicet         73
    4' Waldflöte         73    4' Flute d'Amour   73
2 2/3' Tweflth           61    8' Clarinet        73
    2' Fifteenth         61    8' French Horn     73
    8' Trumpet (in CH)   73       Tremulant
       Chimes  (in SW)   25    8' Chimes          GT
                               8' Harp            49
       SWELL
   16' Bourdon           73       PEDAL
    8' Diapason          73   32' Contra Bourdon  32
    8' Stopped Diapason  73   16' 1st Diapason    32
    8' Salicional        73   16' 2nd Diapason    GT
    8' Viole d'Orchestre 73   16' Violone         32
    8' Viole Celeste     61   16' Bourdon         12
    8' Dolce Flute       73   16' Soft Bourdon    SW
    8' Aeoline           73   16' Dulciana        CH
    4' Harmonic Flute    73    8' Octave          12
    4' Violina           73    8' Flute Bass      32
    2' Flautino          61    8' Violoncello     12
  III  Dolce Cornet     183    8' Gedeckt         SW
   16' Contra Fagotto    73   16' Trombone        32
    8' Cornopean         73   16' Fagotto         SW
    8' Oboe              73    8' Tromba          12
    8' Vox Humana        61       Chimes          GT 
    4' Clarion           73
       Tremulant

      [Received from Jeff Scofield December 25, 2022]

Documents

Write-up from THE DIAPASON March 1925 Stoplist and commentary -Jeff Scofield

Websites

Frazee/Cole Organ: First Baptist Church of Arlington Mass. - A handful of videos of me playing the Frazee/Cole organ at my church (First Baptist Church of Arlington Mass). (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)

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