First Baptist Church: Sanctuary; front
819 Massachusetts Ave.
Arlington, MA
Images
1977 - Facade at front of sanctuary (Photograph by First Baptist Church of Arlington, submitted by Paul Chudigian/Paul Chudigian)
1960's - Facade (Photograph by "Proud to be From Arlington Before it was Trendy" Facebook group, submitted by Paul Chudigian/Paul Chudigian)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
- Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
- 3 manuals
- 44 stops
- 59 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 (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 toe pistons
- Has tutti toe pistons
Notes
2004-10-30 - The original builder was Frazee Organ Co. (1926). -Database Manager
2004-10-30 - Console renovated; added Great Mixture and Pedal Choralbass added; Great chorus revoiced. Rebuilt by Bishop Organ Co. -Database Manager
2007-01-30 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- Some unspecified work was done on the organ by the Morel Organ Co. of Reading, Massachusetts in 1968. Other later work was also done by the Andover Organ Co. of Methuen, Massachusetts. -Database Manager
2021-07-27 - The composition of the Great IV Mixture was later modified by the Andover Organ Co. -Jim Stettner
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