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Photo: Piet Bron. Datation: 14 August 2017.

Photo: Piet Bron

Boston MA, USA (Massachusetts) - Old South Church
Commune: Boston
Région:Suffolk County
Adresse: 645 Boylston Street, 02116, Boston, Massachusetts
Site Web: http://www.oldsouth.org/

Description no.: 2028381.

Bâti par: Plaisted & Co. Hutchings (1875) - opus 57
Demolished (1915)


  • Under the advice of Eugene Thayer, the firm built Hutching, Plaisted & Co. in 1875-1876 a new organ for the Old South Church in Boston. The instrument had three manuals and a pedal with 55 stops. The organ was dedicated on January 12, 1876.
  • In 1915 the organ was replaced by a new organ by Ernest Skinner, in which some ranks were taken over from the previous instrument.

Données techniques
Nombre de registres par manuel
- Great Organ16
- Swell Organ14
- Choir Organ14
- Pedal Organ11
Nombre de jeux total55
Transmission des clésMechanical
Transmission des jeuxMechanical
Sommier(s)Slider chests

Composition
Great Organ (C-a'''): Principal 16', Principal 8', Hohlflöte 8', Gamba 8', Doppel Flöte 8', Quinte 5 1/3', Octave 4', Rohrflöte 4', Flauto Traverso 4', Quinte 2 2/3', Super Octave 2', Mixture 5 ranks, Scharf 3 ranks, Trompet 16', Trompet 8', Clarion 4'.
Swell Organ (C-a'''): Bourdon 16', Violin Principal 8', Stopped Diapason 8', Salicional 8', Aeoliane 8', Quintadena 8', Octave 4', Flute Harmonique 4', Violina 4', Flautina 2', Dolce Cornet 5 ranks, Cornopean 8', Oboe 8', Vox Humana 8'.
Choir Organ (C-a'''): Dulciana 16', Geigen Principal 8', Gedekt 8', Dulciana 8', Melodia 8', Spitz Flote 8', Octave 4', Dolce 4', Flute d'Amour 4', Piccolo Harmonique 2', Flautino 1', Faggotto 16', Clarionette 8', Physharmonica 8'.
Pedal Organ (C-f'): Bourdon 32', Principal 16', Violone 16', Dulciana 16', Bourdon 16', Quinte 10 2/3', Gemshorn 8', Violoncello 8', Super Octave 4', Trombone 16', Trompet 8'.
Accouplements: Swell to Great, Choir to Great, Great to Pedal, Swell to Pedal, Choir to Pedal.
Jouer conseils: 4 combinations for Great, 3 combinations for Swell, 2 combinations for Choir, Grand Crescendo.

Références
  • The Great Organ of the Old South Church, Boston / Eugene Thayer. - In: The Organist's Quarterly Journal and Review, no. 10, October 1876.
  • The Great Organ of the Old South Church, Boston. - In: The Boston Organ Club Newsletter, Vol. 2, No. 5, May 1966. - Reprint of the Eugene Thayer article of 1876.

Photo: Piet Bron. Datation: 16 August 2017.
Photo: Piet Bron