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Housatonic, USA (Massachusetts) - Unitarian Universalist Meeting of South Berkshire
Municipal: Great Barrington
Region:Berkshire County
Address: 1089 Main Street, 01236, Housatonic, MA
Website: http://www.uumsb.org/
Description nr.: 2063311.
Built by: Johnson & Son (1893) - opus 805
Technical data
Specification
Great Organ (C-a'''): Open Diapason 8', Melodia 8', Dulciana 8', Octave 4', Flute d’Amour 4', Fifteenth 2'.
Swell Organ (C-a'''): Violin Diapason 8', Stopped Diapason 8', Dolce 8', Fugara 4', Flautino 2', Oboe & Bassoon 8', Tremolo.
Pedal Organ (C-d'): Sub Bass 16'.
Couplers: Swell to Great, Great to Pedal, Swell to Pedal.
Accessories: Piano Great, Forte Great, Bellows Signal.
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1893 William Johnson & Son Organ - UU Meeting of South Berkshire - Housatonic, Massachusetts (2023)
Housatonic, USA (Massachusetts) - Unitarian Universalist Meeting of South Berkshire
Municipal: Great Barrington
Region:Berkshire County
Address: 1089 Main Street, 01236, Housatonic, MA
Website: http://www.uumsb.org/
Description nr.: 2063311.
Built by: Johnson & Son (1893) - opus 805
| Year | Builder | Opus | Activity | 1893 | Johnson & Son | 805 | new organ | 1989 | Andover Organ Company | maintenance/reparations |
- The Unitarian Universalist Meeting of South Berkshire is a church building in Housatonic, built in 1892 as a Congregational Church after a design of H. Neill Wilson. William A. Johnson & Son installed a two-manual pipe organ in 1893. The organ has never been altered. Andover releathered the bellows in 1989 and carried out maintenance.
- In 2014 the church building was sold to the Unitarian Universalists, and they also took over te historic organ.
Technical data
| Number of stops per division | |
| - Great Organ | 6 |
| - Swell Organ | 7 |
| - Pedal Organ | 1 |
| Total number of stops | 14 |
| Key action | Mechanical |
| Stop action | Mechanical |
| Windchest(s) | Slider chests |
Specification
Great Organ (C-a'''): Open Diapason 8', Melodia 8', Dulciana 8', Octave 4', Flute d’Amour 4', Fifteenth 2'.
Swell Organ (C-a'''): Violin Diapason 8', Stopped Diapason 8', Dolce 8', Fugara 4', Flautino 2', Oboe & Bassoon 8', Tremolo.
Pedal Organ (C-d'): Sub Bass 16'.
Couplers: Swell to Great, Great to Pedal, Swell to Pedal.
Accessories: Piano Great, Forte Great, Bellows Signal.
| Literature |
Organ Historical Society : 60th Annual Convention : Pioneer Valley Organ Extravaganza : June 28 - July 3 2015. - Richmond, VA : Organ Historical Society, 2015. |