Complete description of the selected organ
Billerica, USA (Massachusetts) - First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church
Municipal: Billerica
Region:Middlesex County
Address: 7 Concord Road, 01821, Billerica
Website: http://www.uubillerica.org/
Description nr.: 2065697.
Built by: Emmons Howard (1890)
Short list of all locations the organ has been
Technical data
Specification
Great Organ (C-a'''): Gedeckt 16' (from A), Open Diapason 8', Gamba 8', Stopped Diapason 8', Octave 4', Flute d'Amour 4', Fifteenth 2', Mixture 3 ranks, Trumpet 8'.
Swell Organ (C-a'''): Stopped Diapason 8', Spitzflute 4', Principal 2', Flautino 2', Larigot 1 1/3', Sesquialtera 2 ranks, Cymbal 2 ranks, Oboe 8', Tremolo.
Pedal Organ (C-d'): Sub Bass 16', Lieblich Gedeckt 16'.
Couplers: Swell to Great, Great to Pedal, Swell to Pedal.
Accessories: Piano Great, Forte Great, Bellows Signal.
Billerica, USA (Massachusetts) - First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church
Municipal: Billerica
Region:Middlesex County
Address: 7 Concord Road, 01821, Billerica
Website: http://www.uubillerica.org/
Description nr.: 2065697.
Built by: Emmons Howard (1890)
| Year | Builder | Opus | Activity | 1890 | Emmons Howard | new organ | 1970 | Andover Organ Company | reconstruction |
- Howard Emmons built a two-manual organ with eighteen stops for the First Methodist Episcopal Church in Holyoke, Massachusetts, in 1890. When the organ became redundant, it was taken over by the Organ Clearing House. It could be relocated to the First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church in Billerica in 1970.
- The First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church in Billerica was a historical church building, opened in 1797. But a major fire destroyed the building on December 26, 1967. The organ of the church dated from 1869, and was built by S.S. Hamill. The instrument was installed in the church in 1886 and was rebuilt by Andover in 1957.
- In 1970 the organ was restored by the Andover Organ Company. The specification was modified somewhat, and the stop list was expanded to nineteen stops.
Short list of all locations the organ has been
| 1890 | Holyoke, MA | First Methodist Episcopal Church |
| 1970 | Billerica, MA | First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church |
Technical data
| Number of stops per division | |
| - Great Organ | 9 |
| - Swell Organ | 8 |
| - Pedal Organ | 2 |
| Total number of stops | 19 |
| Key action | Mechanical |
| Stop action | Mechanical |
| Windchest(s) | Slider chests |
Specification
Great Organ (C-a'''): Gedeckt 16' (from A), Open Diapason 8', Gamba 8', Stopped Diapason 8', Octave 4', Flute d'Amour 4', Fifteenth 2', Mixture 3 ranks, Trumpet 8'.
Swell Organ (C-a'''): Stopped Diapason 8', Spitzflute 4', Principal 2', Flautino 2', Larigot 1 1/3', Sesquialtera 2 ranks, Cymbal 2 ranks, Oboe 8', Tremolo.
Pedal Organ (C-d'): Sub Bass 16', Lieblich Gedeckt 16'.
Couplers: Swell to Great, Great to Pedal, Swell to Pedal.
Accessories: Piano Great, Forte Great, Bellows Signal.
| Other specifications | |
|---|---|
| Different specifications |
The original specification was: Great Organ: Open Diapason 8', Dulciana 8', Melodia 8', Octave 4', Flute d'Amour 4', Super Octave 2', Trumpet 8'. Swell Organ: Bourdon 16' (from A), Open Diapason 8', Salicional 8', Aeolinea 8', Stopped Diapason 8', Violina 4', Flute Harmonic 4', Oboe 8' (from c°), Bassoon 8' (C-B), Tremolo. Pedal Organ: Bourdon 16', Flöte 8'. |
| Literature |
The Lowell Offering : Organ Historical Society Twenty-Third Annual National Convention : Middlesex County, Massachusetts : 27-29 June, 1978. |