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Lancaster MA, USA (Massachusetts) - First Church of Christ (Unitarian)
Municipal: Lancaster MA
Region:Worcester County
Address: 725 Main Street, 01523, Lancaster, MA
Website: https://www.firstchurchlancasterma.org/
Description nr.: 2065853.
Built by: W.B.D. Simmons & Co. (1869)
Technical data
Specification
Great Organ (C-a'''): Open Diapason 8', Dulciana 8' (from c°), Hohl Flute 8' (from c°), Stopped Diapason Bass 8' (C-B), Principal 4', Flute Harmonic 4', Fifteenth 2', Sesquialtera 2 ranks - 1963, Mixture 3 ranks - 1869/1963, Trumpet 8'.
Swell Organ (C-a'''): Stopped Diapason 8', Principal 4', Flautino 2' - 1963, Quint 1 1/3' - 1963, Oboe 8' (from c°), Bassoon 8' (C-B), Tremblant.
Pedal Organ (C-d'): Stopped Sub Bass 16', Bourdon Bass 16' - 1884.
Couplers: Swell to Great, Great to Pedal, Swell to Pedal.
Accessories: Piano Great, Forte Great, Bellows Signal, Pedal Check.
Lancaster MA, USA (Massachusetts) - First Church of Christ (Unitarian)
Municipal: Lancaster MA
Region:Worcester County
Address: 725 Main Street, 01523, Lancaster, MA
Website: https://www.firstchurchlancasterma.org/
Description nr.: 2065853.
Built by: W.B.D. Simmons & Co. (1869)
| Year | Builder | Opus | Activity | 1869 | W.B.D. Simmons & Co. | new organ | 1884 | Reuben G. Reed | modify stoplist | 1963 | Andover Organ Company | rebuild |
- The First Church of Christ in Lancaster, Massachusetts, was constructed in 1816-1817 after a design by Charles Bulfinch. In 1841 a pipe organ was installed in the gallery, that was replaced in 1869 by the current instrument. This organ is the work of W.B.D. Simmons from Boston. It had two manuals and fourteen stops. In 1884 the instrument was expanded with a second pedal stop (Bourdon 16') by Reuben G. Reed. Reed also replaced the original hitch-down Swell pedal with a modern balanced pedal.
- In 1963, a restoration was carried out by the Andover Organ Company. They added a Sesquialtera to Great and modified or renewed the Mixture. The Swell was modified to make it more bright in sound by adding a Flautino 2' and Quint 1 1/3', and removing the Keraulophon and Salicional.
Technical data
| Number of stops per division | |
| - Great Organ | 9 |
| - Swell Organ | 5 |
| - Pedal Organ | 2 |
| Total number of stops | 16 |
| Key action | Mechanical |
| Stop action | Mechanical |
| Windchest(s) | Slider chests |
Specification
Great Organ (C-a'''): Open Diapason 8', Dulciana 8' (from c°), Hohl Flute 8' (from c°), Stopped Diapason Bass 8' (C-B), Principal 4', Flute Harmonic 4', Fifteenth 2', Sesquialtera 2 ranks - 1963, Mixture 3 ranks - 1869/1963, Trumpet 8'.
Swell Organ (C-a'''): Stopped Diapason 8', Principal 4', Flautino 2' - 1963, Quint 1 1/3' - 1963, Oboe 8' (from c°), Bassoon 8' (C-B), Tremblant.
Pedal Organ (C-d'): Stopped Sub Bass 16', Bourdon Bass 16' - 1884.
Couplers: Swell to Great, Great to Pedal, Swell to Pedal.
Accessories: Piano Great, Forte Great, Bellows Signal, Pedal Check.
| Other specifications | |
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| Different specifications |
The original specification was: Great Organ: Open Diapason 8', Dulciana 8' (from c°), Hohl Flute 8' (from c°), Stopped Diapason Bass (C-B), Principal 4', Flute Harmonic 4', Fifteenth 2', Mixture 2 ranks, Trumpet 8'. Swell Organ: Keraulophon 8' (from c°), Salicional 8' (from c°), Stopped Diapason Treble 8' (from c°), Stopped Diapason Bass (C-B), Principal 4', Oboe 8' (from c°), Bassoon 8' (C-B), Tremblant. Pedal Organ: Stopped Sub Bass 16'. |
| Literature |
The Lowell Offering : Organ Historical Society Twenty-Third Annual National Convention : Middlesex County, Massachusetts : 27-29 June, 1978. |
| Recordings |
Historic American Organs : Northwest of Boston: Acton, Lancaster, Lowell, Methuen, Shirley Center, Woburn. - The Organ Historical Society OHS-78 (LP). - 1979. |