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Boston MA, USA (Massachusetts) - First Baptist Church
Municipal: Boston MA
Region:Suffolk County
Address: 110, Commonwealth Avenue, 02116, Boston, MA
Website: http://www.firstbaptistboston.org/
Description nr.: 2065894.
Built by: Hook & Hastings (1873) - opus 727
Technical data
Specification
Great Organ (C-c''''): Open Diapason 16', Open Diapason 8', Gamba 8', Dulciana 8', Doppel Flute 8', Melodia 8', Octave 4', Night Horn 4', Twelfth 2 2/3', Fifteenth 2', Mixture 3 ranks (15.17.19) - in fact a Cornet, Mixture 5 ranks (15.19.22.26.29), Tuba 16' (from c°), Trumpet 8', Tuba 8' - not present, Clarion 4' - not present.
Choir Organ (C-c''''): String Gamba 16', Open Diapason 8', Dulciana 8', Unda Maris 8', Gedeckt 8', Octave 4', Flauto Traverso 4', Twelfth 2 2/3', Piccolo 2', Clarinet 8', Tremolo.
Swell Organ (C-c''''): Bourdon Bass 16' (C-B), Bourdon 16' (from c°), Open Diapason 8', Stopped Diapason 8', Salicional 8', Vox Celeste 8', Aeoline 8' - not present, Quintadena 8', Octave 4', Harmonic Flute 4', Flautino 2', Seventh 1 1/7', Mixture 4 ranks, Posaune 16' (from c°), Cornopean 8', Oboe 8', Vox Humana 8', Tremolo.
Pedal Organ (C-g'): Resultant 32', Open Diapason 16', Bourdon 16', Quint 10 2/3', Major Flute 8', Violoncello 8', Viola 8', Flute 4', Bombarde 16', Tuba 16' - not present, Tuba 8' - not present, Clarion 4' - not present.
Other stops: Chimes - not present.
Couplers: Choir to Great, Choir to Great 16', Choir to Great 4', Swell to Great, Swell to Great 16', Swell to Great 4', Swell to Choir, Swell to Choir 16', Swell to Choir 4', Great to Pedal, Great to Pedal 4', Choir to Pedal, Choir to Pedal 4', Swell to Pedal, Swell to Pedal 4', Great to Great 16', Great to Great 4', Great Unison Off, Choir to Choir 16', Choir to Choir 4', Choir Unison Off, Swell to Swell 16', Swell to Swell 4', Swell Unison Off.
Accessories: 8 Pistons to Great, 8 Pistons to Choir, 8 Pistons to Swell, 4 Pistons to Pedal, 8 General Pistons, 4 General Toe Studs, Crescendo, Sforzando.
Boston MA, USA (Massachusetts) - First Baptist Church
Municipal: Boston MA
Region:Suffolk County
Address: 110, Commonwealth Avenue, 02116, Boston, MA
Website: http://www.firstbaptistboston.org/
Description nr.: 2065894.
Built by: Hook & Hastings (1873) - opus 727
| Year | Builder | Opus | Activity | 1873 | Hook & Hastings | 727 | new organ | ca. 1925 | William W. Laws | rebuild |
- The First Baptist Church on the corner of Commonwealth Avenue and Clarendon Street in Boston, Massachusetts, was built as the church of the Brattle Square Society in 1873. The company Hook & Hastings installed a three-manual organ, opus 727, in this church in the same year. But because of financial problems of the Brattle Square Society, the building had to be closed in 1876, and it was put for sale. Church and organ were taken over by the Baptist community at the end of 1881, and after a short renovation (including the construction of new galleries) the church could be opened again in the spring of 1882.
- Somewhere between 1920 and 1930, the organ was overhauled by William W. Laws. He electrified the action and installed a free-standing console. Six stops and the chimes are present at the console, but there is no preparation for those stops in the organ itself.
Technical data
| Number of stops per division | |
| - Great Organ | 16 (14) |
| - Choir Organ | 10 |
| - Swell Organ | 16 (15) |
| - Pedal Organ | 12 (9) |
| Total number of stops | 54 (48) |
| Key action | Electrical |
| Stop action | Electrical |
| Windchest(s) | Slider chests |
Specification
Great Organ (C-c''''): Open Diapason 16', Open Diapason 8', Gamba 8', Dulciana 8', Doppel Flute 8', Melodia 8', Octave 4', Night Horn 4', Twelfth 2 2/3', Fifteenth 2', Mixture 3 ranks (15.17.19) - in fact a Cornet, Mixture 5 ranks (15.19.22.26.29), Tuba 16' (from c°), Trumpet 8', Tuba 8' - not present, Clarion 4' - not present.
Choir Organ (C-c''''): String Gamba 16', Open Diapason 8', Dulciana 8', Unda Maris 8', Gedeckt 8', Octave 4', Flauto Traverso 4', Twelfth 2 2/3', Piccolo 2', Clarinet 8', Tremolo.
Swell Organ (C-c''''): Bourdon Bass 16' (C-B), Bourdon 16' (from c°), Open Diapason 8', Stopped Diapason 8', Salicional 8', Vox Celeste 8', Aeoline 8' - not present, Quintadena 8', Octave 4', Harmonic Flute 4', Flautino 2', Seventh 1 1/7', Mixture 4 ranks, Posaune 16' (from c°), Cornopean 8', Oboe 8', Vox Humana 8', Tremolo.
Pedal Organ (C-g'): Resultant 32', Open Diapason 16', Bourdon 16', Quint 10 2/3', Major Flute 8', Violoncello 8', Viola 8', Flute 4', Bombarde 16', Tuba 16' - not present, Tuba 8' - not present, Clarion 4' - not present.
Other stops: Chimes - not present.
Couplers: Choir to Great, Choir to Great 16', Choir to Great 4', Swell to Great, Swell to Great 16', Swell to Great 4', Swell to Choir, Swell to Choir 16', Swell to Choir 4', Great to Pedal, Great to Pedal 4', Choir to Pedal, Choir to Pedal 4', Swell to Pedal, Swell to Pedal 4', Great to Great 16', Great to Great 4', Great Unison Off, Choir to Choir 16', Choir to Choir 4', Choir Unison Off, Swell to Swell 16', Swell to Swell 4', Swell Unison Off.
Accessories: 8 Pistons to Great, 8 Pistons to Choir, 8 Pistons to Swell, 4 Pistons to Pedal, 8 General Pistons, 4 General Toe Studs, Crescendo, Sforzando.
| Literature |
First Baptist Church. - In: The Boston Organ Club Newsletter, Vol. 2, No. 1, January, 1966. |
| Links |
http://www.firstbaptistboston.org/music.html |