3 Manuals, 29 ranks, 25 stops, 1,927 pipes

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GREAT  (II; in east chamber)

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16'          Flute Conique (Gemshorm) †               61 pipes
8'            Diapason                                            61 pipes
8'            Flute Harmonic                                 61 pipes
8'            Gemshorn                                          61 pipes
4'            Principal                                             61 pipes
2  ⅔'       Grave Mixture II ranks                   122 pipes
               Chimes                                            from Choir
               Swell to Great 16
               Swell to Great
               Swell to Great 4
               Choir to Great 16
               Choir to Great
               Choir to Great 4
               Great 4
               Great Unison off

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SWELL  (III; enclosed in west chamber)

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8'            Geigen Diapason                              73 pipes
8'            Rohrflöte                                            73 pipes
8'            Salicional                                           73 pipes
8'            Voix Celeste                                       61 pipes
8'            Aeoline                                                73 pipes
4'            Flute Triangulaire                              73 pipes
2'            Mixture IV ranks                              244 pipes
16'          Waldhorn *                                          73 pipes
8'            Trumpet                                              73 pipes
8'            Corno d'Amore                                   73 pipes
8'            Vox Humana                                      73 pipes
4'            Clarion                                                 73 pipes
               Tremulant
                Swell 16 
                Swell 4
                Swell Unison off

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CHOIR  (I; enclosed in east chamber)

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8'            Concert Flute                                    73 pipes
8'            Viola                                                    73 pipes
8'            Klein Erzahler                                    73 pipes
8'            Klein Erzahler Celeste                      61 pipes
4'            Flute d'Amour                                    73 pipes
8'            Clarinet                                               73 pipes
               Chimes **                                             20 tubes
               Tremulant
               Swell to Choir 16
               Swell to Choir
               Swell to Choir 4
               Choir 16
               Choir 4
               Choir Unison off
               Pedal to Choir

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PEDAL  (in east and west chambers)

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32'         Resultant                                            32 pipes
16'         Diapason                                            44 pipes
16'         Bourdon                                              44 pipes
16'         Gemshorn                                       from Great
8'            Octave                                                         12 pipes
8'            Flute                                                   12 pipes
8’            Rohrflöte                                        from Swell
16'          Waldhorn                                       from Swell
 8’           Trumpet                                         from Swell
               Great to Pedal
               Swell to Pedal
               Swell to Pedal 4
               Choir to Pedal
               Choir to Pedal 4

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ACCESSORIES  

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              Manual Transfer
              All Pistons Next


†  Original factory knob name
* Spec’d in 1933; built/installed in 2019   
** Built/installed in 1941

Recorded Live at Midnight, December 25, 2019

Choir: Dominique Duarte • Kayleigh Butcher† • Sofia Björkman • Domenic Guastaferro • Jialina Guastaferro • Janice Hall • Cailtin Jones • Kathleen Kilbane •  Janet Natale† • Adam Menninga • Margo Reynolds • Jessica Schneiderman† • Jerrod Sanders† • Joseph Simmons • Constance Stellas • Emma Terese •
Stark Wilz • Lisa Workman • Kathryn Zimmer
†  Soloists

Flutes & Clarinets: Amy Griffiths • Greg Thymius
French Horn: Audrey Flores
Trumpets: Jami Dauber • Rachel Therrien
Trombones: Noah Bless • Andrea Neumann
Violins: Philip Carter • JD Hunter
Viola: Jennifer Herman
Cello: Ward Williams
Timpani: Peter Saleh
Associate Director of Music: Normand Gouin
Director of Music & Liturgy: Thomas DeFrancesco

 

Opus 908 was built by the Aeolian-Skinner Organ Company of Boston, MA, completed for Christmas of 1933.  Remarkably crafted by Ernest M. Skinner and G. Donald Harrison, the two most important figures in American organ building of the 20th Century, Op. 908 marked one of the first installations of the newly merged Aeolian and Skinner organ companies.  

 

Custom-made for the size and acoustics of our worship space, the nearly 2,000 pipes showcase the thrilling fiery reeds, and the rich principal choruses combined with mixtures that Skinner & Harrison were known for. Commanded by a drawknob console housing three sixty-one note manual keyboards and a thirty-two note pedal board, the twenty nine ranks of speaking pipes range in length from 16 feet to the size of a pencil. 

 

By the turn of the 21 century, time, dirt, and water damage had contributed to the deterioration of Op. 908. In August of 2009 the instrument was removed from the church and placed in storage while the church underwent major cleaning and restoration.  At the age of 85, every part of the organ is in need of reconditioning. From the blower to the console, each piece has been disassembled.  

The instrument is exceptionally dirty, and many of the pipes have suffered from rust and mold. Regardless of these obsticles, Opus 908 remains a top-quality instrument and is being restored to it’s original operating condition by Foley-Baker Inc.