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Chancel Organ:
George S. Hutchings, Opus 205
Façade design by Henry Vaughn

   

Originally installed soon after the church was built in 1890, the instrument has been a source of magnificent music at St. Barnabas for over a century. With this history of service, the organ has necessarily had a number of modifications & repairs. Around 1936, an electric blower was added, and - until recently - there were still several parishioners who remembered pumping the organ during the services of their youth. A major renovation & improvement in design was carried out in 1968 by the Andover Organ Company of Methuen, Massachusetts.

While preserving the finest qualities of the original instrument, Andover introduced various changes to make the organ more versatile for the wider range of organ literature available since 1890. The case pipes were carefully removed and painstakingly polished by dedicated volunteers from the church. The changes included the installation of a new pedalboard (32 notes versus the original 27) and the addition of several stops to the Swell and Great divisions. The Pedal division, with four sets of pipes from which eight stops are derived, now has electro-pneumatic action, while the Swell and Great divisions still retain the original mechanical action. The rebuilt organ contains 1298 pipes compared to the original configuration's 796 pipes.

  Great    
  Open Diapason 8'
  Hohlflute 8'
  Octave 4'
  Flute d’Amour 4'
  Super Octave 2'
  Sesquialtera II 2 2/3'
  Mixture III 1 1/3'
     
  Swell  
  Bourdon 16'
  Stopped Diapason 8'
  Gamba 8'
  Celeste 8'
  Flute Harmonique 4'
  Gemshorn 2'
  Larigot 1 1/3'
  Oboe 8'
  Pedal  
  Bourdon 16'
  Gedeckt 16'
  Principal 8'
  Gedeckt 8'
  Quint 5 1/3'
  Principal 4'
  Gedeckt 4'
  Mixture IV 2 2/3'
     
  Couplers  
  Swell to Great 4'
  Swell to Great 8'
  Swell to Pedal 8'
  Great to Pedal 8'
     
  Tremolo  
  Zimbelstern  
  Four Combination Pedals


Chapel Organ:
Charles B. Fisk, Opus 59A Fisk Organ

Built in 1970, the chapel organ originally was in the home of Frank Taylor, a well-known organist in the Boston area. St. Barnabas acquired the small Fisk organ in 1985 through the generosity of Julie Merchant and other Friends of Music at St. Barnabas. The organ features mechanical key action with electric stop action.

Positif
Manual I, 56 Notes
  Flûte à Cheminee 8'
  Prestant 4'
  Cornet I-II  
  Fourniturera III  
 
Récit
Manual II, 56 Notes
  Bourdon 8'
  Quarte de Nasard 2'
  Cromorne  
Pedal 32 Notes
  Bourdon 16'
  Flûte (16') 8'
  Cor de Nuit (16') 4'
  Basson 16'
  Dulciane (Basson) 8'
  Musette (Basson) 4'
 
Couplers  
  Récit to Positif  
  Positif to Pedale  
  Récit to Pedale  
Tremblant Generale

 

     
 
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