St. Barnabas is blessed to have two tracker organs, one in our church and one in our chapel.
Chancel Organ:
George S. Hutchings, Opus 205
Façade design by Henry Vaughn
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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.
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Chapel Organ:
Charles B. Fisk, Opus 59A
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.
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