Central Union Church
Honolulu, Hawaii 

Builder:		Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co., Inc.
  Year:			1964
  Opus:			1452
No. manual:		4
No. stops:		65
No. ranks:		66
No. pipes:		4,083

Specification 

Great
	16'	Gemshorn		61
	8'	Prinzipal		61
	8'	Gedecktflote		61
	8'	Gemshorn		12
	4'	Oktave			61
	4'	Quintade		61
	2'	Waldflote		61
	II	Rauschmixtur		122
	IV	Mixture			244
		Chimes
	8'	Festival Trompeta	GAL
Swell
	8'	Spitzgedeckt		68
	8'	Viola Pomposa		68
	8'	Viola Celeste		68
	8'	Kleinerzahler II	136
	4'	Prestant		68
	4'	Koppelflote		68
	2'	Flachflote		61
	IV	Plein Jeu		244
	III	Cymbale			183
	16'	Basson			68
	8'	Trompette		68
	8'	English Horn		68
	8'	Vox Humana		68
	4'	Bombarde		68
		Tremulant
Choir-Positiv
	8'	Spitzgeigen		61
	8'	Rohrgedeckt		61
	8'	Flauto Dolce		61
	8'	Flute Celeste		49	tc
	4'	Fugara Grosso		61
	4'	Blockflote		61
	2 2/3'	Nasat			61
	2'	Prinzipal		61
	1 3/5'	Terz			61
	1'	Sifflote		61
	III	Zimbel			183
	16'	Krummhorn		61
	8'	Rohrschalmei		61
	4'	Orchestral Oboe		61
		Tremulant
Gallery (enclosed except for Festival Trumpet)
	8'	Montre Conique		68
	8'	Pommer			68
	8'	Harmonic Spitzflote	68
	8'	Spitzflote Celeste	56	tc
	4'	Prestant		68
	2'	Zauberflote		61
	III-IV	Fourniture		226
	8'	Hautbois		68
		Harp
	8'	Festival Trompeta	68
	4'	Festival Trompeta	12
		Tremulant
Pedal
	32'	Contre Bourdon		7
	16'	Contra Principal	32
	16'	Bourdon			32
	16'	Gemshorn		GT
	16'	Rohrbass		12	CH
	8'	Octave Principal	12
	8'	Bourdon			12
	8'	Gemshorn		GT
	4'	Choral Principal	12
	4'	Bourdon			12
	IV	Mixture			128
	32'	Contre Basson		12	SW
	16'	Posaune			32
	16'	Basson			SW
	8'	Trumpet			12
	8'	Basson			SW
	4'	Basson			SW
		Chimes			GT


Stop list courtesy of Steve Bournias.

Central Union's history extends back to the original Seaman's Bethel Chapel, built in 1833 to serve the spiritual needs of American merchant seamen visiting Honolulu Harbor.  When fire destroyed the Chapel in 1886, a merger with Fort Street Congregational, organized in 1852 for English-speaking residents, established Central Union at Beretania and Richards, now the present site of Hawaii's new State Capitol.

The present sanctuary of familiar new England Colonial architecture, designed by the Boston firm of Cram and Ferguson, was completed in 1924 on 8 1/2 acres owned by the Dillingham family, originally purchased for $100,000 but now valued at millions of dollars.  Membership of the church is now 3,000, with seating for 2,000.  More than 300 weddings take place at Central Union annually. Side doors to the sanctuary and adjacent Atherton Chapel may be opened during summer services to permit the tradewinds to provide an outdoor atmosphere, thus giving the church a name often used to describe this cool and pleasant condition, "The Church in the Garden."  Central Union Church is the largest UCC congregation west of the Mississippi.