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Methuen Organ Co. (1909)

Serlo Hall / Methuen Memorial Music Hall: Concert Hall
192 Broadway
Methuen, MA

Images

1989-09-27 - Organ case (Photo by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

1989-09-27 - Organ case, alternate view (Photo by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

2006-03-14 - Keydesk (Photograph by Len Levasseur/Database Manager)

2006-03-14 - Organ (Photograph by Len Levasseur/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
Console position: Movable Console
4 manuals
83 stops
5 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
Pedal Type: Flat Straight
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons

Notes

2004-10-30 - Identified through information adapted from E. M. Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner Opus List, by Sand Lawn and Allen Kinzey (Organ Historical Society, 1997), and included here through the kind permission of Sand Lawn: Electrification of 1863 Walcker, #200 from Boston Music Hall with new console and chests. Further rebuilt by Aeolian-Skinner in 1946 -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - From Boston Music Hall 1884; electrified Methuen O. Co. 1897; altered G. Donald Harrison (Aeolian-Skinner) 1947 Op. 1103 (new console and chests), 4-115. Case designed and built by Gustav Herter. Great reeds added by Andover in 1971. -Database Manager

2005-09-09 - Online update from Ed Sampson -- The "Great Organ" is in the "Serlo Organ Hall," now known as the "Methuen Memorial Music Hall" and is listed in the "National Register of Historic Places." -Database Manager

2008-11-15 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: Stoplist taken from the console Date not recorded

Methuen Memorial Music Hall
Methuen, Massachusetts

E.F Walcker Orgelbau, Opus 200, 1863
Methuen Organ Co., 1909 - Electrification and Re-installation


       GREAT
16’    Principal 
16’    Tibia Major
16’    Viola Major 
8’     Principal Diapason
8’     Gemshorn
8’     Flute
8’     Gedackt
8’     Viol di Gamba
5-1/3’ Quint
4’     Octave 
4’     Flute d’Amour
4’     Fugara
3-1/5’ Terz 
2-2/3’ Quint Flute
2’     Principal
2’     Waldflute
2’     Hohlflute 
1-3/5’ Terz (discant)
V      Mixtur
IV     Scharff
IV     Cornet
16’    Bassoon
8’     Trombone
8’     Trumpet
4’     Clarion

       SWELL (Expressive)
16’    Bourdon
8’     Principal
8’     Salicional
8’     Gedackt
8’     Quintaton
8’     Dolce
5-1/3’ Quint
4'     Octave
4’     Travers Flöte
4’     Rohr Flöte
2-2/3’ Nasard
2’     Octave
V      Mixtur
8’     Trombone
8’     Oboe 
4’     Cornettino

       CHOIR
16’    Gedackt
8’     Principal Flute
8’     Spitz Flöte
8’     Gedackt
8’     Viola
8’     Physharmonica 
8’     Bifara (ext.)
4’     Principal Flute
4’     Hohlpfeife
4’     Dolce
4’     Bifara
2’     Flautino
1’     Super Octave
II     Sesquialtera
8’     Clarino

       SOLO
16’    Bourdon
8’     Gamben Principal
8’     Concert Flute
8’     Aeoline
4’     Gemshorn
4’     Piffaro
4’     Vox Angelica 
2-2/3’ Quint
2’     Piffaro
2’     Piccolo
8’     Corno Bassetto
8’     Vox Humana

       PEDAL
32’    Principal Bass
32’    Grand Bourdon
16’    Octave Bass
16’    Sub Bass
16’    Contra Violon
16’    Bourdon
8’     Octave Bass
8’     Hohlflötenbass
8’     Flute
8’     Violoncello
8’     Viola
4’     Octave
4’     Flute 
2’     Waldflöte
32’    Bombardon (free reed,, wood resonators) 
16’    Trombone 
16’    Bassoon
8’     Trumpet
4’     Corno Basso
2’     Cornettino


[Received from Sam Cherubin 2014-08-19.]

Websites

The Methuen Memorial Music Hall - Comprehensive web site devoted to the organ, with stoplists, phorographs, history and more. (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)

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