Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
2004-10-30 - To Portsmouth, RI. -Database Manager
2017-11-27 - "Mr. Ryder built the organ using the chests, reservoir and most of the pipes of a two-manual tracker owned, it is believed, by a member of the church. The plain oak case, console and action, and several ranks are by Ryder. The organ once stood in a large semi-circular recess behind the pulpit, in what is a bay window formed by a squat tower. The front of the auditorium was changed to the opposite end in 1930, and the organ moved to a new platform by W. W. Laws. A few years ago the instrument was cleaned and quite carefully renovated. Many of the stops are very pleasing and the chorus is surprisingly bright, topped off with a not-so-sweet Oboe!" (Boston Organ Club Newsletter, February 1966) -Database Manager
Typed specification Source: from Boston Organ Club Newsletter (February 1966) Date not recorded
Somerville, Massachusetts
Highland Congregational Church
Geo. H. Ryder ca. 1896 2 manuals, 18 registers, 16 stops, 16 ranks
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GREAT ORGAN SWELL ORGAN
8' Open Diapason 56 16' Bourdon (TC) 44
8' Dulciana 56 8' Open Diapason (TC) 44
8' Viol d'Orchestre (TC) 44 8' Aeoline 56
8' Melodia (TA) 35 8' Std. Diap. Treble (TC) 35
8' Std. Diap. Treble (TC) 35 8' Std. Diap. Bass 21
8' Std. Diap. Bass 21 4' Violina 56
4' Octave 56 4' Flute 56
4' Flute Dolce (TC) 44 8' Oboe (TC) 44
2' Fifteenth 56 Tremolo
PEDAL ORGAN
16' Bourdon 27
Great to Swell
Great to Pedal
Swell to Pedal
2 Great combination pedals
Signal
[Received from Steven E. Lawson 2017-11-27]
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