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Unknown Builder (1850's)

Congregational Church
218 Main Street
South Dennis, MA

OHS convention: 1966


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2011-07-13 - Organ case, keydesk open (Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook page, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

2019-11-01 - Organ case, keydesk closed (Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook page, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

2018-12-16 - Side choir gallery and organ (Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook page, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

2017-02-21 - Sanctuary interior with organ at front, right. (Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook page, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

Unknown - Organ case and keydesk (Photograph from an archival source: South Dennis Historical Society, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

a. 1940's - Sanctuary interior with organ at front, right. (Photograph from an archival source: Vintage postcard, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

Unknown - Organ Case Facade (Scan of early 1900s Postcard courtesy of Kenneth P. Smith/Database Manager)

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Main


Notes

2004-10-30 - Restored Andover 1959, 1-11. Fesperman says maybe from DeBleis (sp?) Concert Hall, Boston. -Database Manager

2010-04-22 - Updated through on-line information from John Igoe. -Database Manager

2012-04-09 - Updated through online information from Kenneth Smith. -- Casework: Mahogany front/Oak sides. Console: integral. 1850's, some pipes replaced with substitutes by William B.D. Simmons. 1959, restoration by Charles Fisk and the Andover Organ Co. In the 18th Century, five Snetzler organs were imported to America; only the 1761 Smithsonian and 1762 South Dennis organ survive. -Database Manager


Stoplist

Source: 1966 OHS Handbook

MANUAL (57 notes, unenclosed) Open Diapason* 8 (45 pipes, common bass), Dulciana (TF)* 8 (36 pipes), Clarabell (TF) 8 (36 pipes), St. Diapason Treble (TF) 8 (36 pipes), St. Diapason Bass* 8 (21 pipes), Principal Treble (MC)* 4 (29 pipes), Principal Bass* 4 (28 pipes), Flute 4 (57 pipes), Twelfth* 2⅔ (57 pipes), Fifteenth* 2 (57 pipes), Cornet (MC) II (58 pipes), Bellows Signal


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