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Austin Organ Co. Opus 1358 (1926)

Parker Street Methodist Church / South Lawrence Assembly of God
132 Parker Street
Lawrence, MA

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)

Images

2022-07-10 - Exterior side (Photograph by Andrew Scanlon/Brad Engelland)

2022-07-10 - Exterior (Photograph by Andrew Scanlon/Brad Engelland)

2009 - Exterior (Photograph by Queen City MA, submitted by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)

ca. 1920's - Church exterior (Photograph from an archival source: Lawrence Public Library Special Collections, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
2 manuals
14 stops
13 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Stop Keys Above Top Manual
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2005-01-07 - Information identifying this instrument from the Austin Organs, Inc. web site, accessed December 29, 2004: http://www.austinorgans.com/organ-research.htm. -Database Manager

2013-05-10 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- The Austin was sold in 1956 to a Methodist church in Pottsdam, NY. where it was installed by William Patchell.<br>The church was founded in 1871 as Blanchard Street Methodist. The first organ in-use as a reed organ. The second organ was a used pipe organ from Reading, Massachusetts installed in 1907 by Gilbert & Butler. In 1956 the Parker Street Methodist congregation merged with Central Methodist Church at Central's edifice. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: Stoplist taken from Robert J. Reich files Date unrecorded

Lawrence, Massachusetts
Parker Street Methodist Church

AUSTIN ORGAN CO., Opus 1358, 1926 - Original Specifications


GREAT (Expressive Except *)                  COUPLERS
8   Open Diapason  (*)           61          Swell to Pedal             8,4
8   Melodia                      61          Great to Pedal             8
8   Viola da Gamba               61
8   Dulciana                     61          Swell to Great          16,8,4

Great 16
↓ Great [Unison] On                          FINGER PISTONS
Great 4                                      General                  1 - 8
                                             Swell & Pedal            1 - 8
                                             Great & Pedal            1 - 8
SWELL (Expressive)
8   Open Diapason                61
8   Stopped Diapason             61          TOE STUDS
8   Viole d'Orchestre            61          General                 9 - 12
8   Viole Celeste          (tc)  49          Pedal                    1 - 4
8   Aeoline                      61          Gt. to Ped.              (rev)
4   Flute Harmonic               61          Sforz.                   (rev)
8   Cornopean                    61
8   Oboe                         61
    Tremolo                                  PEDAL MOVEMENTS
                                             Expression              (bal.)
Swell 16                                     Crescendo               (bal.)
↓ Swell [Unison] On
Swell 4
                                             ACTION: Austin E-P Universal ™

PEDAL                                        VOICES: 13      STOPS: 14
16  Bourdon                      32
16  Lieblich Gedeckt       (Sw)  12          RANKS: 13       PIPES: 764


NOTES
The organ was originally built for this location. In 1956, Parker Street
Methodist merged with Central Methodist at the Central building on the NE
corner of Haverhill & Lawrence Streets. The Austin was sold to a Methodist
Church in Potsdam, NY. And set-up there by William F. Patchell of Malden,
Massachusetts.

Sources: Austin opus list; Robert J. Reich files


Parker Street Methodist Church
132 Parker St.
Lawrence, Massachusetts

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#11980 - William F. Patchell (1956 ca.)