Better Pipe Organ Database

Geo. Stevens (& Co.) (1874)

First Baptist Church / Northboro Historical Society
Northboro, MA

Images

2021-10-17 - Organ in the rear gallery of the Historical Society Museum (Photograph by Stephen St. Denis/Stephen St. Denis)

2021-10-17 - Builder's nameplate (Photograph by Stephen St. Denis/Stephen St. Denis)

2021-10-17 - Left stop jamb (Photograph by Stephen St. Denis/Stephen St. Denis)

2021-10-17 - Right stop jamb (Photograph by Stephen St. Denis/Stephen St. Denis)

2021-10-17 - Console and pedalboard (Photograph by Stephen St. Denis/Stephen St. Denis)

2021-10-17 - Organ façade and keydesk (Photograph by Stephen St. Denis/Stephen St. Denis)

2021-10-17 - Organ façade (Photograph by Stephen St. Denis/Stephen St. Denis)

2021-10-17 - Building exterior (Photograph by Stephen St. Denis/Stephen St. Denis)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
Console position: Keydesk Attached
2 manuals
13 stops
15 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Mechanical With Pneumatic Assists
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
Manual compass: 56 notes
Pedal compass: 20 notes
Pedal Type: Flat Straight
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)

Notes

2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1996. -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - Formerly Baptist church. -Database Manager

2021-10-20 - The organ was built in 1874 for the First Baptist Church of Northborough. In 1949 the Baptist Congregation merged with another evangelical congregation in Northborough. The First Baptist Church building and the organ were acquired by the Northborough Historical Society in 1959. Andover Organ Co. of Methuen, MA restored the organ in 2013. -Stephen St. Denis

Stoplist

Source: Stoplist copied from Database photos October 20, 2021

Northboro, MA
First Baptist Church / Northboro Historical Society

Geo. Stevens (& Co.) (1874)


        GREAT
[8]     Open Diapason
[8]     Dulciana
[8]     Melodia Treble
[8]     Stop'd Diapason Bass
[4]     Principal
[4]     Flute
[3]     Twelfth
[2]     Fifteenth

        SWELL (Expressive)
[8] Sw. Open Diapason
[8] Sw. Salicional
[8] Sw. Stop'd Diap. Treble
[8] Sw. Stop'd Diap. Bass
[4] Sw. Principal
[8] Sw. Hautboy
    Sw  Tremulo  [sic]

        PEDAL
[16]    Sub Bass
        Pedal Check

COUPLERS (Drawknob)
Pedals & Swell
Pedals & Great

Great & Swell

PEDAL MOVEMENTS
Swell Expression     (bal.)

ACCESSORIES
Bellows Signal