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Andover Organ Co. Opus R405 (2004)

Williamstown United Federated Church: Sanctuary; front
2426 Vermont Route 14
Williamstown, VT

OHS convention: 2013

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


Images


2012-02-26 - Sanctuary Interior and Pipe Façade (Photograph by Len Levasseur/Database Manager)

2012-02-26 - Keydesk and Pipe Façade (Photograph by Len Levasseur/Database Manager)

2012-02-26 - Keydesk and Pipe Façade (Photograph by Len Levasseur/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main


Notes

2004-10-30 - Originally built for the Unitarian Church in Keene, New Hampshire, and rebuilt there by Seaver 1895, 2-20. -Database Manager

2006-01-14 - Updated through on-line information from Stephen Morse. -- Rebuilt by Andover, 2005. -Database Manager

2013-05-08 - Updated with information from Stephen Pinel for the 2013 Vermont Convention. -- Relocated from Keene to Bellows Falls, Vermont, in 1909; later relocated to its current home in Williamstown by amateurs in 1938. -Database Manager

2021-04-28 - Sadly, the organ was destroyed by fire the evening of Monday, April 26, 2021. The church was a total loss. -Scot Huntington

2021-04-29 - By the light of day, the upstairs sanctuary has been destroyed but the downstairs fellowship hall is intact with severe water damage. Whether it is salvageable remains to be seen. The fire department assisted in removing the Revere bell the next morning, before what was left of the steeple collapsed. The organ was totally destroyed except for the keyboards, only because the console cover was down. This is especially sad, as it was Nutting's only surviving two-manual organ (including his only surviving Trumpet)- his remaining extant organs being small one-manual and chamber organs. The organ had been throughly rebuilt by Sievert, an ex-Hutchings man, in a late 19th-century style using Hutchings parts (keyboards, stop knobs and engraving, action components, etc.), and with a new case. However the Nutting chests and pipework were completely intact without revoicing, with a few minor tonal changes using Hutchings-style pipework. This organ contained the largest surviving collection of Nutting pipework. Sadly, while the 2013 Vermont convention did an excellent documentation of the organ culture, there was no documentation whatsoever of the individual organs, so any technical knowledge of this one-of-a-kind instrument is now lost. -Scot Huntington


Stoplist

Source: Stoplist from the 2013 OHS Vermont Convention 2013

Williamstown, Vermont
United Federated Church

WM. A NUTTING, 1868 - for the Unitarian Church in Keene, New Hampshire
1895 - Rebuilt by Seaver
1909 - Relocated to Bellows Falls, Vermont
1938 - Moved to this location
2004-05 - Refurbished/Rebuilt by Andover Orgn Co.

STOPLIST

      GREAT
8     Open Diapason               56
8     Dulciana              (tc)  44
8     Stopd Diapason        (tc)  44
8     Stopd Diapason Bass         12
4     Octave                      56
4     Flute                 (tc)  44
2     Super Octave                56
8     Trumpet               (tc)  44


      SWELL (Expressive)
8     Open Diapason         (tc)  44
8     Viola Di Gamba        (tc)  44
8     Viola D'Amour         (tc)  44
8     Clarabella            (tc)  44
8     Stopped Dia. Treble   (tc)  44
8     Stopped Dia. Bass           12
4     Octave                      56
2 2/3 Octave Quint                56
2     Super Octave                56
8     Oboe                  (tc)  44
      Tremolo


      PEDAL
16    Open Diapason               25
16    Bourdon                     25


COUPLERS
Swell to Great
Great to Pedal
Swell to Pedal


MISC. CONTROLS
Blowers Signal (sic)
   

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