Better Pipe Organ Database

Unknown Builder (1904)

Orthodox Congregational Church / Pilgrim Congregational Church: Sanctuary; front
26 West Street
Leominster, MA

OHS convention: 1983

Images

2019-04-19 - Organ façade (Photograph by Stephen St. Denis/Stephen St. Denis)

2019-04-19 - Organ in front of the sanctuary (Photograph by Stephen St. Denis/Stephen St. Denis)

2019-04-19 - Church exterior (Photograph by Stephen St. Denis/Stephen St. Denis)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
2 manuals
28 stops
28 registers
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Tubular Pneumatic (Details Unknown)
Stop layout Type: Tilting/Rocking Tablets Above Top Manual
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Combination action: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
Has combination thumb pistons

Notes

2005-11-30 - Identified through online information from Robert Faucher. -- Electrified in 1904. Austin-type console - Kershaw? Pipework in good condition - some fitted with newer slide tuners. -Database Manager

2014-11-13 - Updated through online information from John Igoe. -- Instrument is currently connected to a large digital imitation instrument with MIDI installed by a dealer of electronic instruments -Database Manager

2015-06-24 - Updated through online information from J. Milner. -- The organ does not currently have digital equipment connected as described earlier. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: 1983 OHS Handbook June 1983

GREAT (I Manuale) (58 notes) Open Diapason 16 (58 m), Open Diapason 8 (58 m), Viola Da Gamba 8 (58 m), Dulciana 8 (58 m), Flauto Traverso 8 (58 w ), Doppel Flote 8 (58 w ), Octave 4 (58 m), Flute D'Amour 4 (58 w&m), Twelfth 2⅔ (58 m), Fifteenth 2 (58 m), Mixture IV (232 m), Trumpet 8 (58 m)

SWELL (II Manuale) (58 notes, enclosed) Bourdon Treble (TC) 16 (46 w ), Bourdon Bass 16 (12 w ), Open Diapason 8 (58 m), Salicional 8 (51 m (1-7 fr. Quint.)), Dolce 8 (58 m), Stopped Diapason 8 (58 w&m), Quintadena 8 (58 m), Fugara 4 (58 m), Flute Harmonique 4 (58 w&m), Flautino 2 (58 m), Dolce Mixture III (174 m), Oboe (TC) 8 (46 m), Bassoon 8 (12 m), Clarionet (TC) 8 (46 m), Tremulo (hitchdown pedal)

PEDALE (27 notes) Open Diapason 16 (27 w), Bourdon 16 (27 w), Violoncello 8 (27 m), Trombone 16 (27 w)

COUPLERS Manuale Coupler (Swell to Great), First Manuale to Pedale Coupler, Second Manuale to Pedale Coupler

FOOT TRUNDLES (4 combination pedals) Gr. Piano, Gr. Forte, Sw. Piano, Sw. Forte, First Manuale to Pedal Reversible

PEDAL MOVEMENTS Swell Expression (self-balanced)

ACCESSORIES Bellows Signal

Websites

S. L. Huntington & Co. - Photographs, stoplist (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)

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