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James Cole Opus 335 (1892)

Masonic Temple
Augusta, ME

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

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
Console position: Keydesk Attached
2 manuals
8 stops
8 registers
Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Mechanical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 27 notes
Pedal Type: Flat Straight
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Combination action: None
Has coupler thumb pistons

Notes

2005-12-29 - Identified through on-line information from James R. Stettner. -- The organ is free-standing and encased with a large pipe fence on both sides and across the front. This was the organ's original home. After moves to other locations, the organ went to the Temple residence in Greenacres, Washington in 1992. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from the console August 14, 1991 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Augusta, Maine
Masonic Temple

JAMES COLE, Op. 335, 1892 - Original Specifications

GREAT
   8'  Open Diapason                61
   8'  Melodia                      61
   4'  Octave.                      61

SWELL (Expressive)
   8'  Lieblich Gedeckt.            61
   8'  Viola.                       61
   8'  Aeoline                      61
   4'  Flute.                       61
  
       Tremulant

PEDAL
   16' Bourdon                      27
       Bellows Signal

COUPLERS  (Mechanical finger pistons)
   Swell to Pedal             On / Off
   Great to Pedal             On / Off
   Swell to Great             On / Off
   Swell to Great Octaves   (drawknob)

FOOT LEVERS
   Water Motor                   (h-d)

PEDAL MOVEMENTS
   Swell Expression             (bal.)

NOTES
The organ was originally built for the Masonic Temple of Augusta, Maine.
It was moved to two subsequent locations (a store and a residence) before
finding its way to St. Matthew's Episcopal Church in Lisbon Falls, Maine,
and ultimately to a residence in Spokane (Greenacres), Washington.

[Received on line from James R. Stettner January 04, 2010.]

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