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Andover Organ Co. Opus R196 (1976)

St. Matthew's Episcopal Church
23 Center Street
Lisbon Falls, 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
3 divisions
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 Radiating
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Combination action: None

Notes

2005-12-29 - Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -- The original builder was James Cole. The organ is freestanding and encased with a large pipe fence on both sides and across the front. While the organ was at St. Matthew's, the Andover Organ Co. made one tonal change. The original Swell 8' Aeoline was rescaled, cut-down, de-bearded, and revoiced as a 2' Flautino. -Database Manager

2007-09-27 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -Database Manager

2010-01-04 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

Lisbon Falls, Maine
St. Matthew's Episcopal Church

James Cole, Op. 335, 1892
Unknown Builer, 19__ - "Installation"
Andover Organ Co., Op. R-196, 1976 - "Tonal Change"

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    [gone]        (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.

While the organ was here, in 1976, the Andover Organ Co. of Methuen, MA.
rescaled, cut-down, de-bearded, and revoiced the original Swell 8' Aeoline
as a 2' Flautino.

In 1992, the church was razed to make room for a parking lot for an
adjacent funeral home. Organ builder David E. Wallace and organist Nancy
Wines Dewan rescued the organ. Nancy's sister, Judith Temple, was an
organist in the Spokane, Washington area. The organ was acquired by her
and relocated there by David Wallace.

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

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