Better Pipe Organ Database

Geo. Stevens (& Co.) (1857)

First Congregational Christian Church - U. C. C.
19 Gloucester Hill Road
New Gloucester, ME

OHS convention: 1963, 1992

Images

1902-06-15 - Organ case (Photograph from church archives/Database Manager)

1988-03-18 - Sanctuary interior with organ case (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

1988-03-18 - Organ case (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

1988-03-18 - Recessed keydesk (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

1988-03-18 - Composition pedals (left), pedalboard, and hitch-down swell pedal (right) (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Hinged Doors That Enclose Keyboards
Console position: Keydesk Attached, Manuals Set Into Case
2 manuals
15 stops
13 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Mechanical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Flat Jambs
Manual compass: 56 notes
Pedal compass: 13 notes
Pedal Type: Flat Straight
Expression Type: Trigger/Hitch-Down Expression
Combination action: Fixed Mechanical

Notes

2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1992 -Database Manager

2007-09-27 - Updated through on-line information from James R. Stettner. -- The organ was originally installed in the rear gallery. It is housed in a handsome natural pine case that was originally faux-grained like dark mahogany, and later painted white. Three-sectional facade contains 17 gold-painted pipes arranged: 5-7-5. The organ was mechanically refurbished by he Andover Organ Co. in 1965 as their R-68. -Database Manager

2008-03-29 - Updated through on-line information from John W. Tremblay. -- This instrument is particularly well-scaled and voiced to the room in which it is situated. Speech is prompt and crisp without being "over-articulated" or drawing attention to itself. The voicing is uniquely beautiful. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Typed stoplist from the OHS PC Database. Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Congregational, New Gloucester, ME
1857 George Stevens (OH 1963 lists 1855)
(Stoplist: OH 1963:21)

Great (56 notes)
8' Open Diapason
8' Dulciana [TG]
8' Melodia Treble [TG]
Stop Diapason Bass (19 pipes)
4' Principal
4' Flute [TC]
2 2/3' Twelfth [TF]
2' Fifteenth

Swell (Chest is TF, 39 notes)
8' Open Diapason
8' Viol de Gamba
8' Stop Diapason
8' Swell Bass (17 pipes)
4' Principal
8' Hautboy
Tremolo

Pedal (13 notes)
16' Sub Bass

Couple Great and Swell
Pedal & Keys (noteched: first position is S-P; second is G-P)

Pedal Check
Bellows Signal (worked in 1963, the organ was still pumped by hand)
2 Great combination pedals