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Philip A. Beaudry & Co. (1976)

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
• 3 divisions
• Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
• Stop action Type: Mechanical
• Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
• Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)

Notes

2004-10-30 - The original builder was W. B. D. Simmons. (c. 1860). -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - Origin unknown. [Electrified c. 1900?] at St. John R. C., Blue Hill Avenue, (Roxbury) Boston. Rebuilt [& electrified?] by Cole 1913. Moved here through OCH, rebuilt & retrackerized Beaudry 1976. Rebuilt by Thompson & Outerbridge. Rebuilt by Kinzey-Angerstein, 2-26. Case to Our Lady of Good Voyage R. C., Gloucester, MA. -Database Manager

2016-03-17 - Updated through online information from Scot Huntington. <br>Never considered a musical success and chronically unreliable, the organ was finally replaced in 1992 by a new 3-manual organ by the Morel Organ Co. of Arlington, Massachusetts. Except for the handsome case which was relocated intact, the remainder of the organ was dispersed for parts. -Database Manager

2016-04-14 - Updated through online information from Scot Huntington. -Database Manager

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