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William W. Laws (1937)

Images

1930 or earlier - Interior before 1930s renovations (Photograph from an archival source: Lawrence History Center, submitted by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)

2022-04-03 - Ceiling detail (Photograph by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)

2022-04-03 - High altar (Photograph by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)

2022-04-03 - Side gallery (Photograph by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)

2022-04-03 - Nave (Photograph by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)

2022-04-03 - Nave (Photograph by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)

2022-04-03 - Organ in rear gallery (Photograph by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)

2022-04-03 - Wall plaque honoring organist who served 60 years (Photograph by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)

2022-04-03 - 1937 wall plaque indicating the presence of both gallery and chancel organs (Photograph by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)

2022-04-03 - Organ screen (one panel removed showing pipework) (Photograph by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)

2022-04-03 - Organ screen with windows above (Photograph by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)

2022-04-03 - Organ in rear gallery (Photograph by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)

2022-04-03 - Console (Photograph by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)

Unknown - Side view of church (Photograph by Unknown, submitted by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)

Unknown - View of Exterior from Parking Lot (Photograph by Unknown , submitted by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)

2018 - Nave showing organ gallery, rose window and organ facade, console (Photograph by Dick Pelland Facebook page, submitted by Andrew /Andrew )

2022-04-03 - Mirror image organ cases in the rear gallery (Andrew Scanlon/Jim Stettner)

Early 20th century - Historic postcard image of church exterior (Lawrence Facebook page/Andrew Scanlon)

Consoles

Main

• Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
• Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
• 3 manuals
• Key action Type: Electrical
• Stop action Type: Electrical
• Stop layout Type: Tilting/Rocking Tablets Above Top Manual
• Manual compass: 61 notes
• Pedal compass: 32 notes
• Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Not Meeting AGO Standards)
• Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
• Has crescendo
• Combination action: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
• Has combination thumb pistons
• Has combination toe pistons
• Has coupler toe pistons
• Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2007-05-14 - Identified through online information from Joseph Olefirowicz. -- This organ is the electrification of a Hook or Roosevelt or the combination of two organs or parts thereof, with the addition of a floating tuba division by Laws upon his installation/electrification. -Database Manager

2017-04-03 - Originally Hook & Hastings Op. 1294 (1886), built for St. James Episcopal Church, New London, Connecticut. Moved in 1914 to St. Mary of the Assumption R.C. Church, Lawrence, Massachusetts. It was electrified and enlarged by William W. Laws in 1937 and has remained unchanged since then. Pitch is A=435. -Database Manager

2022-08-29 - Organ donated by Maurice J. Curran -Ford Curran

Websites

• Pelland Organ Company Youtube page - Youtube channel for Pelland Organ Company. Demonstration of the Organ during and after 2016 maintenance work (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

• #13991†* - E. & G. G. Hook Opus 453 (1868)

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