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Andover Organ Co. Opus R-270 (1988)

Trinitarian Congregational UCC
72 Elm St.
North Andover, MA

Images

2022-06-05 - Church exterior (Photograph by Andrew Scanlon /Andrew Scanlon )

1989-02-22 - Keydesk (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Jim Stettner)

2008-03-14 - Organ (Photograph by Len Levasseur/Database Manager)

1989-02-22 - Organ (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

2018-01-26 - Sanctuary interior with organ in front (Church Facebook page/Jim Stettner)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
Console position: Keydesk Attached
2 manuals
24 stops
24 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: 30 notes
Pedal Type: Flat Straight
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Combination action: Fixed Mechanical
Has combination trundles

Notes

2004-10-30 - The original builder was an unknown builder (c. 1900). -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1995 -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - From St. Mary's R. C., Keokuk, IA, (c. 1900 unknown builder, 2-24rk, 20st). Installed behind case of Hook & Hastings Op. 423 (1867) from Unitarian Church, Lowell, MA (later Methodist, Graniteville, MA). -Database Manager

2008-01-09 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- This organ was designed by Andover employee and Trinitarian organist Bradley Rule - who was the project manager. We referred to this organ as the "chicken coop organ" because the case had been in storage in a chicken coop before being rescued by Andover. The organ utilizes recycled parts from E. & G.G. Hook, Hook & Hastings, Wm. A. Johnson, Geo. S. Hutchings, Hutchings-Votey, and Wicks organs - as well as the unidentified builder of the Iowa instrument - plus new pipework/parts. The top 10 notes of the Swell 8' Trumpet have doubled open metal trebles (8' + 4'), and the top 7 notes of the Swell III Cornet is only 2 ranks (12-15; no Tierce). The project was begun in 1987 and completed in 1988. The organ was dedicated by its designer/builder and parish organist Bradley Rule on April 24, 1988. Organ documented in March, 1988. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist from <i>The American Organist</i>, July 1990 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

North Andover, Massachusetts
Trinitarian Congregational Church

Andover Organ Co.   Opus R270   1988
2 manuals, 24 stops, 29 ranks
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          GREAT ORGAN
      16' Bourdon               61
       8' Open Diapason         61
       8' Rohr Doppel Flöte     61
       8' Dulciana (TC)         49
       4' Octave                61
       4' Flute d'Amour         61
   2 2/3' Twelfth               61
       2' Fifteenth             61
          Mixture IV           244
      16' Clarinet              61
          Swell to Great

          SWELL ORGAN
       8' Open Diapason         61
       8' Salicional (TC)       49
       8' Lieblich Gedeckt      61
       4' Principal             61
       4' Harmonic Flute        61
       2' Principal             61
          Cornet III           183
       8' Trumpet               61
       8' Oboe                  61
          Swell to Swell Octaves

          PEDAL ORGAN
      16' Double Open Diapason  30
      16' Bourdon               30
       8' Violoncello           30
       4' Choral Bass           30
      16' Trombone              30
          Great to Pedal
          Swell to Pedal


[Received from Steven E. Lawson  2016-01-27]

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