ca. 1900 - Sanctuary interior with organ in front (Vintage postcard/Jim Stettner)
2004-10-30 - Builder's Nameplate: Possibly Hamill? -Database Manager
2017-02-28 - Updated by Marilyn Polson, who has heard or played the organ. <br>I examined this organ in preparation for the 2016 Vermont Chapter A.G.O. tour of Chester. There is no nameplate but according to the Annotated Catalog of Known Pipe Organs in Vermont prepared by Ed Boadway and Stephen Pinel for the 2013 O.H.S. Convention the organ was built by S. S. Hamill in 1898. It replaced an earlier Hamill organ of 1868. A typewritten paper attached to the lid of the keydesk indicates the organ was rebuilt in 1988 by John Wessel and included a new reservoir. -Database Manager
Original document from . Source: Unknown 2017-02-24
Chester, Vermont Congregational 1898 S. S. Hamill GREAT Open Diapason 8' Melodia 8' Dulciana 8' TC Std. Diap. Bass 8' Octave 4' SWELL Open Diapason 8' TC Dolcissimo 8' TC Std. Diap. Treble 8' TC Std. Diap. Bass 8' Flute Harmonique 4' Tremolo Signal PEDAL Sub Bass 16' COUPLERS Swell to Pedal Great to Pedal Swell to Great MACHINE STOPS, UNLABELED [Great Forte] draws all Great stops. [Great Piano] withdraws all but the Dulciana
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