Better Pipe Organ Database

Estey Organ Co. Opus 1003 (1912)

Central Baptist Church
9 Academy Street
Chelmsford, MA

Images

c 1912 - Organ at front of church (Photograph from an archival source: Vintage postcard, submitted by Rick Erickson/Rick Erickson)

2011-06-12 - Sanctuary Interior and Pipe Facade (Photograph by Len Levasseur/Database Manager)

2011-06-12 - Pipe Facade and Keydesk (Photograph by Len Levasseur/Database Manager)

2011-06-12 - Keydesk (Photograph by Len Levasseur/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
Console position: Keydesk Attached
2 manuals
8 stops
8 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Tubular Pneumatic (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Tubular Pneumatic (Details Unknown)
Stop layout Type: Haskell Style Stop-Keys/Keyboard
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 30 notes
Pedal Type: Flat Straight
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination action: None

Notes

2007-09-07 - Identified by James R. Stettner through information from the Estey Opus List, published in The Boston Organ Club newsletter, 1973-1979. -Database Manager

2011-08-03 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- The organ is free-standing and encased at the front of the room in a quarter-sawn oak case with a 5-sectional facade containing 49 pipes arranged: 11-7-13-7-11. Originally painted gold, the pipes are now white. -Database Manager

Websites

Chelmsford Baptist Church - Chelmsford MA - 1912 Estey Organ - Photographs, history of the organ (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)