First Baptist Church
130 Main St.
South Berwick, ME
Images
2023-09-12 - Chimes (Photograph by RGCooke/Rich Cooke)
2023-09-12 - Stops on Left side of Console (Photograph by rgcooke/Rich Cooke)
2023-09-12 - Stops on Right Side of Console (Photograph by RGCooke/Rich Cooke)
2023-09-12 - Pedalboard, composition trundles, and expression (Photograph by RGCooke/Rich Cooke)
2023-09-12 - Keydesk (Photograph by RGCooke/Rich Cooke)
2023-09-12 - Full Face Perspective (Photograph by RGCooke/Rich Cooke)
March 1988 - Organ case/facade in front (James R. Stettner/Jim Stettner)
March 1988 - Organ case in front (James R. Stettner/Jim Stettner)
March 1988 - Keydesk (James R. Stettner/Jim Stettner)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With Sliding Doors That Enclose Keyboards
- Console position: Keydesk Attached, Manuals Set Into Case
- 2 manuals
- 12 stops
- 16 registers
- 3 divisions
- Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
- Stop action Type: Mechanical
- Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Flat Jambs
- Manual compass: 56 notes
- Pedal compass: 27 notes
- Pedal Type: Flat Straight
- Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
- Combination action: Fixed Mechanical
- Has combination trundles
Notes
2007-09-27 - Identified through on-line information from James R. Stettner. -- This was a restoration of the church's existing 1856 Simmons & Fisher organ. The manual chests were rebuilt. The manual keyboards were restored. The manual action was refurbished. A replacement, 19th-century pedalboard replaced the poor quality, non-original pedalboard, and the pedal coupler mechanism was extended throughout the compass. Pipework was cleaned and restored to its original voicing. The organ was rededicated on Sunday, November 25, 1978 with guest recitalist Harold Knight, then of Grace Episcopal Church in Salem, Massachusetts. -Database Manager
Stoplist
FOOT LEVERS (Unlabeled; l-r): Gr. Forte: 8,8,8,8,8,4,4,2., Gr. Piano: 8' Dulc., 8' Clar., 8' Bass; PEDAL MOVEMENTS: Swell Expression (balanced); ACCESSORIES: Pedal Check, Bellows Signal Source: Taken from the keydesk March 1988
Great [8] Gr. Open Diap. Treble, [8] Gr. Open Diap. Bass, [8] Gr. Dulciana (tc), [8] Gr. Clarabella Treble [tc], [8] Gr. Stop. Diap. Bass, [4] Gr. Flute, [4] Gr. Principal, [2] Gr. Fifteenth, Tremulant [all]
Swell [8] Sw. Open Diapason [tf], [8] Sw. Stop Diapason [tf], [8] Sw. Dulciana [tf], [8] Sw. Hautboy [tf], [4] Sw. Principal [tf], Chimes (Maas; TG - g2; 25 tubes)
Swell Bass (Non-expressive) [8] Sw. Bass Stop Diapason, [4] Sw. Bass Principal
Pedal [16] [Ped] Sub Bass (Pedalboard is 27 notes)
Swell to Pedal 8 (Couple Sw. Bass to Pedals), Great to Pedal 8 (Couple Great to Pedals), Swell to Great 8 (Couple Swell to Great)
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