First Congregational Church, UCC: Sanctuary; front
429 Main Street
Ashfield, MA
Images
2017 - OHS Citation No. 420, May 14, 2017 (Photograph from an archival source: Organ Historical Society, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
2020-06-13 - Keydesk: manuals & stops (Photograph by Gerard McGovern, submitted by Bill Czelusniak/Bill Czelusniak)
2020-06-13 - Keydesk area with manuals, stops, and pedalboard (Photograph by Gerard McGovern, submitted by Bill Czelusniak/Bill Czelusniak)
2020-06-13 - Organ in front of sanctuary (Photograph by Gerard McGovern, submitted by Bill Czelusniak/Bill Czelusniak)
2020-06-13 - Organ in front of church (Photograph by Gerard McGovern, submitted by Bill Czelusniak/Bill Czelusniak)
August 2020 - Stenciled facade (Photograph by Church website with permission, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
2018-01-11 - Organ in front (Photograph by Church Facebok page, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
2018-01-11 - Organ case in front (Photograph by Church Facebook page, submitted by Jim Stettner/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
- Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
- Stop action Type: Mechanical
- Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
- Pedal Type: Flat Straight
- Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
- Combination action: Fixed Mechanical
- Has coupler toe pistons
Notes
2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1996 -Database Manager
2004-10-30 - From R. C. [Blessed Sacrament, Holy Trinity or Sacred Heart?] , Greenfield, MA. Altered. -Database Manager
2006-09-12 - Updated through online information from David King. -- Apparently there was originally an 8' Viol or Viola da Gamba on the pedal. It was replaced with a 16' Dulciana during a rebuild in the 1950s. The bellows still has the original leather, and the feeders are present, though not in use. The 33-note facade speaks, being drawn from the Great 8' open and 8' Dulciana. The facade was originally stencilled but has been repainted plain gold. Other than this, the organ is in original shape and full working condition. -- Both manuals are 61-note. Pedalboard is 27 note. -Database Manager
2020-12-05 - The organ was fully restored by Messrs. Czelusniak et Dugal, Inc. of Northampton, Massachusetts between 2018 and 2020 including re-stenciling the facade pipes in colors complementary to the church decor. The former Pedal 16' Dulciana installed by Allen Hastings and made from 1-12 Estey Haskell basses marked "Viol", with the remainder being the original Violoncello - was restored to an 8' ViolinCello. -Jim Stettner
2020-12-06 - This organ received OHS Historic Citation No. 420 on May, 14, 2017. -Jim Stettner
Stoplist
Source: Stoplist copied from the keydesk (pre-restoration); Database photos of the keydesk (post-restoration) February 26, 2016; Updated December 6, 2020
Ashfield, Massachusetts
First Congregational Church
Nameplate: Geo. W. Reed
Builder
West Boylston, Mass.
1903
All stops full compass and independent.
Oblique ebony knobs on round shanks,Old English script
N-chest layout
Compass: 61/27, overhanging keyboards
GREAT
Gr. 8' Open Diapason 61 CC-E facade (17)
Gr. 8' Gamba 61 pungent
Gr. 8' Melodia 61 wood, stopped 1-12
Gr. 8' Dulciana 61 CC-BB facade (12)
Gr. 4' Octave 61
Gr. 4' Flute d'Amour 61 wood, metal trebles
Gr. 2 2/3' Twelfth 61
Gr. 2' Fifteenth 61
SWELL (Expressive, horizontal shutters; above and behind Great)
Sw. 16' Bourdon Treble 49 wood
Sw. 16' Bourdon Bass 12 wood, 1-12, unenclosed
Sw. 8' Violin Diapason 61 1-12 stopped wood
Sw. 8' Salicional 61 stopped bass
Sw. 8' Stopped Diapason 61 wood
Sw. 8' Aeoline 61 1-12 stopped
Sw. 4' Flute Harmonic 61 harm. from middle-c
Sw. 4' Violina
Sw. 8' Oboe 49 from tenor-c
Sw. 8' Bassoon 12 1-12
Tremolo beater-type
PEDAL two-stop slider chest at rear of organ
Ped. 16' Bourdon 27 wood
Ped. 8' ViolinCello 27 original Violoncello + vintage
COUPLERS (Drawknob)
Swell to Pedal
Great to Pedal
Swell to Great
FOOT TRUNDLES (Single-action combinations, disk labels in nameboard; Labeled; l-r)
Piano Swell -
Forte Swell. -
Piano Great. -
Forte Great. -
Reversible. - Great to Pedal
MECHANICALS
Blowers Signal
Dial wind gauge
[Received from Scot Huntington 2016-02-29.]
[Updated by James R. Stettner 2020-12-06.]
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