2015-08-02 - Chapel exterior (Photograph by Paul McClure via flickr.com, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2015-01-01 - Chapel interior (Photograph by Wikipedia, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
2007-10-27 - Identified by James R. Stettner through information from the Estey Opus List, published in The Boston Organ Club newsletter, 1973-1979. -Database Manager
2020-08-10 - In 1938, Mr. Arthur C. James, son the the late Mrs. Ellen S. James, donated a $15,400 Estey organ. It was to replace the Hook and Hastings organ installed in 1912 when the Chapel was built. With 42 stops, including chimes, and an echo division, it more adequately met the needs of the College. This organ was rebuilt and enlarged in 1953 by Andover Organ Company of Methuen, Massachusetts. However, by the early 1970s it was in a state of chronic disrepair, and a new organ was commissioned to be built in 1978. The organ was replaced in 1982 with a large Hellmuth Wolff tracker organ. -Nicholas Scott
2022-04-12 - Replaced in 1982 by Helmuth Wolff. -Jeff Scofield
Source: From THE DIAPASON March 1938
Lewiston, Maine
Bates College, Chapel
Estey Op. 3085 1938 3/40
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GREAT CHOIR
16' Contra Gemshorn 73 8' Geigen Diapason 73
8' Open Diapason 73 8' Clarabella 73
8' Stopped Diapason 73 8' Dulciana 73
4' Octave 73 8' Unda Maris 61
2 2/3' Twelfth 61 4' Geigenoctav 73
2' Fifteenth 61 4' Silver Flute 73
III Mixture 183 8' English Horn 73
8' Trumpet 73 Chimes
Chimes EC
ECHO
SWELL 8' Muted Viol 61
16' Rohrbourdon 73 8' Muted Celeste 49
8' Open Diapason 73 8' Waldflöte 61
8' Rohrflöte 73 4' Chimney Flute 61
8' Salicional 73 8' Vox Humana 61
8' Voix Celeste 61 16' Pedal Bourdon 32
8' Aeoline 73 Chimes 25
4' Octave 73
4' Traverse Flute 73 PEDAL
2' Flautina 61 16' Open Diapason 32
III Mixture 183 16' Bourdon 32
8' Cornopean 73 16' Contra Gemshorn GT
8' Oboe 73 16' Lieblich Gedeckt SW
8' Principal 32
8' Octave 12
8' Flute 12
4' Super Octave 12
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