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W.B.D. Simmons & Co. (1854ca.)

Damariscotta Baptist Church
4 Bristol Road
Damariscotta, ME

OHS convention: 1963


Consoles

Main


Notes

2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1963 -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - Altered Andover 1964, 2-13. Additional work by Andover 1983, 2-14. Originally 14 ranks. Oboe removed by someone unknown. Replacement provided by Andover 193 from a Simmons from Provincetown. -Database Manager

2008-08-21 - Updated through on-line information from Michael Smith. -- The plain text stop list refers to two combination pedals which are not, or no longer present (2008). Two openings in the stop jambs which presumably once held drawknobs have been filled with wood plugs; the original function of these hypothetical drawknobs is unknown. -Database Manager

2022-11-03 - A single rank of stopped wood pipes completes the Swell compass on an unenclosed 17-note ventil chest. All other ranks are full compass unless otherwise indicated. Most of the original stlpknob faces are missing; many have been replaced by incorrect labels. The above specification is the correct original one, as far as is known. There has been one unfortunate tonal change in the Swell; the Hautboy has been replaced by an Estey Octave which not only renders the tonal design redundant but gulps wind as well. The church is planning a renovation. -- *1963 OHS Handbook* -Paul R. Marchesano


Stoplist

Typed stoplist from the OHS PC Database. Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Baptist Church, Damariscotta, ME
c. 1854 W. B. D. Simmons
(Stoplist: OH 1963:8)

Great (56 notes)
8' Open Diapason
8' Dulciana [TF]
8' Clarabell Treble [TF]
8' Stop'd Diap'n Bass (17 notes)
4' Principal
4' Flute (open)
2 2/3' Twelfth
2' Fifteenth
8' Trumpet [TF]

Swell (Chest is TF, 39 notes)
8' Open Diapason
8' Viol de Gamba
8' St. Diapason
8' Stop Diapason Bass (17 pipes)
4' Principal
8' Hautboy
Tremulant

Pedal (18 notes)
16' Sub Bass (13 pipes)

Couplers
Swell to Great
Great to Pedal
Swell to Pedal

Pedal Check
2 Great combination pedals
Bellows Signal

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