Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church
288 W. Main Street
Danville, VA
OHS convention: 2001
Images
Date unknown - Organ in gallery (Photograph by Unknown photographer, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
Unknown - Organ in rear gallery (Photograph from the booklet, <i>Four Organs of Historical Interest in Danville and Chatham, Virginia</i>/Database Manager)
Unknown - Keydesk (Photograph from the booklet, <i>Four Organs of Historical Interest in Danville and Chatham, Virginia</i>/Database Manager)
Unknown - Manual key actions (Photograph from the booklet, <i>Four Organs of Historical Interest in Danville and Chatham, Virginia</i>/Database Manager)
Unknown - Pedal pipes (Photograph from the booklet, <i>Four Organs of Historical Interest in Danville and Chatham, Virginia</i>/Database Manager)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
- Console position: Keydesk Attached
- 1 manuals
- 10 stops
- 9 registers
- 2 divisions
- Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
- Stop action Type: Mechanical
- Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
- Manual compass: 58 notes
- Pedal compass: 27 notes
- Pedal Type: Flat Straight
- Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
- Combination action: None
Notes
2004-10-30 - The original builder was W. B. D. Simmons (1877). -Database Manager
2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 2001. -Database Manager
2004-10-30 - Relocated from the Universalist Church, South Acton, MA. Rebuilt with tonal changes. -Database Manager
2007-09-04 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- I consulted the Andover opus list and files, the booklet "Four Organs of Historical Interest in Danville and Chatham, Virginia," and another booklet "The William B.D. Simmons Organ at Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church Danville, Virginia." The date 1877 is generally ascribed to this organ since that is when it was purchased for $1,400.00 by the Unitarian-Universalist Church of South Acton, Massachusetts. The organ may have been built earlier, though, as two dates of October and November 1875 have been found inside the bellows. However, perhaps it was a stock bellows. The organ was removed from the South Acton church in 1971 because of a merger. It was moved to the Andover Organ Co. of Methuen, Massachusetts by the Organ Clearing House where it remained in storage until 1979, when Sacred Heart contracted with Andover to refurbish the organ for them, replacing an Everett "Orgatron." The organ was refurbished for $26,000.00, and was installed in early 1981. Some tonal changes were made. A 2' Fifteenth was added, and the original II Mixture was recomposed around the 2' Fifteenth. The case was altered to allow the Pedal pipes to be moved from the back of the organ to the sides. The pipe fence facade is entirely non-speaking, and appears to be 7-sectional containing 31 pipes arranged: 2-5-7-3-7-5-2. It's dedication was on March 22, 1981 by Earl L. Miller. -Database Manager
2022-04-01 - While the organ was apart for rebuilding, a handwritten statement was discovered inside the bellows. It read ''.James A.Young, Boston, Massachusetts, November 1, 1875 (Monday);' and in the access panel to the bellows, "Built 1875, October." These notations indicate perhaps a stock bellows made earlier, or that the instrument may have already been constructed when it was sold. -- *2001 OHS Handbook* -Paul R. Marchesano
Stoplist
Source: 2001 OHS Handbook
Manual (enclosed, CC- a3) Open Diapason Bass 8 (12 stopped wood), Open Diapason Treble 8 (46 common metal), Dulciana [t.c.] 8 (46 1-12 grooved to Stop't Diapason), Stop'd Diapason 8 (58 1-18 stopped wood; 19-58 open wood Melodia pipes), Principal 4 (58 originally marked "Sw Via", voiced as a string re-scaled by Andover), Flute 4 (58 1-17 stopped wood, remainder open metal harmonic), Fifteenth 2 (58 open metal; added by Andover, pipes by Geo. Stevens c. 1854), Mixture II (116 open metal; revised by Andover), Hautboy 8 (58 49 reeds full length, 50-58 flues)
Pedal (unenclosed, CC- d1) Sub Bass 16 (27 stopped wood), Manual to Pedal Coupler
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