Methuen Memorial Music Hall
192 Broadway
Methuen, MA
Images
2014-06-13 - Pipe faces (Photograph by Joseph Routon, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2014-06-13 - Hall interior, console and organ case (Photograph by Joseph Routon, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2015-01-14 - Console (Photograph by Joseph Routon, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2012-09-02 - Hall interior (Photograph by Stephen Schnurr/Database Manager)
2012-09-02 - Hall exterior (Photograph by Stephen Schnurr/Database Manager)
2016-01-08 - Original console (Photograph by David C. Schroth, Jr./Database Manager)
2016-01-08 - Left Case Detail (Photograph by David C. Schroth Jr./Database Manager)
2016-01-08 - Organ Case and Console (Photograph by David C. Schroth Jr./Database Manager)
2016-01-08 - Right Case Detail (Photograph by David C. Schroth Jr./Database Manager)
2016-01-08 - Great Pipework (Photograph by David C. Schroth Jr./Database Manager)
2009-06-28 - Organ (Photograph by Len Levasseur/Database Manager)
2009-06-28 - Organ (Photograph by Len Levasseur/Database Manager)
2024-10-26 - Case (Johann Vexo/Johann Vexo)
2024-10-26 - Console (Johann Vexo/Johann Vexo)
2024-10-26 - Console and case (Johann Vexo/Johann Vexo)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
- Console position: Movable Console
- 4 manuals
- 85 stops
- 5 divisions
- Key action Type: Electrical
- Stop action Type: Electrical
- Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
- Manual compass: 61 notes
- Pedal compass: 30 notes
- Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
- Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
- Has crescendo
- Combination action: Computerized/Digital
- Has sequencer
- Has combination thumb pistons
- Has combination toe pistons
- Has coupler thumb pistons
- Has coupler toe pistons
Notes
2008-05-18 - Addition of three great reeds to existing Aeolian-Skinner rebuild of relocated 1863 Walcker organ from Boston Music Hall.-- <br>Information adapted from <i>E. M. Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner Opus List</i>, by Sand Lawn and Allen Kinzey (Organ Historical Society, 1997), and included here through the kind permission of Sand Lawn. -Database Manager
2013-05-27 - Updated through online information from Barbara Owen. -- For a complete detailed stoplist, history and concert schedule, please go to website of Methuen Memorial Music Hall. -- [Details of several additional modifications by Andover, including replacing console actions and modifying the stoplist, are detailed on the website. - Editor] -Database Manager
Stoplist
Typed stoplist Source: from Methuen Memorial Music Hall website Date not recorded
Methuen, Massachusetts
Methuen Memorial Music Hall
Andover Organ Company Opus R-128 1969-onward 4 manuals, 85 stops, 116 ranks
Revisions to Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co., Inc. Opus 1103 1947
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GREAT ORGAN (II) SWELL ORGAN (III)
16' Principal 61 8' Principal 61
16' Viola Major 61 8' Viole de Gambe 61
16' Bourdon 61 8' Viole Celeste (TC) 49
8' Principal 61 8' Aeoline 61
8' Gemshorn 61 8' Flûte à Cheminée 61
8' Gedeckt 61 4' Prestant 61
5 1/3' Gross Quint 61 4' Flûte Couverte 61
4' Octave 61 2 2/3' Nazard 61
4' Spitzflöte 61 2' Piccolo 61
4' Koppelflöte 61 2' Octavin 61
4' Flute d'Amour 61 1 3/5' Tierce 61
3 1/5' Gross Terz 61 IV Plein Jeu 244
2 2/3' Quint 61 16' Basson 61
2' Super Octave 61 8' Trompette 61
2' Waldflöte 61 8' Hautbois 61
1 3/5' Terz 61 4' Clairon 61
IV-VI Cornet 311 Tremulant
IV Fourniture 244
IV Scharff 244 PEDAL ORGAN
IV Kleine Mixtur 244 32' Principal 30
16' Trumpet 61 * 16' Principal 30
8' Trumpet 61 * 16' Contre Basse 30
4' Clarion 61 * 16' Bourdon 30
Tremulant 16' Quintaten 30
16' Lieblich Gedeckt 30
POSITIV ORGAN (I) 8' Octave 30
8' Gedeckt 61 8' Cello 30
8' Quintaten 61 8' Spitzflöte 30
4' Prinicpal 61 5 1/3' Quint 30
4' Nachthorn 61 4' Super Octave 30
2 2/3' Nazard 61 4' Nachthorn 30
2' Oktav 61 3 1/5' Terz 30
2' Blockflöte 61 2' Waldflöte 30
1 3/5' Tierce 61 IV Grand Bourdon 120
1 1/3' Quinta 61 VI Mixtur 180
1' Super Octave 61 32' Contre Bombarde 30
III Scharff 183 16' Bombarde 30
III Zimbel 183 16' Basson 30
8' Krummhorn 61 * 8' Trompette 30
Tremulant 4' Clairon 30
2' Rohr Schalmei 30
CHOIR ORGAN (IV)
16' Quintaten 61
8' Viola 61
8' Unda Maris (TC) 49
8' Konzert Flöte 61
4' Traverse Flöte 61
2' Gemshorn 49
II-III Cymbel 171
16' Dulzian 61
8' Clarinet 61 *
4' Regal 61
Tremulant * Additions by Andover, 1969
COMBINATION ACTION (128 levels) COUPLERS
Generals 1-16 Great to Pedal 8 4
Great 1-7 Swell to Pedal 8 4
Swell 1-7 Choir to Pedal 8 4
Choir 1-7 Positiv to Pedal 8 4
Positiv 1-7 Swell to Great 16 8 4
Pedal 1-7 Choir to Great 16 8 4
Setter / Cancel Positiv to Great 8
Sequencer for General Pistons Swell to Swell 16 4
All Pistons Next Choir to Swell 16 8 4
Blind Check / Clear Choir to Choir 16 4
Swell to Positiv 16 8 4
REVERSIBLES Choir to Positiv 16 8 4
Great to Pedal
Swell to Pedal CHIMES
Choir to Pedal 20 tubes (Mayland) A-e2
Positiv to Pedal Playable on any division
Swell to Great 8' on manuals, 4' on pedal
Choir to Great Adjustable strike intensity
Positiv to Great (5 levels)
Swell to Positiv
Choir to Positiv EXPRESSION PEDALS
Choir
Swell
Register Crescendo
(Standard, A, B, C)
[Received from Steven E. Lawson 2017-08-22]
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