Better Pipe Organ Database

Andover Organ Co. Opus R-376 (2004)

Methodist Church / Old Whaling Church: Rear gallery
99 Main Street
Edgartown, MA

Images

2004 - Organ case in loft (Photograph from an archival source: 2005 OHS Handbook, builder ad, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)

2000-08-10 - Organ case in Loft (Photograph by Tim Pettay/Database Manager)

2000-08-10 - Nave, facing stage (Photograph by Tim Pettay/Database Manager)

2000-08-10 - Exterior of church, main entrance (Photograph by Tim Pettay/Database Manager)

2000-08-10 - Church sign on front of building when it was Edgartown United Methodist (Photograph by Tim Pettay/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

2 manuals
24 stops
18 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Mechanical
Manual compass: 56 notes
Pedal compass: 27 notes

Notes

2004-10-30 - Altered Ross Abel 1960s. -Database Manager

2012-10-18 - Updated through online information from T. Daniel Hancock. -Database Manager

2015-07-18 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -Database Manager

2017-06-11 - Updated by James R. Stettner, listing this website as a source of information: http://database.organsociety.org/OrganDetails.php?OrganID=3503. <br> <br>According to the cover story on the 2004 Andover Organ Co. 'Newsletter', this was mostly a restoration. The organ had been altered tonally in the 1960's, and a 25-note pedalboard had replaced the original 20-note pedalboard. A rebuilt 27-note flat/parallel pedalboard was installed in-place of the 25-note one. Couplers were extended to 27 notes. The Pedal chest was retabled and expanded to 27 notes. 7 pipes were added to the Pedal 16' Double Open Diapason. The hitch-down Swell mechanism was restored. The manual chests were retabled and the pallets made removable. The playing and stop actions were renewed throughout. Pipework was cleaned and repaired and set back on-speech. Pipes were fitted with tuning slides to prevent further future damage. The pitch was returned to the original pitch. 1960's tonal changes were reversed and the original stoplist restored. The Swell as 3 unenclosed bass stops of 17 pipes each: 8' Stopped Diapason, 8' Dulciana, and 4' Principal. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Typed stoplist (Source: Andover Website, 2012-10-10) Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

       Old Whaling Church (formerly United Methodist Church)
       Edgartown, Massachusetts
       Simmons & Fischer, Opus 857, ca. 1850
       Tonal alterations by unknown, ca. 1960's
       Restoration/rebuilding by Andover, Opus R-376, 2004
       OHS ID: 3503
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       GREAT (56 notes)              SWELL (39 notes, encl.)     PEDAL (27 notes)
    8 Open Diapason Treble TF     16 Bourdon TF               16 Double Open Diapason
    8 Open Diapason Bass (17)      8 Open Diapason TF
    8 Dulciana TF                  8 Stopped Diapason TF         COUPLERS
    8 Clarabella TF                8 Dulciana TF                 Swell to Great
    8 Stopped Diap. Treble TF      4 Principal TF                Great to Pedal
    8 Stopped Diap. Bass (17)      4 Flute TF                    Swell to Pedal
    4 Principal                2-2/3 Cornet Twelfth TF
    4 Flute                        2 Fifteenth TF
2-2/3 Nazard                       8 Hautboy TF
    2 Fifteenth 
    8 Trumpet Treble TC              SWELL BASS (17 notes)
    8 Trumpet Bass (12)            8 Stopped Diap. Bass 
                                   8 Dulciana Bass
                                   4 Principal
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[Received online from T. Daniel Hancock, 2012-10-15]