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William W. Laws

First Parish, Universalist
31 Main St.
Saugus, MA

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
2 manuals
9 stops
9 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Stop Keys Above Top Manual
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 30 notes
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Has crescendo
Combination action: None
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2008-09-17 - Identified through on-line information from James R. Stettner. -- The organ was clearly either a rebuild of something, or a "new" organ made from recycled pipework. Source: extant organ documented April, 1988. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Typed Stoplist from James R. Stettner Source: Stoplist copied from the console April 1988 Date not recorded

Saugus, Massachusetts
First Parish Church, Universalist

UNKNOWN, Opus ___, ca. 1910
William W. Laws, 19__ - Rebuild


GREAT (Expressive)

   8  Open Diapason                 61   Pipes marked “Ch Open” and “Sw Prin”  8
                                         Haskelled basses.

   8  Clarabella                    61   12 stopped wood marked “Gt Melodia”  47
                                         open wood marked “Gt Melodia”  2 open
                                         metal trebles marked “Oboe” and “Sw Ged”

   8  Dulciana                      61   Open metal with 6 Haskelled basses. Pipes
                                         marked “Dulciana” and “Sw Viol”

   4  Flute d'Amour                 61   Open metal from CC – TB, and from c# 3 and
                                         above. Middle c thru c3 are harmonic. Pipes
                                         marked “Gr Flute Har”

   Great to Great 4'


SWELL (Expressive)

   8  Violin Diapason               61   Pipes marked “Ch Open”  8 Haskelled basses.

   8  Gedeckt                       61   46 stopped woods marked “Gedeckt”  15 open
                                         metal trebles marked “Fifteenth”

   8  Salicional                    61   Open metal with 6 Haskelled basses. Pipes
                                         marked “Gamba”

   4  Flute    [chimney]            61   13 stopped woods marked “Gr Flute d'Amour”
                                         25 chimney flutes and 23 open metal trebles
                                         marked “Grt St'd”

   Swell to Swell 16'
   Swell to Swell 4'


PEDAL (Expressive)

   16 Bourdon                       30   Stopped wood. Painted yellow. No visible
                                         writing.

   16 Lieblich Gedeckt              –-   Same as the 16' Bourdon but on soft wind.


COUPLERS                                     TOE STUDS
   Swell to Pedal                  8            Gt – Ped                      (rev)
   Great to Pedal                  8            Sforz                         (rev)

   Swell to Great               16,8,4
                                             PEDAL MOVEMENTS
                                                Expression                   (bal.)
FINGER PISTONS                                  Crescendo                    (bal.)
   None


ACTION: E-P         VOICES: 9         STOPS: 10          RANKS: 9         PIPES: 518



NOTES
The organ is clearly a rebuild of something previous, or a 'new' organ created out of
recycled parts.

Sources: JRS; extant organ


First Parish Church Universalist
31 Main St.
Saugus,  MA.  01906                          Documented: April 1988

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