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Wm. B.D. Simmons (1853)

Images

2004-05-10 - Builder's nameplate (Photograph from an archival source: 2005 OHS Handbook, William T. Van Pelt, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano/Jim Stettner)

2004-05-10 - Organ case in rear gallery (Photograph from an archival source: 2005 OHS Handbook, William T. Van Pelt, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)

Consoles

Main

• Organ type: Traditional With Hinged Doors That Enclose Keyboards
• Console position: Keydesk Attached, Manuals Set Into Case
• 2 manuals
• 15 stops
• 17 registers
• 3 divisions
• Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
• Stop action Type: Mechanical
• Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Flat Jambs
• Manual compass: 56 notes
• Pedal compass: 17 notes
• Pedal Type: Flat Straight
• Expression Type: Trigger/Hitch-Down Expression
• Combination action: None

Notes

2008-11-16 - Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -- The organ is freestanding and encased in the rear gallery. The facade is 3-sectional with 17 pipes arranged: 5-7-5. The Swell registers are short-compass (39 pipes) with only a single, unexpressive 17-note 8' St. Diap. Bass. The Pedal 16' Sub Bass is 13 pipes. The pedalboard is 17-notes. The Swell expression is hitch-down and stops are via drawknobs. The organ was substantially revised by Andover in 1967 as their R-99. Source: extant, altered organ; Andover files. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: 2005 OHS Handbook

GREAT (Man. I CC-g3, 56 notes) Open Diapason 8, Dulciana [tc] 8, Claribella* [sic] [c1] 8, St. Diap. Treble [c1] 8, Stopped Diapason Bass 8, Principal 4, Flute [tc] 4, Twelfth 2⅔, Fifteenth 2, Trumpet [tf] 8

SWELL (Expressive) (Man. II, t.F-g3, 39 notes) Op. Diapason 8, St. Diap. 8, Viola 8, Principal 4, Hautboy 8, Tremulant

SWELL BASS (Unenclosed) Stopped Diapason Swell Bass 8

PEDAL (CC-E, 17 notes) Sub Bass Ped. 16

COUPLERS Couple Pedals & Sw. Bass, Couple Pedals & Great, Couple Great & Swell

FOOT TRUNDLES Great Piano, Great Forte

PEDAL MOVEMENTS Swell Expression (hitch-down)

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

• #3427 - Andover Organ Co. Opus R-99 (1967)
• #62177 - Andover Organ Co. Opus R-99C (2017)

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