First Baptist Church
56 Federal Street
Salem, MA
Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
Images
Unknown - Organ Case ((2009) Photograph by John Bishop/Database Manager)
Unknown - Console (Photograph by John Bishop/Database Manager)
Unknown - Great Pipework (Photograph by Sean Haley/Database Manager)
Unknown - Nave and Balconies (Photograph by Sean Haley/Database Manager)
Unknown - Sanctuary view from balcony (Photograph by Sean Haley/Database Manager)
Unknown - Inside case beneath Great chest. Left is the original trumpet (called Tuba) from 4' C up. Pedal Bourdon and offsets for Gt 2nd Diapason (Photograph by Sean Haley/Database Manager)
Consoles
Main
- 3 manuals
- 32 stops
- 4 divisions
- Key action Type: Electrical
- Stop action Type: Tubular Pneumatic (Details Unknown)
- Manual compass: 61 notes
- Pedal compass: 32 notes
- Has crescendo
- Has combination thumb pistons
- Has combination toe pistons
- Has coupler thumb pistons
- Has coupler toe pistons
- Has tutti thumb pistons
- Has tutti toe pistons
Notes
2009-01-02 - Identified through on-line information from Sean M. Haley. -- Originally 2 manuals and pedal with 22 stops, slider chests and mechanical key & stop action. 61/27 compass. Electrified, added Choir, tonal additions, and Austin type console added by William W. Laws of Beverly, Massachusetts in 1924. Hutchings pipework and chests extant at time of inspection in 2008. Organ was purchased by Kent Lutheran Church, Kent, Washington just prior to the dismantling of the church by the State of Massachusetts for courthouse expansion. Organ was removed by John Bishop and crew and is in storage awaiting rebuilding, restoration, and tonal additions. -Database Manager
2017-12-09 - Updated by Sean Haley, the builder.<br>
A design contract has been completed and approved in the Summer/Fall of 2017 and the board of the Kent Grand Organ committee, a non-profit entity, intend to sign a contract for the rebuilding and installation of the Hutchings-Plaisted/Laws organ in mid 2018. Completion is intended to be in 2020. A freestanding case with a 16' facade, new terraced drawknob console, and restoration of Hutchings components/pipework, with sensitive and sympathetic additions, are but highlights of what will be a 54 rank instrument. -Database Manager
Stoplist
, Source: Typed stoplist (Source: Organ Clearing House website 2007-10-26
Salem, Massachusetts
First Baptist Church
Hutchings, Plaisted & Co., Opus 78, 1878
William W. Laws, 1924 - Electrfication/Rebuild
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GREAT SWELL
16 Bourdon 16 Bourdon Bass
8 First Diapason 16 Bourdon Treble
8 Second Diapason 8 Open Diapason
8 Melodia 8 Stopped Diapason
8 Gamba 8 Salicional
8 Dulciana 8 Aeoline
4 Octave 4 Violina
4 Flute d'Amour 4 Flute
2-2/3 Twelfth 2 Flautino
2 Fifteenth III Cornet
III Mixture III 8 Cornopean
16 Tuba 8 Oboe
8 Tuba 8 Vox Humana
4 Tuba Tremulant
Chimes
Great to Great 16
Great Unison Off
Great to Great 4 CHOIR (Expressive)
8 English Diapason
8 Concert Flute
PEDAL 8 Gemshorn
32 Resultant 8 Unda Maris
32 Contra Bourdon 8 Dolce
16 Open Diapason 4 Wald Flute
16 Bourdon 2 Piccolo
16 Lieblich Gedeckt 8 Orchestral Oboe
8 Major Flute 8 Clarinet
8 Gedeckt Tremulant
4 Flute Chimes
4 Stopped Flute
16 Tuba Choir to Choir 16
8 Tuba Choir Unison Off
4 Tuba Choir to Choir 4
COUPLERS
Swell to Pedal 8,4
Great to Pedal 8,4
Choir to Pedal 8,4
Swell to Great 16,8,4
Choir to Great 16,8,4
Swell to Choir 16,8,4
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[Received online from T. Daniel Hancock, 2012-09-10]
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