Berkley Congregational Church
13 South Main Street
Berkley, MA
OHS convention: 2005
Images
2020-06-16 - OHS Historic Citation in the vestibule of the church (Photograph by Stephen St. Denis/Stephen St. Denis)
2020-06-16 - Church interior with organ in the front of the sanctuary (Photograph by Stephen St. Denis/Stephen St. Denis)
2020-06-16 - Church exterior (Photograph by Stephen St. Denis/Stephen St. Denis)
2004-05-10 - Organ Case (Photograph by William T. Van Pelt/Database Manager)
2004-05-10 - Keydesk and Pedalboard (Photograph by William T. Van Pelt/Database Manager)
2004-05-10 - Left Drawknobs (Photograph by William T. Van Pelt/Database Manager)
2004-05-10 - Right Drawknobs (Photograph by William T. Van Pelt/Database Manager)
2004-05-10 - Organ Case Detail (Photograph by William T. Van Pelt/Database Manager)
2004-05-10 - Organ Case Detail (Photograph by William T. Van Pelt/Database Manager)
2004-05-10 - Keydesk (Photograph by William T. Van Pelt/Database Manager)
2004-05-10 - Organ Case Detail (Photograph by William T. Van Pelt/Database Manager)
2004-05-10 - Builder's Nameplate (Photograph by William T. Van Pelt/Database Manager)
Consoles
Main
- 1 manuals
- Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
- Stop action Type: Mechanical
Notes
2004-10-30 - Altered by Ryder 1-9, ca1900. Restored Roche 1984, 1-10. -Database Manager
Stoplist
Original document from Matthew M Bellocchio. Source: Personal knowledge of the organ and its restoration. 2017-03-20
Berkley Congregational Church
13 South Main Street, Berkley, MA 02779
E. & G. G. Hook, Makers, c. 1834–7
Boston, MA
Mechanical key- and stop-action
Original location unknown
Unknown, c.1858
Relocation of organ to Union Baptist Church, Merrimack Street, Boston, MA
W. B. D. Simmons, 1864
Relocation of organ to Congregational Church, Amherst, NH
Repairs and addition of Pedal Sub Bass
George Ryder [?] 1875
Boston, MA
Relocation of organ to Methodist Episcopal Church (now Berkley Congregational Church) Berkley, MA
Tonal and mechanical alterations; remodeled case and façade
Williams Organ Service, 1950s
Swampscott, MA
Mechanical alterations; chimes
Roche Organ Co. Inc., 1983
Restoration
MANUAL
enclosed except for Open Diapason, 58 notes, GGG, AAA-f3
[8'] Op. Diapason Bass [GGG-f#0] 19 pipes
1-4 grooved from St. Diapason Bass; 5-11 open wood, new; 12-23 zinc, new, in façade
[8'] Op. Diapason Treble [g0] 35 pipes
24-58 common metal, Hook, pipes scribed “3”; slide-tuned
[8'] St. Diapason Bass [to f#0] 23 pipes
1-4 stopped wood, new; 5-23 stopped wood, Hook
[8'] St. Diapason Treble [g0] 35 pipes
24-28 stopped wood, Hook; 29 stopped wood; 30-58 common metal chimney flutes, soldered tops, tuning ears, Hook, pipes inscribed “St/3”; rescaled one note (B now speaks C)
[8'] Dulciana [g0] 35 pipes
Common metal; 24-26 replacements; 27-58 Hook, pipes scribed “3”;
rescaled one note (B now speaks C); slide-tuned
[4'] Principal 58 pipes
Common metal;1-4 new; 5-58 Hook, pipes scribed “Pr/3”; slide-tuned
[4'] Flute [label missing] 58 pipes
1-4 stopped wood, new; 5-16 stopped wood, Hook; 17-58 common metal chimney flutes, soldered tops, tuning ears, Hook, pipes scribed “Fl/1”
[2 2/3’] Twelfth 58 pipes
Common metal; 1-4 new; 5-58 Hook, pipes scribed “12/1;” slide-tuned
[2'] Fifteenth 58 pipes
common metal; 1-4 new; 5-58 Hook, pipes scribed “15/1;” slide-tuned
[1 3/5'] Hautboy 58 pipes
Full-compass Seventeenth, furnished 1983, in place of missing treble Hautboy;
spotted metal, early 20th century pipes, stamped “15”; slide-tuned
PEDAL
25 notes, CC-c1
[16'] Sub Bass 13 pipes
1-13 stopped wood, Simmons
Pedal Coupler
Bellows signal [unlabled]
Hitch down swell spoon pedal [restored 1983]
7 horizontal shades
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