Forest Street Union Church
15 Forest Street
Methuen, MA
Images
2023-08-09 - Original builder's nameplate (still on console) (Photograph by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)
2023-08-09 - Wall plaque detailing organ’s various dates of installation and restoration (Photograph by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)
2023-08-09 - Pedalboard, swell shoe and foot combination levers (Photograph by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)
2023-08-09 - Console (Photograph by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)
2023-08-09 - Keydesk, couplers and plaques corresponding to the foot levers (Photograph by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)
2023-08-09 - Facade and organ console “booth” beneath (Photograph by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)
2023-08-09 - Interior showing organ in rear (Photograph by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)
2023-08-09 - Case detail (Photograph by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)
2019 - Interior 2019 (Photograph by Forest Street Church Facebook Page, submitted by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)
2020 - Interior 2020 (Photograph by Forest Street Church Facebook Page, submitted by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)
2015 - Exterior (Photograph from an archival source: Forest Street Church 100th Anniversary History Book, submitted by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
- Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
- 2 manuals
- 16 stops
- 17 registers
- 3 divisions
- Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
- Stop action Type: Mechanical
- Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
- Manual compass: 61 notes
- Pedal compass: 27 notes
- Pedal Type: Flat Straight
- Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
- Combination action: Fixed Mechanical
Notes
2009-06-05 - Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -- This was a mechanical refurbishing of the existing 1898 Methuen Organ Co. instrument with tonal changes to four of the six Great stops, three of which were made from existing registers. In summer of 2005, the sagging tin facade pipes were removed by Andover and sent to pipemakers Jozff Lasota & Sons in Highmount, NY to be straightened, reinforced, and polished. The pipes were reinstalled with supplemental support racks and pipe hooks. -Database Manager
2023-08-09 - I visited and played the instrument today. Everything works, it's in beautiful condition. Most recent work 2012 by Andover. Norma Reich (spouse of Bob Reich, longtime president of Andover Organ Co company) was organist here (shared w Shirley MacKenzie) for over 30 years the organ has always been cared for. -Andrew Scanlon
Stoplist
Stoplist copied from the console in June, 1988 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Methuen, Massachusetts
Forest Street Union Church
METHUEN ORGAN CO., 1898 - Original Specifications
Unknown Builder, 1944 - Reinstallation of organ from Searles Estate
Andover Organ Co., R-52, 1964-65 - Refurbishing & Tonal Changes
GREAT
8' Open Diapason 61 Facade pipes of pure tin.
8' Gedeckt 61 Made from the orig. Quintadena.
4' Octave 61 Made from the orig. Viola di Gamba.
4' Flute d'Amour 61
2' Fifteenth 61 Made from the orig. Dulciana.
III Mixture 183 New.
Chimes (20) Tenor A thru e 41.
SWELL (Expressive)
16' Bourdon (tc) 49
8' Open Diapason 61
8' Stopd Diapason 61
8' Salicional 61
8' Dolcissimo 61
4' Violin 61
4' Flute Harmonique 61
8' Oboe and Bassoon 61
Tremolo
PEDAL
16' Bourdon 27
16' Dulciana 27
COUPLERS (Drawknob)
Swell to Pedal [8]
Great to Pedal [8]
Swell to Great [8]
FOOT LEVERS
Swell Piano - 8' St. Diap., 8' Dolcissimo
Swell Forte - 16,8,8,8,8,4,4,8 (all)
Gr. to Ped. Reversible
Great Piano - 2' Fifteenth, III Mixture; Ped. 16' Dulciana
Great Forte - 8,8,4,4,2,III; Ped. 16,16 (full)
PEDAL MOVEMENTS
Swell Expression (bal.)
ACTION: Mech. key & stop (detached console)
VOICES: 16
STOPS: 17; inc. chimes
RANKS: 18
PIPES: 1,018
NOTES
The tonal changes rendered the Great Piano foot trundle ineffectual.
[Received on line from James R. Stettner June 06, 2009.]
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