2004-10-30 - From Paul Wentworth residence, Orland, ME after c. 1975. -Database Manager
2007-06-02 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -Database Manager
Original document from James R. Stettner. Source: Stoplist copied from keydesk stop controls 1988-10-16
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Original document from James R. Stettner. Source: Stoplist copied from keydesk controls 2018-01-03
Albany, NY
Residence: Stephen Peterson
Organ by Paine & Sparrow, ca. 1832 - Original Specifications
MANUAL (Expressive; 56 notes) COUPLERS
[8] Open Diapason (td) 42 None
[8] Dulcianna [sic] (tg) 37
[8] Stop Diapason Treble (tg) 37
[8] Stop Diapason 19 PEDAL MOVEMENTS
[4] Principal 56 Machine Stop
Bellows Pump
Expression (hitch-down)
PEDAL
No pedalboard
ACTION: Mech. Key & Stop VOICES: 4 STOPS: 5 RANKS: 4 PIPES: 191
NOTES
The original home of this organ is unknown. The organ was given by John Buck of Orland,
Maine to his daughter Emmaline on the occasion of her 21st birthday (ca. 1950). Buck sent
one of his schooners to Portland, Maine to pick the organ up along with a man from Paine
& Sparrow. The organ was taken to Orland by the schooner, and then taken up the Orland
River by a smaller boat. It was finally delivered to the home by oxcart. This chamber
organ remained in its Orland home from ca. 1850 until its purchase by Mr. Stephen
Peterson in 1975.
The underside of the reservoir is signed by John K.H. Paine of Paine & Sparrow. Mr. Paine
was the grandfather of American composer and organist John Knowles Paine.
Sources: Stephen Peterson; JRS; extant organ
Residence
Mr. Stephen Peterson
166 Jay St.
Albany, NY. 12210 Documented: October 16, 1988
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