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Woodberry & Harris Opus 104 (1891)

Grace Baptist Church / Perkins St. Baptist / Seventh-day Adventist: Sanctuary
59 Cross Street
Somerville, MA

Images

March 2007 - Right stop jamb (Photograph by Paul Chudigian/Paul Chudigian)

March 2007 - Console (Photograph by Paul Chudigian/Paul Chudigian)

March 2007 - Left stop jamb (Photograph by Paul Chudigian/Paul Chudigian)

March 2007 - Console (Photograph by Paul Chudigian/Paul Chudigian)

March 2007 - Manuals and builder's nameplate (Photograph by Paul Chudigian/Paul Chudigian)

March 2007 - Sanctuary (Photograph by Paul Chudigian/Paul Chudigian)

May 2019 - Organ facade in the sanctuary of the Somerville Monte Sinai Hispanic SDA Church (formerly Grace Baptist/Perkins Street Baptist Church) (Photograph from an archival source: David Figueroa, submitted by Paul Chudigian/Paul Chudigian)

Consoles

Main

2 manuals
20 stops
22 registers
Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Mechanical
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 27 notes

Notes

2021-07-25 - The church building at 59 Cross Street in east Somerville is no longer known as Grace Baptist. The congregation sold the building to a Seventh Day Adventist Church a while ago. I have some pictures that I took while serving as an intern organist as well as the organist of the final Sunday before the building was sold and the GBC congregation disbanded. I will attempt to post them. The disposition of the W&H tracker organ is unknown. -Paul Chudigian

2021-08-13 - Updating address. Now a Seventh Day Adventist Church. Organ is believed to be intact. Formerly "Perkins Street Baptist Church". (See church image). -Paul Chudigian

Stoplist

Typed specification Source: from Boston Organ Club Newsletter (February 1966) Date not recorded

Somerville, Massachusetts
Grace Baptist Church

Woodberry & Harris   Opus 104   1891    2 manuals, 20 stops, 22 ranks
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         GREAT ORGAN                      SWELL ORGAN
     16' Open Diapason      61        16' Bourdon Bass       12 *
      8' Open Diapason      61        16' Bourdon (TC)       49
      8' Dulciana           61         8' Open Diapason      61
      8' Melodia            61         8' Salicional         61
      4' Octave             61         8' Stopped Diapason   61
      3' Octave Quinte      61         4' Violina            61
      2' Super Octave       61         4' Flute Harmonique   61
         Mixture III       183         2' Flautino           61
      8' Trumpet            61         8' Oboe (TC)          49
                                       8' Bassoon            12
         PEDAL ORGAN                   8' Vox Humana         61
     16' Open               27            Tremolo
     16' Bourdon            27            * unenclosed

         COUPLERS                         PEDAL MOVEMENTS
         Swell to Great                   Piano Great
         Swell to Pedal                   Forte Great
         Great to Pedal                   Reversible Great to Pedal

         Blower's Signal


[Received from Steven E. Lawson  2017-11-27]