Unknown - Organ Case (Photograph by William Van Pelt (ca 1950)/Database Manager)
OHS convention: 1978
2008-07-04 - Updated through online information from George Bozeman. -- 2 July 2008 condition fairly good, very playable. -Database Manager
2014-09-15 - Updated through online information from John Igoe. -- Andover Organ Company, Methuen, Massachusetts, completed restoration and repair work after August 2000 -Database Manager
2021-08-06 - "The Keraulophon is "grooved" to the Stopped Diapason in the bass octave, and the pipes speak at a softer dynamic level. The Octave and Oboe were revoioed about fourteen years ago. The Octave Coupler is operated by an unlabeled hitch-down pedal, and the Water Motor knob apparently never controlled such an engine. The organ was built in Mr. Ryder 's shop in Reading, and it was moved from the former church building to the present edifice in 1890. Details regarding the organ are in *The Boston Organ Club Newsletter* for September, 1965." -- from 1978 OHS Handbook -Paul R. Marchesano
Typed stoplist, with stopknob layout. On-line update from George Bozeman. Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Woburn, Massachusetts Methodist Church Ryder Organ, 1884 Stops, left side, left to right: Sw. Stopped Diapason 8 ft. Sw. Keraulophon 8 ft. (grooved to Std. Diap. 1-12) Sw. Bourdon 16 ft (tc) Sw. Oboe 8 ft. (tc) Sw. Flageolet 2 ft. Sw. Violin 4 ft. Swell to Pedale Great to Pedale Swell to Great Right side: Gr. Flute D'Amour 4 ft. Gr. Octave 4 ft. Gr. Melodia 8 ft./ Water Motor (removed) Gr. Dulciana 8 ft. Gr. Open Diapason 8 ft. Pedale sub Bass 16 ft. Bellows Signal (now blower switch) Tremolo. Great/Great 4' coupler by hitchdown pedal Great Full Combination Pedal Balanced Swell Pedal to right. [Received on line from George Bozeman, July 4, 2008]
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