1989-02-23 - Organ (Photograph from church archives; digital image by James R. Stettner./Database Manager)
2004-10-30 - OCH. Altered 1961 by D. H. McPeak, Gardner, MA. Original building on Main St. demolished 1965. Organ stored by Ed. Boadway, then moved to new building and rebuilt by Andover. Stoplist in BOC 21 is the original stoplist -Database Manager
2005-08-23 - On-line update from Judith A. Ollikkala -- The first organ here was a W. B. D. Simmons & Co. two-manual tracker of 1854, prior to 1887. It may have been in the first church building on West Main St., Fitchburg MA. -Database Manager
2008-09-07 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- Free-standing and encased. 3-sectional facade containing 33 ornately-stenciled pipes arranged: 7-[7-5-7]-7. Case of black walnut. This organ was halfway between the Size 11 and a Size 12 models. It had one stop more than a Size 11 (the Swell 8' Cornopean), but one stop less than a full Size 12 (the Pedal 8' Violoncello). The organ was last played on Monday, August 30, 1965 by Miss Judith Percy - just before dismantling commenced. The old edifice was razed to make way for a new public library. Sources: H&H opus list; Andover files; extant, altered organ; newspaper article. -Database Manager
Typed stoplist from the OHS PC Database. Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
1887 Hook & Hastings, Op. 1355
(Stoplist: BOC 140:12)
Great: (58 notes, unenclosed, Manual I)
16' Bourdon [T 46 pipes w)
16' Bourdon Bass ( w)
8' Open Diapason (58 pipes m)
8' Dulciana (58 pipes, m)
8' Melodia (58 pipes w)
4' Octave (58 pipes, m)
3' Twelfth (58 pipes, m)
2' Fifteenth (58 pipes, m)
III Mixture (174 pipes, m 19-22-26)
8' Trumpet (58 pipes, m)
Swell: 58 (notes, enclosed, Manual II)
8' Open Diapason (58 pipes, w&m)
8' Viola (58 pipes, m)
8' Stopped Diapason (58 pipes, w&m)
4' Violina (58 pipes, m)
4' Flauto Traverso (58 pipes, w&m)
2' Flautino (58 pipes, m)
8' Cornopean (58 pipes, m)
8' Oboe [TC] (46 pipes, m)
8' Bassoon (12 pipes, m)
Tremolo
Pedal: (27 notes, unenclosed)
16' Open Diapason (27 pipes, w)
6' Bourdon (27 pipes, w)
Couplers
Swell to Great
Sw. to Gt. Sub 8va (actually Super)
Great to Pedal
Swell to Pedal
Mechanical:
2 unlabeled Great combination pedals
Gt. To Ped. reversible
Bellows Signal.
Misc. Controls: Bellows Signal
Foot Levers (Unlabeled; l - r):
Gr. Piano - 8' Mel., 8' Dulc.
Gr to Ped - reversible
Gr. Forte - 8,8,8,4,3,2,III
Pedal Movements:
Swell Expression - balanced
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