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Hutchings-Votey Organ Co. Opus 1486 (1902)

Second Congregational Church
River Road
Newcastle, ME

Images

1989-03-09 - Organ case; sanctuary facade (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

1989-03-09 - Organ case; chancel facade (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

1989-03-09 - Keydesk (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
Console position: Keydesk Attached
2 manuals
12 stops
12 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: 30 notes
Pedal Type: Flat Straight
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Combination action: Fixed Mechanical

Notes

2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1980 -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - Altered by Andover in 1979, 2-12. Renovation and tonal changes. -Database Manager

2007-09-27 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- In a case in the front, left corner of the room. The facade wraps around the right end of the case onto the chancel platform which is where the keydesk is attached. The front facade is 3-sectional containing 29 pipes arranged: 5-19-5. The side facade is also 3-sectional containing 17 pipes arranged: 3-11-3. The facade pipes are painted mostly in silver with some gold banding framed with green stripes. The organ has 4 fixed combination foot trundles: Swell Piano, Swell Forte, Great Piano and Great Forte. The Swell to Great Octave coupler and Swell Tremolo are both operated via hitch-down levers. -Database Manager

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