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Andover Organ Co. Opus R-73 (1965)

First Universalist Church / Universalist-Unitarian Church
15 Kenoza Avenue
Haverhill, MA

Images

1989-10-23 - Organ in rear gallery (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

1989-10-23 - Organ Case from main floor (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

1989-10-23 - Keydesk (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

1989-10-23 - Organ (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
16 stops
16 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Mechanical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
Pedal Type: Flat Straight
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Combination action: Fixed Mechanical
Has coupler toe pistons

Notes

2004-10-30 - The original builder was Hook & Hastings (1896, Opus1731). -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1996. -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - Relocated through OCH from Universalist, Arlington, MA. Renovated Andover 1965, #R-73, 2-16. New case in 1989. -Database Manager

2008-01-05 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- As installed in its original home in Arlington, Massachusetts, the organ was recessed into an alcove and only had a case front that had been painted white at some point in its past. When relocated to Haverhill in 1965, the organ was installed "as is" without case sides or refinishing. Two tonal changes were made: the Swell 4' Violina was rescaled and revoiced as a 2' register, and the original II Cornet [12-15] was cut down, and revoiced as a II Mixture [19-22]. In 1988, a generous gift from church member Charlotte Ricker and her sister allowed for case sides to be built, and for the existing painted front to be stripped and refinished. This was done as R-73A. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from the console May 25, 1989 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Haverhill, Massachusetts
Universalist Unitarian Church

Hook & Hastings, Opus 1731, 1896
Andover Organ Co., R-73, 1968 - Relocation, Rebuild, Tonal Changes
Andover Organ Co., R-73A, 1988 - New Case Sides; Case Refinishing

GREAT
   8'   Open Diapason               58
   8'   Melodia                     58
   8'   Dulciana                    58
   4'   Octave                      58
   2'   Fifteenth                   58
   8'   Trumpet                     58

SWELL (Expressive)
   16'  Bourdon               (tc)  46
   8'   Stop'd Diapason             58
   8'   Viola                       58
   4'   Flute                       58
   2'   Flageolet                   58   Was 4' Violina.
   II   Mixture                    116   Beginning pitches: 19-22. Was II Cornet [12-15].
   8'   Oboe                  (tc)  46
   8'   Bassoon                     12
        Tremolo

PEDAL
   16'  Bourdon                     27
   8'   Open Diapason               27   Open wood.

COUPLERS (Drawknob)
   Swell to Pedal                  [8]
   Great to Pedal                  [8]
   Swell to Great                  [8]

FOOT LEVERS (Unlabeled; l-r)
   Swell Piano  -  8' S.D.  (double-acting)

   Swell Forte  -  8' S.D., 4, 2, II Mix.

   Gr. to Ped.  -  Reversible

   Sw. to Gr.   -  Reversible

   Great Piano  -  8' Mel.  (double-acting)

   Great Forte  -  8' O.D., 8' Mel., 4, 2.

PEDAL MOVEMENTS
   Swell Expression             (bal.)

ACTION: Mech. key & stop
VOICES: 15
STOPS: 16
RANKS: 16
PIPES: 854

 [Received on line from James R. Stettner June 08, 2009.]

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