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Berkshire Organ Co., Inc. (1965)

First Congregational Church / United Community Church of Morrisville: Sanctuary; front
85 Upper Main St.
Morrisville, VT

Images

2014-12-24 - Organ in front (Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook page, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

2013-12-01 - Organ in front (Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook page, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

ca. 1965 - Organ case and keydesk (Photograph from an archival source: Builder's promotional brochure, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

summer 2013 - Builder's nameplate (Photograph by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)

Summer 2013 - Console (Photograph by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)

Summer 2013 - Pipe facade (Photograph by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Non-Traditional Style, As Consoles by Holtkamp, Schlicker, et al
Console position: Keydesk Attached
2 manuals
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Flat Jambs
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination action: Computerized/Digital
Has combination thumb pistons

Notes

2015-06-14 - This entry describes an original installation of a new pipe organ. Identified by Charles Eberline, using information found in Advertisement for the Berkshire Organ Company in The Eleventh Annual National Convention of the Organ Historical Society, Incorporated: Cape Cod and Nantucket Island, Massachusetts, June 21â€“23, 1966 (York, PA: Organ Historical Society, [1966]), page [14] (the pages are not numbered). -Database Manager

2015-07-04 - Updated through online information from Charles Eberline. -Database Manager

2015-10-26 - Updated through online information from Andrew Hagberg. -Database Manager

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