Unitarian Church
Vineyard Haven, MA
Images
2019-05-20 - Mock up of Drawknob Layout (Original digital artwork by Doug Ulwick/Database Manager)
2019-05-20 - Mock up of Drawknob Layout (Original digital artwork by Doug Ulwick/Database Manager)
2019-05-19 - Organ in Sanctuary (Photograph by Doug Ulwick/Database Manager)
2019-05-19 - Organ Case (Photograph by Doug Ulwick/Database Manager)
2019-05-19 - Keydesk, Stops and Pedals (Photograph by Doug Ulwick/Database Manager)
2019-05-19 - Builder's Nameplate (Photograph by Doug Ulwick/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
- 13 stops
- Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
- Stop action Type: Mechanical
- Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
- Pedal Type: Flat Radiating
- Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Notes
2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1975. -Database Manager
2004-10-30 - Restored Andover 1975. -Database Manager
2019-06-18 - Updated by Doug Ulwick, who has heard or played the organ. <br> <br> -Database Manager
Stoplist
Typed stoplist from James R. Stettner Source: Stoplist copied from photos of the organ on the OHS Database Date not recorded
Vineyard Haven (Tisbury), Massachusetts
Unitarian Universalist Society - Stevens Memorial Chapel
HOOK-HASTINGS CO., Opus 2029, 1904 - Original Specifications
GREAT COUPLERS (Drawknob)
8' Open Diapason 61 Swell to Pedal
8' Dulciana 61 Great to Pedal
4' Octave 61
Sw to Gr Unison
Sw to Gr at Octaves
SWELL (Expressive)
8' Sw Viola (tc) 49
8' Sw Gedeckt (tc) 49 FOOT LEVERS (Unlabeled)
8' Sw Unison Bass 12 Gr to Ped Reversible
4' Sw Flute Harmonique 61
PEDAL MOVEMENTS
PEDAL Swell Expression (bal.)
16' Ped SubBass 30
ACTION: Mech Key & Stop VOICES: 7 STOPS: 8 RANKS: 7 PIPES: 384
NOTES
The organ is free-standing and encased at the front of the chapel. The façade contains
27 gold-painted pipes in a 3-section display arranged: 3-21-3. The keydesk is attached
and projecting with a lid which lifts to form a music rack. Stops are as drawknobs in
terraced jambs on either side of the manuals. The pedalboard is flat and radiating.
According to an April 14, 2005 article which was published in The Martha's Vineyard Times
and which appears on the Pipe Organs of the Cape & Islands website, “One hundred years
ago the organ committee of the Unitarian Universalist Society of Martha's Vineyard made
an offer of $1,000 to buy a $1,150 organ from the Hook and Hastings Company in Boston.
After some haggling it was agreed that the church would buy the organ for $1,100, but
only after a one-month trial period. “If not satisfactory, it may be returned” wrote
the committee.
The church was very happy with their purchase and now the organ, a tracker organ model
#5, has a new lease on life. The refurbishment is now complete, done by the Andover Organ
Company and Jeremy Adams, an instrument maker. No restoration was necessary; all the parts
are original. The pump organ was electrified in the early 20th century, eliminating the
need to hire pump boys for Sunday mornings.
The year-long refurbishment was made possible by a grant from the Farm Neck Foundation
and generous donations from many people. The project culminated with an organ recital on
April 17, 2005 at 3:00 p.m.”
Sources: Hook & Hastings opus list; OHS Database; Organs of the Cape & Islands
website
Unitarian Univeralist Society
Stevens Memorial Chapel
238 Main St.
Vineyard Haven (Tisbury), MA. 02568
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