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C. B. Fisk, Inc. Opus 69 (1975)

St. Michael's Episcopal Church
26 Pleasant Street
Marblehead, MA

Images

2022-06-25 - Pedal bourdon at rear left of case (Photograph by Andrew Scanlon /Andrew Scanlon)

2022-06-25 - Case detail. Swell shutters (in closed position) are on bottom (Photograph by Andrew Scanlon /Andrew Scanlon )

2022-06-25 - Exterior (Photograph by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)

2022-06-25 - Builder’s nameplate mounted on side of case (not on console) (Photograph by Andrew Scanlon /Andrew Scanlon )

2022-06-25 - Setter switches for combination action located on gallery rail behind and left of organist’s back (Photograph by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)

1974 - Organ in room (Photograph by Fisk, submitted by John Roper/John Roper)

2018-03-18 - Console (Photograph by Wayne Johnson/Database Manager)

2018-03-18 - Organ Case (Photograph by Wayne Johnson/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
Console position: Detached Keydesk (Mechanical Action)
2 manuals
20 stops
20 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination action: Setterboard
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2004-10-30 - Uses case from church's previous 1833 Hook. -Database Manager

2008-09-09 - Updated through on-line information from James R. Stettner. -- The Great 4' Flute is prepared-for. -Database Manager

2014-04-04 - Updated through online information from Dr. Douglas R. Major. -- New instrument in 1833 Hook case, using five stops from the Hook organ. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: Stoplist from factory web site ca. 1975

Marblehead, Massachusetts
St. Michael's Episcopal Church

C.B. Fisk, Opus 69, 1974

     GREAT
16'  Bourdon
8'   Open Diapason
8'   Stopped Diapason
4'   Principal
4'   Flute
2'   Fifteenth
III  Cornet
IV-V Mixtur
8'   Trumpet

     SWELL (Expressive)
8'   Spire Flute
8'   Flûte Céleste
4'   Chimney Flute
2'   Flageolet
II   Sesquialtera
IV   Sharp
8'   Hautboy
     Tremolo

     PEDAL
16'  Sub Bass
8'   Flûte
4'   Octave
16'  Bassoon
8'   Trumpet

     COUPLERS
Swell to Pedal
Great to Pedal

Swell to Great

     COMBINATIONS
General                  1 - 4 
Swell                    1 - 4
Great                    1 - 4
Pedal                    1 - 4
Cymbel Star              (rev)
Sw to Ped.               (rev)
Gr. to Ped.              (rev)
Sw. to Gr.               (rev)

     PEDAL MOVEMENTS
Swell Expression        (bal.)


[Received from Jon Collins 2014-02-14.]

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