Centre Street Methodist Church
2 Centre Street
Nantucket, MA
OHS convention: 1966
Images
2012-05-29 - Church Exterior (Photograph by M. Alan Lish/Database Manager)
2012-05-29 - Sanctuary Interior and Organ Case (Photograph by M. Alan Lish/Database Manager)
2012-05-29 - Sanctuary Interior, Chancel, and Organ Case (Photograph by M. Alan Lish/Database Manager)
1969-10-01 - Chancel and Organ Case (Photograph by Jack E. Boucher; image courtesy of the Library of Congress/Database Manager)
1900-01-01 - Sanctuary Interior, Chancel, and Organ Case (Unidentified Photographer; image courtesy of the Library of Congress/Database Manager)
Consoles
Main
- 2 manuals
- Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
- Stop action Type: Mechanical
Notes
2004-10-30 - The original builder was Thomas Appleton (1831). -Database Manager
2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1989 -Database Manager
2004-10-30 - Rebuild. Altered by Ross Abel 1968, 2-13. Andover returned Viol d'Amour, again 2-14. Historic Organs Recital 21 Jul 1989. -Database Manager
Stoplist
Stoplist copied from the console June 1988 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Nantucket, Massachusetts
Centre Street Methodist Church
Thomas Appleton, 1831
E. & G.G. Hook, Opus 241, 1858 - Removal, Enlargement to 2-Manuals,
Moving, Reinstallation on Nantucket.
GREAT (GGG, AAA-f3)
[8] Op. Diapason Treble (tg) 35
[8] Op. Diapason Bass 19 1-4 from St. Diapason Bass.
[8] Viol d'Amour (tg) 35
[8] Dulciana (tg) 35
[8] St. Diapason Treble (tg) 35
[8] St. Diapason Bass 23
[4] Principal 58
[4] Flute 58
[3] Twelfth 58
[2] Fifteenth 58
SWELL TREBLE (Expressive; Tenor F-f3)
[8] Open Diapason (tf) 37
[8] St. Diapason (tf) 37
[8] Viol di Gamba (tf) 37
[4] Principal (tf) 37
[8] Hautboy (tf) 37
SWELL BASS (Unexpressive; GGG, AAA-E)
[8] St. Diapason Bass 21
PEDAL (GGGG, AAAA-CC; 17 notes)
[16] Sub Bass 13 Open wood.
COUPLERS (Drawknob)
Swell to Pedal [8]
Great to Pedal [8]
Swell to Great [8]
FOOT LEVERS (Unlabeled; l - r)
Gr. Op. Diap. Bass (rev)
Gr. Upper Chorus Cancel (s-a) Removes Principal, Twelfth, and Fifteenth.
PEDAL MOVEMENTS
Swell Expression (h-d)
ACTION: Mech. key & stop
VOICES: 14
STOPS: 17
RANKS: 14
PIPES: 633
NOTES
The organ was originally a I-manual Appleton built for an unidentified
church believed to have been in Boston. The Hook brothers removed the
organ from its original home; removed the swell box from the organ;
added a short-compass Swell, moved the original Hautboy from the origi-
nal chest and put it on the new Swell; replaced the Hautboy with the
Viol d'Amour, built a swellbox for the new Swell, and installed the
organ in the rear gallery of the church. In 1893, it was moved to the
front of the church behind the pulpit platform where it has remained.
The organ has been slowly and lovingly restored by Bob Newton of the
Andover Organ Co. over several decades. One of the worst problems was
damage from powder post beetles - finally eradicated. Poorly executed
tonal changes by others were reversed. In recent years, the facade pipes
were reguilded with new goldleaf.
[Received on line from James R. Stettner June 29, 2009.]
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