1964 - Organ in loft (Photograph from an archival source: 1964 OHS Handbook, builder ad, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)
2017-11-28 - "Organ built by James E. Treat & Co., in 1889, financed by E. F. Searles, and from 1890 until 1904, the exhibition organ of James E. Treat & Co. and the Methuen Organ Co., in their building next to the present Music Hall. In 1904, Mr. Searles gave the organ and edifice to the congregation. Electrified by E. M. Skinner in 1948 (utilizing an ugly Aeolian console), the organ lost several fine stops and the action became so unreliable that it was "retrackerized" by the Andover Organ Company in 1962. The original console was rebuilt, the Pedal and stop action is electric, and tonal changes were accomplished with the funds available.<br> <br> "A recital booklet for December and January 1890 indicates that the case was designed in pure Corinthian by Henry Vaughan, the console was six feet detached, and that the "pneumatic motor" was applied to the lowest octave of the Swell. The pedals were flat, the couplers were over the Swell manual with the combination pedal labels, and the swell pedal and Tremolo pedal were at the far right." (Boston Organ Club Newsletter, May 1966) -Database Manager
Typed specification Source: from Boston Organ Club Newsletter (May 1966) Date not recorded
Methuen, Massachusetts
St. George's Ebenezer Primitve Methodist Church
Andover Organ Company Opus 46 1963 2 manuals, 23 stops, 29 ranks
James E. Treat & Co. Opus 3 1889 2 manuals, 23 stops, 25 ranks
Electrified by E. M. Skinner 1948
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GREAT ORGAN SWELL ORGAN
16' Quintaton (TC) 49 16' Bourdon Treble (TC) } 49
8' Open Diapason 61 16' Bourdon Bass } 12
8' Viola da Gamba 61 8' Open Diapason 61
8' Melodia 61 8' Dolce 61
4' Octave 61 8' Dolce Celeste 61
4' Flute d'Amour 61 8' Stopped Diapason 61
2 2/3' Twelfth 61 4' Octave 61
2' Fifteenth 61 4' Harmonic Flute 61
Mixture III 183 2' Piccolo 61
Chimes (in Sw) 25 tubes 1 1/3' Quint 61
Cornet III 176
PEDAL ORGAN 8' Oboe 61
16' Open Diapason (wood) 32 4' Clarion 102*
16' Bourdon 32 * III-II ranks of flute pipes
in treble
COUPLERS (hitch-down pedals) COMBINATIONS
Swell to Great Generals 4 (thumb & toe)
Great to Pedal Gr. & Ped. 4 (thumb)
Swell to Pedal Sw. & Ped. 4 (thumb)
EXPRESSION
Swell Pedal
Crescendo Pedal
[Received from Steven E. Lawson 2017-11-28]
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