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Andover Organ Co. Opus R-182 (1975)

St. John's Episcopal Church
159 Main St.
Sandwich, MA

Consoles

Main

2 manuals

Notes

2018-12-23 - This describes a rebuild of an existing organ. <br>Identified by James R. Stettner, who has heard or played the organ.<br> -Database Manager

Stoplist

Original document from James R. Stettner. Source: Stoplist copied from the keydesk in June 1988 2018-12-26

Sandwich, MA
St. John's Episcopal Church

HOOK & HASTINGS, Opus 2416, 1919
Andover Organ Co., R-182, 1975 - Tonal Revision


GREAT                                        COUPLERS (Drawknob)
   8   Open Flute                   61          8' Swell to Pedal
   4   Principal                    61          4' Great to Pedal
   III Mixture     [15-19-22]      183
                                                8' Swell to Great
                                                4' Swell to Great
SWELL (Expressive)
   8   Gedeckt                      61
   4   Flute Harmonic               61       FOOT LEVERS (Labeled)
   2   Principal                    61          Gr. to Ped.                   (rev)
   II  Sesquialtera   [12-17]      122

                                             PEDAL MOVEMENTS
PEDAL                                           Swell Expression             (bal.)
   16 Bourdon                       30


ACTION: Mech. Key & Stop     VOICES: 8     STOPS: 8     RANKS: 11     PIPES: 640


NOTES
The organ is installed at the front on the right side, and recessed into a chamber.
There is no longer a facade as the 8' stop is now an 8' Open Flute – presumably
replacing an original 8' Open Diapason. The keydesk is attached and projecting with
a lid that lifts to form a music rack. Stops are as drawknobs on terraced jambs on
either side of the manuals. The parish history available from the website states,
“In 1919 Mr. Fenderson oversaw the installation of our present organ, which was given
by Louis A. Warren in memory of his wife, Harriet W. The first to play the new organ
were Mrs. Doowden and Mrs. Crane who shared the duties of organist for several years.
Lucy French Morrison (daughter of Bertrand and Hazel French) and Eleanor Harrison
played the organ for services in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Stowell Pratt (son
of Everard Pratt) occasionally played and incorporated very intricate pieces for the
prelude and postlude. Other organists, such as Carolyn Greeley, Ann Atwood, Claire
Morse, and Janet Dunbar filled in from time to time. Ruth Heuss was organist from
1957 to 1975. Elizabeth Stommel, who was to become a chaplain, played from 1975 to
1980. In 1975 the organ was tonally revised and enlarged to include a total of 640
pipes.”

Sources: Andover Organ Co. files; JRS; extant organ


St. John's Episcopal Church
159 Main St.
Sandwich, MA. 02563
(508) 888-2828 (church)
(508) 888-0943 (rectory)                     Documented: June, 1988

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