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Frazee Organ Co. (1929)

United Riverside Congregational Church: Sanctuary
290 Water St.
Lawrence, MA

Images

2007 - Exterior (Photograph by Lawrence Lawrence group page , submitted by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)

2022-07-10 - Church exterior (Photograph by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
2 manuals
14 stops
30 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Stop Keys Above Top Manual
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2022-07-01 - from "Organs of Greater Lawrence" by Robert J Reich Organized 1875 as Riverside Mission, Water St.; 1877 became Riverside Evangelical; 1890 became Riverside Cong.; c1965 merged with United Cong. to become United Riverside Cong. at Riverside bldg.; 1st bldg. was a barn moved to Water St. from nearby and raised up to put a new first floor under it; 1928, it was moved back and rebuilt into a parish house and a new stone church built in front. 1st bldg. had a reed organ. *SP Organ: Frazee, 1929, 2m, 14r., partially revoiced for much greater strength in 1979 by Andover Organ Co. -Andrew Scanlon

Stoplist

Source: Stoplist copied from the console July 10, 1988

Lwrence, Massachusetts
United Riverside Congregational Church

FRAZEE ORGAN CO., 1929 - Original Specifications


GREAT                                        COUPLERS
8     Diapason                   61          Swell to Pedal             8,4
8     Clarabella                 61          Great to Pedal             8,4
8     Gedeckt              (Sw)  –- ●
8     Dulciana             (Sw)  –- ◊        Swell to Great          16,8,4
4     Octave                     61
4     Flute                (Sw)  –- ●
4     Dulcet               (Sw)  –- ◊        FINGER PISTONS
2     Fifteenth                  61          General                  1 - 4
8     Tromba                     61          Swell                    1 - 6
      Chimes                    (__)         Great                    1 - 4
                                             Cancel
Great to Great 16'
Great to Great 4'
                                             TOE STUDS
                                             Pedal                    1 - 4
SWELL (Expressive)                           Gt. to Ped.              (rev)
16    Bourdon                    12 ●        Sforz.                   (rev)
8     Diapason                   61
8     Gedeckt                    61 ●
8     Salicional                 61          PEDAL MOVEMENTS
8     Voix Celeste         (tc)  49          Swell Expression        (bal.)
8     Dulciana                   61 ◊        Crescendo               (bal.)
4     Flute Harmonic             61
4     Dulcet             (Dulc)  12 ◊
2 2/3 Twelfth            (Dulc)   7 ◊        ACTION: Electro-Pneumatic
2     Fifteenth          (Dulc)   5 ◊
1 3/5 Seventeenth        (Dulc)   4 ◊        VOICES: 14   STOPS: 30; inc. chimes
8     Oboe                       61
8     Vox Humana                 61          RANKS: 14    PIPES: 877
      Tremolo

Swell to Swell 16'                           NOTES
Swell Unison Off
Swell to Swell 4'


PEDAL
16    First Bourdon              32 ☼
16    Second Bourdon       (Sw)  –- ●
16    Dulciana             (Sw)  12 ◊
8     Gross Floete               12 ☼
8     Gedeckt              (Sw)  –- ●
8     Dulciana             (Sw)  –- ◊
4     Flute                (Sw)  –- ●        Sources: JRS; extant organ





United Riverside Congregational Church
290 Water St.
Lawrence, MA. 01841
(508) 683-8422                               Documented: July 10, 1988