The First Church in STerling: Sanctuary
6 Meetinghouse Hill Rd. / PO Box 40
Sterling, MA
Images
2021-07-12 - Left stop jamb (Photograph by Will Sherwood, submitted by Ronna R Davis/RONNA R DAVIS)
2021-07-12 - Right stop jamb (Photograph by Will Sherwood, submitted by Ronna R Davis/RONNA R DAVIS)
2021-07-12 - Swell Pedal and Crescendo Pedal (Photograph by Will Sherwood, submitted by Ronna R Davis/RONNA R DAVIS)
2021-07-12 - Pedalboard (Photograph by Will Sherwood, submitted by Ronna R Davis/RONNA R DAVIS)
2021-07-12 - Console (Photograph by Will Sherwood, submitted by Ronna R Davis/RONNA R DAVIS)
2021-07-12 - Organ case (Photograph by Will Sherwood, submitted by Ronna R Davis/RONNA R DAVIS)
Consoles
Ronna R Davis
- Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
- Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
- 2 manuals
- 14 stops
- 14 registers
- 3 divisions
- Key action Type: Electrical
- 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)
- Has crescendo
- Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
- Has combination thumb pistons
- Has combination toe pistons
- Has coupler thumb pistons
- Has coupler toe pistons
Notes
2021-08-22 - Updated through online information from Ronna A. Davis. -- This was the replacement of the 1963 Earl W. Reed console with new, low-profile, terraced stopjamb console with increased couplers and combination action. The Great and Swell slider chests were rebuilt. A new swellbox was built. The wind system was revised with new Great, Swell, and Pedal regulators. And a new Tremolo was installed. The tonal design was revised for better pipe scale poportions and blend between old and new pipework.
In 2004, Thad Outterbridge also releathered both the primary and motor pneumatics of the Swell expression shutters. Reed switch contacts were also installed for the Swell expression pedal.
The organ has been rebuilt and revised so many times that very little of the original Stevens remains - only the case and portions of the Great 8' Op. Diapason, 4' Octave, and 2' Fifteenth. -Jim Stettner
Stoplist
Source: Taken from both submitted documents and photos by Ronna A. Davis 1995
GREAT Open Diapason 8, Stopped Flute 8, Dulciana 8, Octave 4, Chimney Flute 4 (61; new), Fifteenth 2, Mixture III (183; new), blank, MIDI Gt, Great 4
SWELL (Expressive) Violin Diapason 8, Stopped Diapason 8, Spire Flute 4, Principal 2 (61; new), Oboe 8, Tremulant, MIDI SW, Swell 16, Swell 4
PEDAL Bourdon 16, Bourdon 8
INTER-DIVISIONAL COUPLERS Sw to Ped 8 , Sw to Ped 4, Gt to Ped 8, Gt to Ped 4, Sw to Gt 16, Sw to Gt 8, Sw to Gt 4
FINGER PISTONS General (1 - 5), Swell (1 - 5), Sw to Ped (rev), Sw to Gt (rev), Great (1 - 5), Gt to Ped (rev), Gt to Sw (rev), Pedal (1 - 3)
TOE STUDS General (1 - 5), Pedal (1 - 3), Gt to Ped (rev)
PEDAL MOVEMENTS Swell Expression (bal.), Crescendo (bal.)
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