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William W. Laws (1920 ca.)

First Baptist Church: Sanctuary; front gallery
217 Main St.
Haverhill, MA

Images

1924 - Sanctuary interior with organ facades (Photograph from an archival source: Cover of a 1924 church bulletin, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

2025-02-12 - Console (Otto Jensen/Otto Jensen)

2025-02-12 - Facade (Otto Jensen/Otto Jensen)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
39 stops
52 registers
4 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 coupler toe pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Stoplist

Source: Stoplist copied from the console and documentation May 7, 1989

Haverhill, Massachusetts
First Baptist Church

Geo. S. Hutchings, Opus 151, 1883
William W. Laws, ca. 1920 - Electrification & Enlargement


GREAT
16    Major Diapason             61
8     First Diapason             61
8     Second Diapason            61
8     Gamba                      61
8     Hohl Flute                 61
8     Dolce                      61
4     Octave                     61
4     Flute d'Amour              61
2 2/3 Twelfth                    61
2     Fifteenth                  61
III   Mixture                   183
8     Trumpet                    61
16    Tuba Profunda              61
8     Harmonic Tuba              12
4     Tuba Clarion               12
      Chimes                    (__)

Great 16
Great [Unison] Off
Great 4


SWELL (Expressive)
16    Bourdon                    61
8     Open Diapason              61
8     Gedeckt                    61
8     Salicional                 61
8     Celeste              (tc)  49
8     Aeoline                    61
4     Harmonic Flute             61
4     Violina                    61
2     Flautina                   61
III   Dolce Cornet              183
8     Cornopean                  61
8     Oboe                       61
8     Vox Humana                 61
      Tremolo

Swell 16
Swell [Unison] Off
Swell 4


CHOIR (Expressive)
8     Open Diapason              61
8     Concert Flute              61
8     Gemshorn                   61
8     Dulciana                   61
8     Unda Maris           (tc)  49
4     Fugara                     61
4     Wald Flute                 61
2     Piccolo                    61
8     Clarinet                   61
      Tremolo
      Chimes                    (__)
      Harp                      (__)

Choir 16
Choir [Unison] Off
Choir 4


ECHO (Expressive)
8     Viole d'Orchestre  (prep)  --
8     Vox Celeste        (prep)  --
8     Muted Viol         (prep)  --
8     Concert Flute      (prep)  --
8     Flute Celeste      (prep)  --
4     Flute              (prep)  --
8     Vox Humana         (prep)  --
      Tremolo


PEDAL
32    Resultant Bass             --
16    Open Diapason              32
16    Violone                    32
16    Bourdon                    32
16    Lieblich Gedeckt     (Sw)  --
8     Major Flute                12
8     Violoncello                12
8     Gedeckt              (Sw)  --
4     Flute                      12
16    Trombone                   32
16    Tuba Profunda              --
8     Harmonic Tuba              --


COUPLERS
Swell to Pedal                  8,4
Great to Pedal                  8
Choir to Pedal                  8

Swell to Great               16,8,4
Choir to Great               16,8,4

Swell to Choir               16,8,4


FINGER PISTONS
General                       1 - 8
Swell                         1 - 8
Great                         1 - 8
Choir                         1 - 8


TOE STUDS
General                      9 - 13
Pedal                         1 - 6
Gr. to Ped.                   (rev)
Sforz.                        (rev)


PEDAL MOVEMENTS
Swell Expression             (bal.)
Choir Expression             (bal.)
Crescendo                    (bal.)


ACTION: Electro-Pneumatic
VOICES: 39
STOPS:  52
RANKS:  43
PIPES:  2,543

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