First Christian / North Street Christian Church: Sanctuary; rear gallery
Middle & Purchase Streets
New Bedford, MA
Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
Images
1920 - Organ case and console (Photograph from an archival source: New Bedford Historic Photo Club Facebook Page, submitted by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)
1920 - Organ at front of church (Photograph from an archival source: New Bedford Historic Photo Club Facebook Page, submitted by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)
1920 or earlier - Church exterior before and after widening of Purchase Street (Photograph from an archival source: New Bedford Historic Photo Club Facebook Page, submitted by Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)
ca. 1860's - Organ in rear gallery (Photograph from an archival source: Unknown, submitted by Bruce Gardzina/Bruce Gardzina)
Undated (ca. 1870's ?) - Church exterior (Photograph from an archival source: Digital Commonwealth, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With Hinged Doors That Enclose Keyboards
- Console position: Keydesk Attached, Manuals Set Into Case
- 2 manuals
- 3 divisions
- Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
- Stop action Type: Mechanical
- Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Flat Jambs
- Pedal Type: Flat Straight
- Expression Type: Trigger/Hitch-Down Expression
Notes
2022-09-22 - This entry represents the first installation of a new organ. Identified through online information from Bruce Gardzina. -Jim Stettner
2022-09-22 - Also known as the White Church. The organ was relocated to the front of the church by Pierce. -Jim Stettner
2022-09-23 - This would almost certainly have been a GGG-compass organ. -Jim Stettner
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