Better Pipe Organ Database

C. B. Fisk, Inc. Opus 62 (1974)

Ascension Memorial Church, Episcopal
31 County Street
Ipswich, MA

Images

1973 - Organ in room (Photograph by Fisk, submitted by John Roper/John Roper)

2017-04-02 - Console (Photograph by Wayne Johnson/Database Manager)

2017-04-02 - Organ Case and Console (Photograph by Wayne Johnson/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
Console position: Detached Keydesk (Mechanical Action)
2 manuals
22 stops
3 divisions
Key action Type: Mechanical (Suspended Tracker)
Stop action Type: Mechanical
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 (Not Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination action: None
Has hitchdown couplers

Notes

2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1987 -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - Contains some older pipework. [Church previously had a 1901 tracker, later badly electrified.] -Database Manager

2007-03-10 - Updated through online information from Pierce Phillips. -- Voiced to be loud, piercing, and shrill. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Specification from builder's web site Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Ipswich, Massachusetts
Ascension Memorial Church, Episcopal

C.B. Fisk, Inc.   Opus 62   1973          2 manuals, 22 stops, 31 ranks
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         GREAT ORGAN                         CHOIR ORGAN
     16' Bourdon           61 a           8' Diapason          61 a
      8' Prestant          61             8' Stopped Diapason  61 a
      8' Chimney Flute     61             4' Flute             61
      4' Octave            61             2' Octave            61
      2' Doublet           61         1 1/3' Larigot           61
      2' Night Horn        61                Sharp IV         244
  2 2/3'[Nazard            -- b           8' Cromorne          61
        [Sesquialtera II  122 b
         Mixture IV-VI      ?                PEDAL ORGAN
      8' Trumpet           61            16' Principal         32 a
      4' Clarion           61             8' Flute             32 a
                                          4' Superoctave       32
         COUPLERS                        16' Bassoon           32
         Great to Pedal                   8' Trumpet           32
         Choir to Pedal
         Choir to Great

         Tremulant


     (a) denotes pipes from previous organ rebuilt and revoiced
     (b) Bracketed pair of stops controlled by single knob:
           half-draw brings on first stop; full-draw brings on second

         Choir enclosed in Brustwerk position; openable doors
           with louvers
         Pedal stands behind the Great case


[Received from Steven E. Lawson  2015-07-06]