First Congregational Church: Sanctuary; front
207 Main St.
Spencer, MA
Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
Images
Date unknown - Replacement console for hybrid pipe/digital organ (Photograph from an archival source: G. Paul Music, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
Date unknown - Organ case and facade (Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook page, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
Date unknown - Organ case from right (Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook page, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
Date unknown - Organ case (Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook page, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
Date unknown - Sanctuary interior with organ in front (Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook page, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
Date unknown - Organ in front from rear gallery (Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook page, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
Date unknown - Church exterior from above (Photograph from an archival source: Church website, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
- Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
- 3 manuals
- 31 stops
- 38 registers
- 4 divisions
- Key action Type: Electrical
- Stop action Type: Electrical
- Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled 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: Computerized/Digital
- SSLS
- Has combination thumb pistons
- Has combination toe pistons
- Has coupler thumb pistons
- Has coupler toe pistons
- Has tutti thumb pistons
- Has tutti toe pistons
Notes
2023-06-02 - This entry represents the extensive rebuilding of a previously (1921) rebuilt organ. New Organ Supply pitman chests and a new Reisner console with SSLS combination action. The center part of the case was 'bumped-out' to accomodate the new Great windchest. -Jim Stettner
2023-06-02 - Transplanted note from a related OHs Database entry: **Database Manager on December 21, 2005**:
Updated through on-line information from Robert Faucher. -- Chamber wall inscription states that the organ was an Emmons Howard built in 1899. Then rebuilt by Geo. Reed & Sons in 1921. Fritzsche Organ Co. did extensive work in 1978, including new Reisner console with SSLS combination action. The main chests are pitman chests from Organ Supply Co. Much newer pipework - very little remaining original ranks. Center section of façade casework has been bumped out to accomodate the Great chest.
**Editor Note (June 3, 2023):** in more recent years, the 1978 console was replaced by a custom Allen 3-manual drawknob console controlling both the pipe ranks, and 31 Allen digital ranks. -Jim Stettner
2023-06-02 - Updated through online information from Kevin Mathieu: Organ and building destroyed by fire. June 2, 2023. -Jim Stettner
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