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Andover Organ Co. (2023)

Images

2023-06-10 - Swell pipework (l-r): 8' Oboe/Bassoon, 2' Flageolet, 4' Violina, 4' Flute Harmonique, 8' Stopped Diapason, 8' Salicional, 8' Aeoline, 8' Open Diapason (Photograph from an archival source: Organ Media Foundation video; still capture, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

2023-06-10 - Great pipework (l-r): 8' Open Diapason. 8' Dulciana, 8' Melodia, 4' Octave, 4'Flute d'Amour, 2' Super Octave. (Photograph from an archival source: Organ Media Foundation video; still capture, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

2023-06-10 - Pedalboard, Swell expression shoe, composition foot trundles, and bench leg detail (Photograph from an archival source: Organ Media Foundation video; still capture, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

2023-06-10 - Keydesk; Swell & Pedal stopjamb (Photograph from an archival source: Organ Media Foundation video; still capture, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

2023-06-10 - Keydesk: Great stopjamb (Photograph from an archival source: Organ Media Foundation video; still capture, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

2023-05-12 - Keydesk (Photograph from an archival source: Andover Organ Co. Facebook page, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

2023-05-12 - Case front and keydesk (Photograph from an archival source: Andover Organ Co. Facebook page, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

2023-06-10 - Keydesk from the left (Photograph from an archival source: Organ Media Foundation video; still capture, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

2023-05-12 - Organ case in rear gallery (Photograph from an archival source: Andover Organ Co. Facebook page, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

2023-05-12 - Rear gallery with organ (Photograph from an archival source: Andover Organ Co. Facebook page, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

2024-07-30 - Chapel exterior (Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)

2024-07-30 - Front façade of building (Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)

2024-07-30 - Cornerstone (Andrew Scanlon/Andrew Scanlon)

Consoles

Main

• Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
• Console position: Keydesk Attached
• 2 manuals
• 15 stops
• 15 registers
• 3 divisions
• Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
• Stop action Type: Mechanical
• Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
• Manual compass: 61 notes
• Pedal compass: 30 notes
• Pedal Type: Flat Straight
• Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
• Combination action: Fixed Mechanical
• Has combination trundles

Notes

2023-09-11 - This entry represents the removal, restoration, and reinstallation of an existing organ from another location. The organ was originally built for the [South Deerfield] Congregational Church in South Deerfield, MA. in 1907. The church closed in 1917, and the organ became available. The original pitch of A=430 was raised. -Jim Stettner

Stoplist

Stoplist unchanged except for Aeoline, now tuned as a Celeste. Source: Stoplist copied from a related OHS Database entry 9/10/23

GREAT ORGAN Open Diapason 8, Melodia 8, Dulciana 8, Octave 4, Flute d'Amour 4, Super Octave 2

SWELL ORGAN (Expressive) Open Diapason 8, Stopped Diapason 8, Salicional 8, Aeoline 8 (61, tuned as celeste with Salicional), Violin 4, Flute Harmonique 4, Flageolet 2, Oboe with Bassoon 8, Tremolo

PEDAL Bourdon 16

COUPLERS (Drawknob) Swell to Pedal, Great to Pedal, Swell to Great

FOOT TRUNDLES Gr. Organ Piano (Reduces Forte to 8' Mel. & 8' Dulc.), Gr. Organ Forte (Full Great: 8,8,8,4,4,2)

PEDAL MOVEMENTS Swell Expression (balanced)

ACCESSORIES Bellows Alarm

Websites

• Organ Media Foundation - Exploration of the organ (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

• #1175†* - Emmons Howard (1907)

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