After 1982 - Building exterior (Photograph from an archival source: Historic Buildings of Connecticut website (photographer unattributed), submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
2004-10-30 - To First Lutheran Church in Ellington, CT. 1982 through OCH. -Database Manager
2021-08-24 - From the Historic Buildings of Connecticut website,* "The corner stone of the Masonic Temple at 199-203 Ann Street in Hartford was laid on September 22, 1894. The completed building was first opened for lodge meetings in September, 1895 and the building was officially dedicated on July 14, 1896."* -Jim Stettner
Source: Stoplist copied from a related OHS Database entry August 24, 2021
Hartford, Connecticut
Masonic Temple
Wm. Johnson & Son, Opus 830, 1895 - Original Specifications
GREAT COUPLERS (Drawknob)
8' Open Diapason 58 Swell to Pedale
8' Melodia 58 Great to Pedale
8' Dulciana 58
4' Octave 58 Swell to Great
4' Flute d'Amour 58
2 2/3' Twelfth 58
2' Super Octave 58 FINGER PISTONS
8' Clarinet 58 Tremolo [in Sw. keyslip] On/Off
SWELL (Expressive) FOOT TRUNDLES (Labeled; l - r)
16' Bourdon 58 Piano Swell -
8' Open Diapason 58
8' Stopped Diapason 58 Forte Swell -
8' Salicional 58
8' Aeoline 58 Gr. to Ped. Reversible
4' Flute Harmonique 58
4' Fugara 58 Piano Great -
8' Oboe (tc) 49
8' Bassoon 12 Forte Great -
PEDAL PEDAL MOVEMENTS
16' Sub Bass 30 Swell Expression (bal.)
Pedal Check
ACTION: Mech. Key & Stop VOICES: 17 STOPS: 18 RANKS: 17 PIPES: 958
NOTES
This organ was originally built for the Masonic Temple in Hartford, CT. which
first help meetings in September 1895 and was dedicated in 1896. When this
facility closed, the organ was sold in 1982 through the Organ Clearing House
and reinstlled at First Lutheran Church in Ellington, CT. by parishioners
under the guidance of Thad H.H. Outerbridge of Beverely, MA.
The organ was free-standing and encased with a 7-sectional facade containing
55 stenciled pipes arranged: 6-6-4-23-4-6-6 with the outer two 6's being flats
at the side of the case, and the next two 6's being round towers. The keydesk
was attached and projecting with a lid that lifted to form a music rack. Stops
were as drawknobs in terraced jambs. The Pedal 16' Sub Bass was diatonically
divided at the sides of the case.
Sources: Johnson Opus List; OHS Database; photos of extant organ om Ellington
Masonic Temple
Ann St. @ Allyn
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