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Noack Opus 10 (1962)

United Methodist Church
14 Center Drive
Orrington, ME

OHS convention: 1981

Images

1981 - Holbrook nameplate (Photograph from an archival source: 1981 OHS Handbook, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)

1981 - Organ case after 1962 Noack restoration (Photograph from an archival source: 1981 OHS Handbook, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Hinged Doors That Enclose Keyboards
Console position: Keydesk Attached, Manuals Set Into Case
2 manuals
18 stops
15 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Mechanical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Flat Jambs
Manual compass: 56 notes
Pedal compass: 27 notes
Pedal Type: Flat Straight
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Combination action: None

Notes

2004-10-30 - The original builder was E. L. Holbrook (1852). -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1981 -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - Rebuild. Wind system altered. Fifteenth, Mixture (replaced a missing TF reed stop), Cornett II, and some trebles are new pipes. TC Hautboy 8 removed. Compass 56/25. -Database Manager

2007-10-03 - Updated through on-line information from James R. Stettner. -- Doors enclosing keydesk have been removed. Pedal 16' Double Open Diap Sub Bass is still 25 pipes even though the replacement pedalboard is 27-notes. Some of the carved ornaments on the top, center section of the case are now missing. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Typed stoplist from the OHS PC Database. Source: (Stoplist: Schnute 1997, alt.) Date not recorded

Orrington Corner, Maine
Orrington Corner Methodist Church; 

Holbrook, 1852
Noack, Opus 10, 1962 - Restoration, Additions, Revoicing


GREAT
8'     Open Diapason          (old pipes)
8'     Stopped Bass           (old pipes)
8'     Dulciana               (old pipes)
8'     Clarabella             (old pipes)
4'     Principal              (old pipes)
4'     Waldflote              (old pipes)
2-2/3' Twelfth                (old pipes)
2'     Fifteenth              (new pipes)
III    Mixture 1'             (new pipes)

SWELL
16'    Bourdon Bass           (old pipes)
16'    Bourdon                (old pipes)
8'     Open Diapason          (old pipes)
8'     Stopped Diapason       (old pipes)
8'     Viol de Gamba          (old pipes)
4'     Principal              (old pipes)
III    Cornet 1 1/3'          (old pipes??)

PEDAL
16'    Subbass                (old pipes)

COUPLERS:
Swell to Pedal
Great to Pedal

Swell to Great


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