Better Pipe Organ Database

Rostron Kershaw (1965)

St. Joseph's R. C.
Main St.
Amesbury, MA

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
2 manuals
Key action Type: Tubular Pneumatic (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Tilting/Rocking Tablets Above Top Manual
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Computerized/Digital
Has sequencer
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

2004-10-30 - The original builder was Wm. B. D. Simmons (1871). -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1996. -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - Rebuild. EP pulldowns to slider chests. Detached console. Average condition in 1996. -Database Manager

2005-08-25 - On-line update from Eric Anderson -- This organ was rebuilt and enlarged by Dick Pelland c.1998. The original Simmons case was enlarged to accomodate new additions to great and pedal, and the chests and pipework were cleaned and repaired/releathered. Organ is extant and in excellent condition as of this writing. -Database Manager

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries