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Joseph Chapline, (Organs) (1982)

Grace Lutheran Church
543 Greendale Avenue
Needham, MA

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
Console position: Detached Keydesk (Mechanical Action)
2 manuals
10 stops
10 registers
2 divisions
Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Mechanical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Flat Jambs
Manual compass: 56 notes
Pedal compass: 30 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Details Unknown)
Expression Type: No Enclosed Divisions
Combination action: None
Has hitchdown couplers

Notes

2004-10-30 - The original builder was Joel Butler (c. 1875). -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - From Everett, [MA?] via Prince of Peace Lutheran, Beverly, MA. -Database Manager

2012-06-22 - Updated through online information from Dennis Schmidt. -- Original Joel Butler organ from 1875 was in Peace Lutheran Church in Beverly, MA as a one-manual 6-rank organ. Joe Chapline moved the organ to Needham MA in 1982, added five ranks and second manual. It is now in two divisions, a Great manual (on the top) which is in a case behind the console, and a Ruckpositiv (on the bottom) which is behind the player mounted on the gallery balcony. The organ stoplist has only principal and flute stops, no strings and no reeds. -Database Manager

2012-06-28 - Updated through information from Dennis Schmidt -- Rebuilt Bishop Organ Co. in 1991 -Database Manager

2024-11-12 - I am the former music director of Grace Lutheran Church. Grace Church has closed and the building has been demolished. The organ was dismantled and parts were dispersed to several other churches. Information received online from Henry Buck on 2024-11-12 -Paul R. Marchesano

Stoplist

Stoplist taken from the console June 24, 2012 plus data from church files on the organ Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Needham, Massachusetts
Grace Lutheran Church

Joseph Chapline (Organs)  1982

GREAT

8'              Open Diapason   56 pipes   open metal(facade)
8'              Melodia         56 pipes   stopped wood
4'              Principal       56 pipes   open metal
2'              Fifteenth       56 pipes   open metal
II              Sesquialtera    74 pipes   open metal, tenor C


RUCKPOSITIV

8'              Rohrfloete      56 pipes   stopped metal
4'              Principal       56 pipes   open metal (facade)
4'              Quintade        56 pipes   stopped metal
2'              Octave          56 pipes   open metal

PEDAL
16'             Subbass         30 pipes   stopped wood

COUPLERS

Great to Ruckpositiv
Great to Pedal
Ruckpositiv to Pedal

 [Received from Dennis Schmidt 2012-06-28.]

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