2006-06-20 - Keydesk (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)
2006-06-20 - Gallery and organ (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)
2004-10-30 - The original builder was Hook & Hastings (1887, Opus1355). -Database Manager
2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1995 -Database Manager
2004-10-30 - Hook & Hastings moved to new building and rebuilt. -Database Manager
2008-09-07 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- This was the removal from the old church, mechanical restoration, tonal changes, and reinstallation in the new edifice of the existing 1887 Hook & Hastings. The facade pipes we repainted one flat color - hiding the original stencilling. The Great had one tonal change, but the Swell was extensively revised tonally. The Pedal remained unaltered. Sources: Andover files; extant organ documented April 1988. -Database Manager
Stoplist copied from the keydesk April, 1988 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Fitchburg, Massachusetts
First Baptist Church
HOOK & HASTINGS, Opus 1355, 1887
Andover Organ Co., R-84, 1965 - Rebuild with Tonal Changes
GREAT COUPLERS (Drawknob)
16 Bourdon (tc) 46 Swell to Pedal
16 Bourdon Bass 12 Great to Pedal
8 Open Diapason 58
8 Melodia 58 Swell to Great
8 Dulciana 58 4' Swell to Great
4 Octave 58
4 Chimney Flute 58
2 Fifteenth 58 FOOT LEVERS (Unlabeled; l - r)
III Mixture [19-22-26] 174 Great Piano – 8' Mel., 8' Dul., 4' CF
8 Trumpet 58
Gr. to Ped. - reversible
SWELL (Expressive) Great Forte – 8, 8, 8, 4, 4, 2, III
8 Stopped Diapason 58
8 Viola 58
8 Voix Celeste (tc) 46 PEDAL MOVEMENTS
4 Spitz Flute 58 Swell Expression (bal.)
2 Flageolet 58
1-1/3 Quint 58
II Sesquialtera [12-17] 116 ACTION: Mechanical Key & Stop
8 Oboe (tc) 46
8 Bassoon 12 VOICES: 19
Tremolo
STOPS: 21
PEDAL RANKS: 22
16 Open Diapason 27
16 Bourdon 27 PIPES: 1,202
NOTES
The organ was originally built for the congregation's previous edifice on Main Street
where it resided at the front of the church. In the new edifice it is located in the
rear gallery. The organ remains as originally constructed: free-standing and encased
with an attached and projecting keydesk, and drawknob stops in terraced jambs on
either side of the manuals. The façade pipes – once brightly stenciled in yellow,
orange, red, and gold – are now repainted a flat, tan color.
The Great has only one tonal change: the 4' Chimney Flute replaced the original 3'
Twelfth. But the Swell has only three original stops: 8' Stopped Diapason, 8' Viola,
and 8' Oboe/Bassoon. All of the other stops were new to this organ at the time of the
rebuilding, though some are made from previous original pipework.
Sources: H&H opus list; JRS; extant organ.
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