Edwards Church, United Church of Christ
39 Edwards Street
Saxonville, MA
OHS convention: 1961
Images
Unknown - Organ case at front of sanctuary (Photograph by Earl L. Miller. The Tracker, Vol. 27, No. 2, 1983/Database Manager)
1989-03-22 - Keydesk (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)
1989-03-22 - Organ case at front of sanctuary (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)
2020-08-07 - Console and pedalboard (Cheryl Larrivee-Elkins/Cheryl Larrivee-Elkins)
2020-08-07 - Facade (Cheryl Larrivee-Elkins/Cheryl Larrivee-Elkins)
2018-03-22 - Builder's nameplate (Cheryl Larrivee-Elkins/Cheryl Larrivee-Elkins)
2022-10-09 - Church exterior (Cheryl Larrivee-Elkins/Cheryl Larrivee-Elkins)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
- Console position: Keydesk Attached
- 3 manuals
- 31 stops
- 33 registers
- 4 divisions
- Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
- Stop action Type: Mechanical
- Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
- Manual compass: 56 notes
- Pedal compass: 27 notes
- Pedal Type: Flat Straight
- Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
- Combination action: Fixed Mechanical
- Has combination toe pistons
Notes
2004-10-30 - The original builder was William Stevens (1852, Opus 50 [?]). -Database Manager
2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1982 -Database Manager
2004-10-30 - Rebuild. -Database Manager
2019-06-15 - From James R. Stettner who has cared for the organ: The case front is 5-sectional with 25 pipes arranged: 4-5-7-5-4. -Database Manager
Stoplist
Typed stoplist from James R. Stettner Source: Stoplist copied from the console March 22, 1989 Date not recorded
Saxonville (Framingham), Massachusetts
Edwards Church, U.C.C.
STEVENS & CO., 1852
Cole Church Organ Co., 1905 - Moving, Changes & Additions, Re-installation
GREAT SWELL TREBLE (Expressive)
16 Open Diapason 56 16 Bourdon (tc) 44
8 Open Diapason 56 8 Open Diapason (tc) 44
8 Dulciana (tg) 37 8 St'd Diap. Treble (tc) 44
8 Clarabella (tg) 37 8 Salicional (tc) 44
8 St'd Diap. Treble (tg) 37 8 Aeoline (tc) 44
8 St'd Diap. Bass 19 4 Principal (tc) 44
4 Principal 56 4 Violina (tc) 44
4 Flute (tg) 37 2 Piccolo (tc) 44
2 2/3 Twelfth 56 III Cornet [12-15-17] (tc) 132
2 Fifteenth 56 8 Oboe (tc) 44
III Mixture [17-19-22] 168 8 Vox Humana (tc) 44
8 Trumpet 56 Tremulant
CHOIR SWELL BASS (Unenclosed)
8 Open Diapason 56 8 St'd Diap. Bass 12
8 Std. Diapason [chimney] 56 4 Principal Bass 12
8 Dulciana 56
4 Principal 56
4 Flute 56 PEDAL
2 Piccolo 56 16 Double Open Diap. 27
8 Clarinet 37 16 Bourdon 27
COUPLERS (drawknob) FOOT LEVERS (Unlabeled; l - r)
Swell to Pedals Swell Piano – Cancels Swell Forte
Great to Pedals
Swell Forte – 16, 8 (t&b), 8, 8, 8,
Swell to Great 4 (t&b), 4, 2, 8 Oboe
Choir to Great
Great Forte – 16, 8, 8, 8, 8 (t&b),
Swell to Choir 4, 4, 2-2/3, 2.
Great Piano – 8' Dulc., 8' SD (t&b)
PEDAL MOVEMENTS
Swell Expression (bal.)
ACTION: Mech. Key & Stop VOICES: 31 STOPS: 33 RANKS: 35 PIPES: 1,694
T-P Ped. 16' Bour
NOTES
The organ is free-standing and encased at the front of the room. The 5-sectional façade
has 25 pipes in 5 flats arranged: 5-4-7-5-4. The keydesk is attached and projecting with
a lid that raises to form a music rack. Stops are as drawknobs in terraced jambs on either
side of the manuals.
See The Tracker, Vol. 27, No. 2, 1983 for an article by the late Earl L. Miller.
Sources: JRS; extant organ
Edwards Church (U.C.C.)
39 Edwards St. (office)
45 Edwards St. (church)
Saxonville, MA. 01701 Documented: March 22, 1989
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