First Congregational Church
679 Old Homestead Highway
Swanzey Center, NH
Images
unknown - Key stop action (Haskell style) (Photograph from an archival source: Estey Opus list website, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)
unknown - Organ case, keydesk, bench, angle view (Photograph from an archival source: Estey Opus list website, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)
unknown - Organ case and keydesk (Photograph from an archival source: Estey Opus list website, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
- Console position: Keydesk Attached
- 2 manuals
- 7 stops
- 7 registers
- 3 divisions
- Key action Type: Tubular Pneumatic (Details Unknown)
- Stop action Type: Tubular Pneumatic (Details Unknown)
- Stop layout Type: Haskell Style Stop-Keys/Keyboard
- Manual compass: 61 notes
- Pedal compass: 30 notes
- Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Not Meeting AGO Standards)
- Combination action: None
Notes
2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1974 -Database Manager
2004-10-30 - Style 1 (smallest stock model), cost under $900. Stops operated from small keyboard above the Swell manual. Oak-fronted pipes are in sides of case. Lowest 12 notes of Salicional borrowed from Stopped Diapason. -Database Manager
2009-02-10 - Updated through information posted to OHS Members list by Scot Huntington February 9, 2009: -"Organ is operable, and unrestored. The organ is still hand pumped (until recently the church had no electricity)." -Database Manager
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