Joel Butler
1874
First Congregational Church
Andover St.
Georgetown, MA, US
16 Ranks - 896 Pipes
Instrument ID: 3903 ● Builder ID: 997 ● Location ID: 3714
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CONSOLES
Builder: Unknown
Position: Keydesk Attached
Design: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
Pedalboard Type: Flat Straight
Features:
2 Manuals (61 Notes)27 Note Pedal3 Divisions18 Stops16 RegistersMechanical (Unknown) Key ActionMechanical Stop ActionStop Layout: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Combination Action: Fixed Mechanical
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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DETAILS
This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location
Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- Free-standing and encased in a front gallery. 3-sectional facade features 21 handsomely stencilled blue pipes arranged: 6-9-6. The organ received an electric blower in 1919 installed by the Estey Organ Co. It was renovated mechanically in 1967 by Andover with a new Great III Mixture added on two spare slides and some revoicing of existing ranks. Sources: extant, renovated/altered organ; 1987 OHS convention handbook.
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
Altered Andover 1967. [Previously had c. 1850 Wm. B. D. Simmons.]Stoplist in OH 1987 is the present (1987) stoplist.
Related Instrument Entries: Andover Organ Co. (Opus R-100, 1967)
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