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Organ. Photograph by James R. Stettner 2006-11-04

This organ received OHS Citation number 14, 1977-07-23.

The organ is in a gallery-level case at the rear of the room. Traditional style console with a keyboard cover that can be lifted to form a music rack. The organ has an attached keydesk.

Two manuals. 3 divisions. 14 stops. 14 registers. 16 ranks. 895 pipes. Manual compass is 58 notes. Pedal compass is 27 notes.

Slider chests. Mechanical key action. Mechanical stop action.

Drawknobs in horizontal rows on terraced/stepped jambs. Balanced swell shoes/pedals, not in standard AGO position. Combination Action: Fixed mechanical system. Flat straight pedalboard.

Notes:

• Status Note: There 1995 (OHS PC Database. 2004-10-30)
• Restored by Andover. Historic Organs Recital 8 July 1986 & 7 Jul 1990. (Originally Second Congregational. ) Rebuilt by Pierce in 1893. Restored by Andover in 1966-67. Swell Cornet added by Andover in 1986. (OHS PC Database. 2004-10-30)
• Updated through on-line information from Marcia Hempel. -- William Goodrich, 1831. Reworked by E. and G. G. Hook, Boston, Massachusetts, 1845. Rebuilt by George Pierce, 1893. Restored by Andover Organ Company, Methuen, Massachusetts, Opus 93, 1966. Added to by Andover Organ Company, Methuen, Massachusetts, Opus 93, 1986. (Database Manager. 2007-05-13)
• Updated through on-line information from James R. Stettner. -- This was the addition of a III Cornet [12-15-17] to the Swell in place of the original tc 16' Bourdon. The organ was previously mechanically restored by Andover in 1966-67. (Database Manager. 2007-10-21)

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• Stoplist copied from the console June, 1988
  

  Nantucket, Massachusetts
  Unitarian-Universalist / South Church Unitarian / Second Congregational. 
  
  Wm. M. Goodrich, 1831
  Andover Organ Co., 1986
  
  
  GREAT
     [8]   Op. Diapason               58
     [8]   Stpd Diapason              58
     [8]   Dulcianna  [sic]           58
     [4]   Octave                     58
     [4]   Flute                      58
     [3]   Twelfth                    58
     [2]   Fifteenth                  58
  
  SWELL (Expressive)
     [8]   Op. Diapason               58
     [8]   Stpd Diapason              58
     [8]   Gamba                      58
     [4]   Fugara                     58
     [III] Cornet                    174   Composition: 12-15-17.
     [8]   Oboe                       58
           Tremulo  [sic]
  
  PEDAL
     [16]  Bourdon                    27
  
  COUPLERS (Drawknob)
     Sw. to Ped.
     Gr. to Ped.
     Sw. to Gr.
  
  FOOT LEVERS (Unlabeled; l - r)
     Gr. Piano  -  8' S.D., 8' Dulc.
     Gr. Forte  -  8, 8, 8, 4, 4, 3, 2. (full)
     Gr. to Ped. Reversible
     Sw. Piano  -  8' S.D.
     Sw. Forte  -  8' O.D., 8' S.D., 4' Fug., III, 8' Oboe.
  
  PEDAL MOVEMENTS
     Swell Expression             (bal.)
  
  ACTION: Mech. key and stop
  VOICES: 14
  STOPS: 14
  RANKS: 16
  PIPES: 895
  
  [Received on line from James R. Stettner June 28, 2009.]

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