Multiple Builders
1939-1965-1986

Originally John Hays Hammond Jr.

Hammond Castle Museum

80 Hesperus Ave
Gloucester, MA, US

136 Ranks - 8,260 Pipes - 8 Physical Divisions

Instrument ID: 27123 ● Builder ID: 8224 ● Location ID: 23907

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STOPLISTS

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	Great🛈
16'	Open Wood	44
16'	Bourdon	32
16'	Diapason	61
8'	First Diapason	61
8'	Second Diapason	61
8'	Third Diapason	73
8'	Fourth Diapason	61
8'	Major Diapason	73
8'	Metal Bourdon	73
8'	Principal Flute	61
8'	Gamba	73
8'	Gamba Celeste	73
8'	Gemshorn	61
8'	Dulciana	73
8'	Unda Maris TC	61
5 ¹⁄₃'	Quinte	61
4'	Octave	61
4'	Harmonic Flute	61
2 ²⁄₃'	Twelfth	61
2'	Fifteenth	61
III	Cymbal	183
III-V	Fourniture	285
IV	Full Mixture	244
8'	Cornopean	73

	Swell🛈
16'	Gamba	61
8'	Viola	73
8'	Stopped Diapason	73
8'	Gamba	73
8'	Gamba Celeste	73
8'	Salicional	73
8'	Vox Celeste	73
8'	Viole D'Orchestre	73
8'	Viole Celeste	73
8'	Dulciana	73
8'	Unda Maris	73
8'	Viola Pomposa	73
8'	Viola Pomposa Celeste TC	61
8'	Flauto Dolce	73
8'	Flute Dolce Celeste TC	61
II	Dulcet	122
4'	Octave	61
4'	Flute Harmonique	73
4'	Violina	73
2 ²⁄₃'	Nazard	61
2'	Fifteenth	73
1 ³⁄₅'	Tierce	61
1 ¹⁄₇'	Septieme	61
VI	Plein Jeu	366
8'	Oboe	73

	Choir🛈
16'	Open Wood	32
8'	Diapason	61
8'	Tibia	61
8'	Concert Flute	61
4'	Octave	61
4'	Gemshorn	61
2'	Piccolo	61
16'	Tuba	61
8'	Free Reed English Horn	61
8'	English Horn	61
	Chimes	20
	Harp	61

	Solo🛈
16'	Gemshorn	51
8'	Flauto Mirabilis	61
8'	Gamba	61
8'	Gamba Celeste	61
8'	Erzahler	61
8'	Kleiner Erzahler	61
8'	Kleiner Erzahler Celeste	49
5 ¹⁄₃'	Twelfth	32
4'	Orchestral Flute	61
4'	Fifteenth	32
IV	Cornet	244
IV	Mixture	128
32'	Fagotto	68
16'	Trombone	44
16'	Bassoon	61
8'	Tromba	61
8'	French Horn	61
8'	Corno Di Bassetto	61
8'	Orchestral Oboe	61
8'	Corno D'Amour	61
8'	Vox Humana	61
8'	Cor Anglais	61
8'	Clarinet	61

	Baroque
16'	Lieblich Gedeckt	73
8'	Gedeckt	73
8'	Viola	73
8'	Gamba	73
8'	Gamba Celeste	73
8'	Dolce	73
8'	Dolce Celeste	73
4'	Flute d'Amour	73
2'	Flautino	61
IV-V	Viole Mixture	278
8'	Trumpet	73
8'	Oboe	73

	Positiv
8'	Cor de Nuit	61
4'	Nachthorn	61
2 ²⁄₃'	Nazard	61
2'	Blockflote	61
1 ³⁄₅'	Tierce	61
1 ¹⁄₃'	Larigot	61

	Reed Chorus🛈
8'	Stentorphone	61
4'	Stentorphone	61
8'	Tuba Sonora	61
8'	First Trumpet	61
8'	Second Trumpet	61
8'	French Trumpet	61
4'	Clarion	61

	Pedal
32'	Tibia Profunda	44
16'	Violone	32
16'	Contra Viole	32
8'	Open Flute	32

Taken from inspection of pipework.
Originally Written/Published: 6/4/22

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Builder: Ernest M. Skinner Co., Inc.

Position: Movable Console

Design: Traditional Without Cover

Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)

Features:

4 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal8 Divisions110 StopsElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop Action✓ Crescendo✓ Sequencer✓ Combination Thumb Piston(s)✓ Combination Toe Piston(s)✓ Coupler Thumb Piston(s)✓ Coupler Toe Piston(s)✓ Sforzando Thumb Piston(s)✓ Sforzando Toe Piston(s)

Stop Layout: Stop Keys on Angled Jambs

Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)

Combination Action: Computerized/Digital

Control System: SSL

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This instrument is: Not Extant and Not Playable in this location

John Roper on September 30th, 2023:

The castle has always operated as a museum in some form since being built. Before John Hays Hammond, Jr's death, the museum was conceived in select parts of the building both for tax reasons as well as a way to show off the owner's collection and this pipe organ. After his death, the entire building became a museum.

John Roper on October 29th, 2022:

Incomplete timeline of construction:
1929 - Castle completed during the summer. Organ parts from former home combined with new parts at the castle.
1929-1938 - Organ becomes dormant and partially deconstructed.
1939 - Organ balcony added, 3 manual console installed in the balcony.
1939-1941 - Great moved to new chamber, Reed Chorus installed in old Great chamber
June/July 1941 - Aeolian-Skinner provided 3 Mixtures and 8’ Metal Bourdon for Great
1942 - E.M. Skinner Solo added
1944 - Aeolian-Skinner and Aeolian pipework added to gallery forming Baroque division. Console upgraded to 4 manuals with new combination action
Late 1974/Early 1975 - 4-manual console modified and moved to the floor for Virgil Fox
1984-1986 - New 4-manual console built by Kim Bolten under the E.M. Skinner name

In addition, there were a number of additions and swappings of ranks through the years.

John Roper on February 21st, 2022:

The Baroque and majoriy of the Pedal divison (on floor behind console) are from Aeolian Op. 1539 (1925, Gladstone NJ). The Baroque division is specifically the Swell division from 1539.

Positiv division (in the gallery) has pipework provided by G. Donald Harrison, but it is placed on Aeolian chests that use an Aeolian regulator and tremulant probably also fromOp. 1539.

Great main pipework is Welte, Great mixtures are G. Donald Harrison. Great main chests are Welte and Skinner double-primary, mixture chest is a variation of the Skinner double-primary design with the stop action moved to the end of the chest.

There have been 2 consoles for the instrument:

Austin with a roll player located in the gallery. Was originally 3 manuals. Upgraded with new manual and conbination action in 1944 by Austin. The console was moved to the floor in approx. 1975 for Virgil Fox.
Kim Bolton console built in 1986 with SSL system.

The original console is extant in the castle (stored in pieces) but the keyboards and console top are missing.

John Roper on January 13th, 2022:

The Swell, Choir, Solo, and Reed Chorus divisions are located in the ceiling on the left side of the great hall. The ceiling is made out of an acoustically transparent fabric. The great division is on the right wall. The Positive division is located in the gallery at one end. The Baroque and Pedal divisons are located slightly recessed into the floor under the Positiv (behind the console).

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