Williams Organ Co.
1972
Originally Hutchings Organ Co. (1914)
St Paul's Episcopal Church
Sanctuary/chancel
12 Washington St.
Peabody, MA, US
9 Ranks - 520 Pipes
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CONSOLES
Builder: Unknown
Position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
Design: Traditional With Roll Top
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Features:
2 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal3 Divisions9 Stops14 RegistersElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop Action✓ Crescendo✓ Combination Thumb Piston(s)✓ Coupler Toe Piston(s)✓ Sforzando Toe Piston(s)Stop Layout: Stop Keys Above Top Manual
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination Action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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DETAILS
This instrument is: Not Extant and Not Playable in this location
The church has been demolished, along with the organ.
Database Manager on June 24th, 2016:
Updated through online information from Don Belben: St. Paul's church closed in 2012, and merged with a church in Danvers, MA. The building was sold to the City of Peabody in late 2015. They are intending to renovate the building to be used as a museum, and also to retain the organ. D. Belben, former curator.
Database Manager on April 14th, 2014:
Updated through online information from James R. Stettner.
Database Manager on January 12th, 2011:
Updated through on-line information from Don Belben.
Database Manager on January 11th, 2011:
Updated through on-line information from Don Belben. -- At some point before 1972 the Williams Co. moved to Greenland, NH. as indicated on the console plaque.
Database Manager on January 8th, 2011:
Identified through on-line information from Don Belben. -- The organ is a rebuild of the 1914 Hutchings 8-rank instrument, with a new console from a supply house. The Maas-Rowe chimes were retained. About the same time as the rebuild by Williams, another firm repitched the Sw. 8' Aeoline to be a Prestant 2'. They also moved the Sw. 4' Violina to the Great, and loudened it to become a Principal 4', now giving the Great 2 ranks (and 3 borrows). In 2004-5 the Bishop Organ Co. installed a 8' Cornopean on the Swell using pipes from a former Frazee organ in Amesbury, MA. and a unit wind chest from Aeolian Skinner. These pipes are quite appropriate as are marked with the initials of Fred White, who also voiced E. M. Skinner reed ranks. Ca. 2003 a rebuilt reservoir was added to the Great to help with wind pressure problems, as the entire organ previously had only one reservoir.
Related Instrument Entries: Hutchings Organ Co. (1914)
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