Geo. H. Ryder
Opus 124, 1884
United Methodist Church
523 Main Street
Woburn, MA, US
12 Ranks - 662 Pipes
Instrument ID: 5109 ● Builder ID: 5474 ● Location ID: 4849
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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 Pedal12 StopsMechanical (Unknown) Key ActionMechanical Stop Action✓ Hitchdown Coupler(s)Stop 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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Exhibited in the 1978 OHS convention(s)
This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location
Paul R. Marchesano on August 6th, 2021:
"The Keraulophon is "grooved" to the Stopped Diapason in the bass octave, and the pipes speak at a softer dynamic level. The Octave and Oboe were revoioed about fourteen years ago. The Octave Coupler is operated by an unlabeled hitch-down pedal, and the Water Motor knob apparently never controlled such an engine. The organ was built in Mr. Ryder 's shop in Reading, and it was moved from the former church building to the present edifice in 1890. Details regarding the organ are in *The Boston Organ Club Newsletter* for September, 1965." -- from 1978 OHS Handbook
"The Keraulophon is "grooved" to the Stopped Diapason in the bass octave, and the pipes speak at a softer dynamic level. The Octave and Oboe were revoioed about fourteen years ago. The Octave Coupler is operated by an unlabeled hitch-down pedal, and the Water Motor knob apparently never controlled such an engine. The organ was built in Mr. Ryder 's shop in Reading, and it was moved from the former church building to the present edifice in 1890. Details regarding the organ are in *The Boston Organ Club Newsletter* for September, 1965." -- from 1978 OHS Handbook
Database Manager on September 15th, 2014:
Updated through online information from John Igoe. -- Andover Organ Company, Methuen, Massachusetts, completed restoration and repair work after August 2000
Database Manager on July 4th, 2008:
Updated through online information from George Bozeman. -- 2 July 2008 condition fairly good, very playable.
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