Georgetown, Massachusetts
First Congregational Church

JOEL BUTLER, 1874
Andover Organ Co., R-100, 1966 - Renovation and Addition


GREAT                                         COUPLERS (Drawknob)
   8     Open Diapason.             61           Swell to Pedal
   8     Dulciana.                  61           Great to Pedal
   8     Melodia Treble.      (tc)  49
   8     Melodia Bass.              12           Swell to Great
   4     Octave.                    61
   2-2/3 Twelfth.                   61
   2     Fifteenth.                 61        FOOT LEVERS (Unlabeled; l - r)
   III   Mixture.                  183           Great Piano – 8' Mel t/b, 8' Dul.

                                                 Gr. to Ped. - reversible
SWELL (Expressive)
   16    Bourdon.             (tc)  49           Great Forte – 8,8,8,8,4,2-2/3,2,III.
   8     Violin Diapason            61
   8     Salicional                 61
   8     Stopᵈ Diap. Treble.  (tc)  49        PEDAL MOVEMENTS
   8     Stopᵈ Diap. Bass.          12           Swell Expression             (bal.)
   4     Flute Harmonique           61
   4     Violina.                   61
   2     Flageolette.   [sic]       61
   8     Oboe.                      61
         Tremolo
                                              ACTION: Mechanical Key & Stop

PEDAL                                         VOICES: 17         STOPS: 19
   16    Open Diap.                 27
   16    Bourdon                    27        RANKS: 19          PIPES: 1,079


NOTES
This is the third building for the parish which was founded in 1731 as the Second Parish
of Rowley. The second building was known as “South Church” and ca. 1852 they acquired a
Wm. B.D. Simmons organ which was purchased by the Ladies Aid Society of the Congregational
Church in Byfield, Mass. for $400.00 when the new church was built.

The Butler was used for the first time at the dedication of the present building on December
18 1874.  The total cost of the building including the black walnut organ case was $21,786.80.
The cost of the case was $28.04 for both labor and materials! The organ is free-standing and
encased in the front gallery. The keydesk is attached and projecting. Stop are drawknobs in
terraced jambs on either side of the manuals. The 3-sectional façade contains 21 stenciled
pipes arranged: 6 – 9 - 6. The Estey organ Co. of Brattleboro, Vermont added an electric
blower in 1919.

In 1966-67 the Andover Organ Co. of Methuen, Mass. renovated the organ mechanically, did some
revoicing, and added the Great III Mixture on two spare sliders. The renovated organ was re-
dedicated in recital by Kenneth Wilson on March 22, 1968.

Sources: 1987 OHS Convention Handbook; Andover Organ Co. files; JRS; extant organ.

 [Received from James R. Stettner 2014-06-05.]