Methuen Organ Co.
1909
Originally E.F. Walcker & Cie. (Opus 200, 1863)
Serlo Hall / Methuen Memorial Music Hall
Concert Hall
192 Broadway
Methuen, MA, US
103 Ranks
Instrument ID: 1094 ● Builder ID: 4203 ● Location ID: 1059
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CONSOLES
Builder: Methuen Organ Co.
Position: Movable Console
Design: Traditional Without Cover
Pedalboard Type: Flat Straight
Features:
4 Manuals 5 Divisions83 StopsElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop Action✓ Crescendo✓ Combination Thumb Piston(s)✓ Combination Toe Piston(s)Stop Layout: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Combination Action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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DETAILS
Updated through online information from James R. Stettner.
Database Manager on September 9th, 2005:
Online update from Ed Sampson -- The "Great Organ" is in the "Serlo Organ Hall," now known as the "Methuen Memorial Music Hall" and is listed in the "National Register of Historic Places."
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
Identified through information adapted from E. M. Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner Opus List, by Sand Lawn and Allen Kinzey (Organ Historical Society, 1997), and included here through the kind permission of Sand Lawn:
Electrification of 1863 Walcker, #200 from Boston Music Hall with new console and chests. Further rebuilt by Aeolian-Skinner in 1946
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
From Boston Music Hall 1884; electrified Methuen O. Co. 1897; altered G. Donald Harrison (Aeolian-Skinner) 1947 Op. 1103 (new console and chests), 4-115. Case designed and built by Gustav Herter. Great reeds added by Andover in 1971.
Webpage Links: The Methuen Memorial Music Hall
Related Instrument Entries: Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co. (Opus 1103, 1946) , Andover Organ Co. (Opus R-128, 1969 onward) , E.F. Walcker & Cie. (Opus 200, 1863)
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