Geo. H. Ryder
Opus 135, 1888
First Congregational Church
Sanctuary; front
Spencer, MA, US
Instrument ID: 18332 ● Builder ID: 5474 ● Location ID: 16647
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CONSOLES
Builder: Geo. H. Ryder
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 3 DivisionsMechanical (Unknown) Key ActionMechanical Stop ActionStop Layout: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Combination Action: Unknown
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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DETAILS
This instrument is: Not Extant and Not Playable in this location
According to the book JOHNSON ORGANS: 1844-1898, this was a relocating from the rear gallery of the church's existing Wm. A. Johnson, Opus 150, 1863 with some rebuilding. The organ was replaced in 1899 with a new Emmons Howard instrument. Disposition of the Ryder is not known, though it may have been taken in-trade by Howard.
Database Manager on June 16th, 2005:
Identified through information in Descriptive Catalogue of Superior Church Organs Manufactured by Geo. H. Ryder & Co., published in Boston, January, 1896. Dates are not included in the publication; the one given here is conjectural.
Related Instrument Entries: Wm. A. Johnson (Opus 150, 1863)
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