S. S. Hamill
1898
Congregational Church
469 Main Street
Chester, VT, US
9 Ranks
Instrument ID: 2725 ● Builder ID: 2609 ● Location ID: 2611
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CONSOLES
Builder: S. S. Hamill
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 Pedal3 Divisions9 Stops11 RegistersMechanical (Unknown) Key ActionMechanical Stop Action✓ Combination Trundle(s)Stop Layout: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Flat Jambs
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Not Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination Action: Fixed Mechanical
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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DETAILS
This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location
Updated by Marilyn Polson, who has heard or played the organ.
I examined this organ in preparation for the 2016 Vermont Chapter A.G.O. tour of Chester. There is no nameplate but according to the Annotated Catalog of Known Pipe Organs in Vermont prepared by Ed Boadway and Stephen Pinel for the 2013 O.H.S. Convention the organ was built by S. S. Hamill in 1898. It replaced an earlier Hamill organ of 1868. A typewritten paper attached to the lid of the keydesk indicates the organ was rebuilt in 1988 by John Wessel and included a new reservoir.
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
Builder's Nameplate: Possibly Hamill?
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