Andover Organ Co.
1981
Originally W.B.D. Simmons & Co. (1877)
Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church
288 W. Main Street
Danville, VA, US
10 Ranks - 537 Pipes
Instrument ID: 3173 ● Builder ID: 127 ● Location ID: 3031
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STOPLISTS
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| Manual🛈 | ||
| 8' | Open Diapason Bass🛈 | |
| 8' | Open Diapason Treble🛈 | |
| 8' | Dulciana [t.c.]🛈 | |
| 8' | Stop'd Diapason🛈 | |
| 4' | Principal🛈 | |
| 4' | Flute🛈 | |
| 2' | Fifteenth🛈 | |
| II | Mixture🛈 | |
| 8' | Hautboy🛈 |
| Pedal🛈 | ||
| 16' | Sub Bass🛈 | |
| Manual to Pedal Coupler |
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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:
1 Manuals (58 Notes)27 Note Pedal2 Divisions10 Stops9 RegistersMechanical (Unknown) Key ActionMechanical Stop ActionStop Layout: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Combination Action: None
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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Exhibited in the 2001 OHS convention(s)
This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location
Paul R. Marchesano on April 1st, 2022:
While the organ was apart for rebuilding, a handwritten statement was discovered inside the bellows. It read ''.James A.Young, Boston, Massachusetts, November 1, 1875 (Monday);' and in the access panel to the bellows, "Built 1875, October." These notations indicate perhaps a stock bellows made earlier, or that the instrument may have already been constructed when it was sold. -- *2001 OHS Handbook*
While the organ was apart for rebuilding, a handwritten statement was discovered inside the bellows. It read ''.James A.Young, Boston, Massachusetts, November 1, 1875 (Monday);' and in the access panel to the bellows, "Built 1875, October." These notations indicate perhaps a stock bellows made earlier, or that the instrument may have already been constructed when it was sold. -- *2001 OHS Handbook*
Database Manager on September 4th, 2007:
Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- I consulted the Andover opus list and files, the booklet "Four Organs of Historical Interest in Danville and Chatham, Virginia," and another booklet "The William B.D. Simmons Organ at Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church Danville, Virginia." The date 1877 is generally ascribed to this organ since that is when it was purchased for $1,400.00 by the Unitarian-Universalist Church of South Acton, Massachusetts. The organ may have been built earlier, though, as two dates of October and November 1875 have been found inside the bellows. However, perhaps it was a stock bellows. The organ was removed from the South Acton church in 1971 because of a merger. It was moved to the Andover Organ Co. of Methuen, Massachusetts by the Organ Clearing House where it remained in storage until 1979, when Sacred Heart contracted with Andover to refurbish the organ for them, replacing an Everett "Orgatron." The organ was refurbished for $26,000.00, and was installed in early 1981. Some tonal changes were made. A 2' Fifteenth was added, and the original II Mixture was recomposed around the 2' Fifteenth. The case was altered to allow the Pedal pipes to be moved from the back of the organ to the sides. The pipe fence facade is entirely non-speaking, and appears to be 7-sectional containing 31 pipes arranged: 2-5-7-3-7-5-2. It's dedication was on March 22, 1981 by Earl L. Miller.
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
The original builder was W. B. D. Simmons (1877).
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
Status Note: There 2001.
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
Relocated from the Universalist Church, South Acton, MA. Rebuilt with tonal changes.
Related Instrument Entries: W.B.D. Simmons & Co. (1877)
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