Geo. S. Hutchings (& Co.)
Opus 435, 1898
First Parish Unitarian
7 Harrington Road
Lexington, MA, US
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CONSOLES
Builder: Unknown
Position: Keydesk Attached
Design: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
Pedalboard Type: Unknown
Features:
3 Manuals (61 Notes)34 StopsMechanical (Unknown) Key ActionMechanical Stop Action✓ Coupler Toe Piston(s)Stop 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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DETAILS
This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location
Updated by James R. Stettner, listing this website as a source of information: http://fplex.org/index.php/music-and-choir/pipe-organ/.
3-sectional facade arranged: 7-13-7. 16 of these 27 pipes are speaking. According to the current parish website, \"The Hutchings organ consisted originally of 27 stops distributed over three manuals and pedal, with couplers, a swell box, tremolo, and some mechanical registration assists. The original keyboard action was, and remains, mechanical, where wooden trackers run directly from the key to the valve under each pipe; the original pedal action was tubular pneumatic (now electro-pneumatic). The character of the instrument exemplified the late‑Romantic ideal. Its many unison stops, rather orchestral in nature and speaking directly into the room, would have filled the sanctuary with a mellow, warm sound.\" At some time in the 1920s, the entire organ was placed under expression with a large set of louvers directly behind the facade pipes. These were later removed.
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
Rebuilt Outerbridge date?, 3-31. El. pedal action. Rebuilt by Andover.
Related Instrument Entries: Andover Organ Co. (Opus R239, 1996)
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