Berkshire Organ Co., Inc.
1976

In 1976, the Berkshire Organ Company undertook a major tonal renovation
and supplied a new console. The tonal pallet was recast along more classic
lines. In 1985, a visually and aurally impressive Festival Trumpet stop,
positioned in the rear gallery in en-chamade position, was built by the Trivo
Company, and installed by E. A. Kelley Associates. This addition, coupled with
the Berkshire renovation, brought the organ to a total of thirty ranks of pipes.
In the late 1980s, the Church Council was apprised that extensive repairs and
renovations would be necessary to address the tonal and mechanical
deficiencies of the instrument, either ignored or not recognized in previous
organ renovations. Subsequently, an Organ Committee was formed and their
work continued for several years, culminating in May 1996 with the dedication
of Opus 11 of the Faucher Organ Company of Biddeford, Maine.
-- from "The First Parish Organ," history document via church website