Thomas Appleton
1844
Free Street Baptist Church
Free Street
Portland, ME, US
8 Ranks
Instrument ID: 70418 ● Builder ID: 158 ● Location ID: 13176
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CONSOLES
Builder: Thomas Appleton
Position: Keydesk Attached, Manuals Set Into Case
Design: Traditional With Hinged Doors That Enclose Keyboards
Pedalboard Type: Flat Radiating
Features:
1 Manuals (58 Notes)17 Note Pedal1 Divisions8 Stops10 RegistersMechanical (Unknown) Key ActionMechanical Stop ActionStop Layout: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Flat Jambs
Expression Type: Unknown
Combination Action: None
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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DETAILS
This instrument is: Not Extant and Not Playable in this location
From The Semi-Centennial Anniversary of the Free Street Baptist Church Portland Maine, pg. 79: "The first mention we find upon the records in reference to an organ is in the estimate of expenditures at the annual meeting, October 21, 1845. Up to this time a parlor organ had been hired of Mr. William lieekett. The estimate was as follows : —
"Organ, 100;" "playing organ," "blowing organ, 3;" "singing, 85." Previous to this the estimates for music had varied from three hundred and fifty dollars in 1836, to one hundred in 1811, the average being one hundred and sixty-five.
Jim Stettner on August 29th, 2023:
This entry represents the installation of a new organ. Identified from a related OHS Database entry. The building was acquired used, and was originally built as the Free Street Theatre.
- Originally, here.
- 1872, to the Baptist Church, Buxton, ME. by Hook.
- 1961, removed by Peter Perkins for his Portland, ME. residence.
- 19??, to Fisk for refurbishing; then to Our Lady of Good Voyage Roman Catholic Church in
- 19??, to Smithsonian in Washington, D.C.
Gloucester, ME.
Related Instrument Entries: E. & G. G. Hook (1872) , Owner (1961) , C. B. Fisk, Inc. (1964) , Owner
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