Multiple Builders
after 1923

Originally Harold H. Lucas Sr. (1880's)

Tabernacle Congregational Church

50 Washington Street
Salem, MA, US

33 Ranks - 1,943 Pipes - 4 Physical Divisions

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	Great (II) Position: In Side Chambers at the Front of the Room. Facade Pipes or Case Front Visible Stop Action: Electric
16'	Bourdon
8'	Open Diapason
8'	Chimney Flute
4'	Octave
2'	Fifteenth
II	Sesquialtera
III	Mixture
8'	Trumpet
4'	Principal

	Swell (III - Expressive) Position: In Side Chambers at the Front of the Room. Facade Pipes or Case Front Visible Stop Action: Electric
8'	Stopped Flute
8'	Viola da Gamba
8'	Voix Celeste
4'	Harmonic Flute
2'	Principal
1 ¹⁄₃'	Larigot
II	Sesquialtera
III	Mixture
8'	Oboe
	Tremulant

	Choir (I - Expressive) Position: In Side Chambers at the Front of the Room. Facade Pipes or Case Front Visible Stop Action: Electric
8'	Gedeckt
8'	Gemshorn
8'	Gemshorn Celeste
4'	Koppel Flute
2 ²⁄₃'	Nazard
2'	Blockflute
8'	Krummhorn
	Tremulant

	Pedal Position: In Side Chambers at the Front of the Room. Facade Pipes or Case Front Visible Stop Action: Electric
32'	Resultant
16'	Open Wood
16'	Bourdon
8'	Octave Wood
8'	Bourdon

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Builder: William W. Laws

Position: Console in Fixed Position, Left

Design: Traditional With Roll Top

Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Details Unknown)

Features:

3 Manuals (61 Notes)4 DivisionsMultiple Action Types Key ActionMultiple Action Types Stop ActionCrescendoCombination Thumb Piston(s)Combination Toe Piston(s)

Stop Layout: Tilting/Rocking Tablets Above Top Manual

Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)

Combination Action: Adjustable Combination Pistons

Control System: SSL

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DETAILS

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This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location

Paul R. Marchesano on February 6th, 2026:

From a submitted specification:
Tabernacle Church
Organized 1725; present building 1924
Salem, Massachusetts
Woodbury & Harris 1880
Electrified by Laws, 1924
Roy Carlson 1963
Partially rebuilt by Thad H. H. Outerbridge LLC, 1976, 1978

Paul R. Marchesano on April 9th, 2025:

Multiple builders: Cole and Woodbury, Laws, Roy Carlson, Thad Outerbridge

Andrew Scanlon on March 14th, 2024:

Instrument is divided on both sides of chancel. Great and Pedal on the left above the console, Swell and Choir on the right. Great and Pedal mostly Cole and Woodberry. Instrument expanded by Roy Carlson. Further expansion by Thad Outerbridge who added a new Choir division. Console is three manual William W. Laws – Austin style, it was used and relocated/installed in this church at an unknown time. Richard Pelland updated console with new combination action and solid-state memory level dial. 16 memory levels.

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