Wilson Barry
1972
Originally Hook & Hastings (Opus 1231, 1884)
St. Anne's Episcopal Church [1825]
Sanctuary; front
8 Kirk Street
Lowell, MA, US
5 Physical Divisions
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STOPLISTS
| Great🛈 | ||
| 16' | Open Diapason | |
| 8' | Open Diapason | |
| 8' | Principal🛈 | |
| 8' | Doppel Flute | |
| 8' | Gemshorn | |
| 4' | Octave | |
| 4' | Gedeckt Flöte🛈 | |
| 2 2⁄3' | Twelfth | |
| 2' | Fifteenth | |
| III | Mixture🛈 | |
| 16' | Posaune | |
| 8' | Trumpet | |
| 4' | Clarion | |
| blank | ||
| Chimes | ||
| ↓ Great On 8 | ||
| Great 4 | ||
| Swell 16 | ||
| Swell 8 | ||
| Swell 4 | ||
| Choir 16 | ||
| Choir 8 | ||
| Choir 4 | ||
| Echo 16 | ||
| Echo 8 | ||
| Echo 4 |
| Swell (Expressive)🛈 | ||
| 16' | Bourdon | |
| 8' | Open Diapason | |
| 8' | Stopped Diapason | |
| 8' | Salicional🛈 | |
| 8' | Viole Celeste | |
| 4' | Principal 🛈 | |
| 4' | Flute | |
| 2 2⁄3' | Nazard🛈 | |
| 2' | Quart de Nazard🛈 | |
| 1 3⁄5' | Tierce🛈 | |
| 1 1⁄3' | Quinte🛈 | |
| III | Mixture🛈 | |
| 8' | Cornopean | |
| 8' | Oboe | |
| Tremolo | ||
| Chimes | ||
| Swell 16 | ||
| ↓ Swell On 8 | ||
| Swell 4 | ||
| Echo 8 | ||
| Echo 8 |
| Choir (Expressive)🛈 | ||
| 8' | Geigen Principal | |
| 8' | Melodia | |
| 8' | Dulciana | |
| 8' | Unda Maris | |
| 4' | Flute | |
| 2 ' | Piccolo | |
| 8' | Clarinet | |
| blank | ||
| blank | ||
| Tremolo | ||
| Chimes | ||
| Choir 16 | ||
| ↓ Choir On 8 | ||
| Choir 4 | ||
| Swell 16 | ||
| Swell 8 | ||
| Swell 4 |
| Pedal🛈 | ||
| 32' | Contre Bass🛈 | |
| 16 ' | Open Diapason | 32 |
| 16' | Bourdon | 32 |
| 16' | Violone | 32 |
| 16' | Lieblich Gedeckt | SW |
| 16' | Echo Bourdon🛈 | 12 EC |
| 8' | Octave🛈 | 32 |
| 8' | Gedeckt🛈 | 12 |
| 8' | Violoncello🛈 | 12 |
| 8' | Still Gedeckt | SW |
| 4' | Super Octave🛈 | 12 |
| 4' | Violina🛈 | 12 |
| 16 ' | Posaune | GT |
| 8' | Trumpet | GT |
| 4' | Clarion | |
| Swell 8 | ||
| Swell 4 | ||
| Great 8 | ||
| Great 4 | ||
| Choir 8 | ||
| Choir 4 | ||
| Echo 8 |
| Echo (Expressive)🛈 | ||
| 8' | Open Diapason🛈 | |
| 8' | Stop'd Diapason🛈 | |
| 8' | Salicional🛈 | |
| 8' | Vox Coelestis [tc]🛈 | |
| 4' | Octave🛈 | |
| 4' | Flauto Traverso🛈 | |
| 2' | Piccolo Harmonique🛈 | |
| V | Récit Cornet🛈 | |
| III | Mixture🛈 | |
| 8' | Cornopean | |
| 8' | Oboe d'Amore | |
| Tremolo | ||
| Carillon | ||
| Chimes | ||
| Echo 16 | ||
| ↓ Echo On 8 | ||
| Echo 4 |
FINGER PISTONS: General 1-8, Swell 1-8, Great 1-8, Choir 1-8, Echo 1-8, Master Swell Pedal On/Off; TOE STUDS: General 1-4, 9-12, Swell to Ped Rev, Great to Ped Rev, Choir to Ped Rev, Echo to Ped Rev, Sforz (rev); PEDAL MOVEMENTS: Choir Expression (bal.), Swell/Master Expression (bal.), Echo Expression (bal.), Crescendo
Originally Written/Published: February 28, 2026
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CONSOLES
Builder: Unknown Builder
Position: Unknown
Design: Traditional With Roll Top
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Features:
4 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal5 Divisions65 RegistersElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop Action✓ Crescendo✓ Combination Thumb Piston(s)✓ Combination Toe Piston(s)✓ Coupler Toe Piston(s)✓ Sforzando Toe Piston(s)Stop Layout: Stop Keys Above Top Manual
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination Action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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DETAILS
This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location
From the 'Some Treasures' page of the parish website, "In 1972, a few tonal alterations were made to Great and Swell divisions by Wilson Barry of Andover, Mass., who also made some mechanical repairs, and the organ was rededicated on April 23."
Wayne Johnson on February 28th, 2026:
Updated through online information from Wayne Johnson [February 28, 2026]: Original 3-manual and 30-rank Hook & Hastings #1231 (1884) electrified by William Laws in 1929 including a new 4-man. console. Repairs and alterations by Rostron Kershaw in the 1940s. Tonal work by Wilson Barry in the 1970s. Restoration and some work done to that Antiphonal in the 2001 by Scott Huntington & Co.
Related Instrument Entries: Hook & Hastings (Opus 1231, 1884) , S. L. Huntington & Co. (2001) , William W. Laws (1929)
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