Pipe Organ Database

W.B.D. Simmons & Co. (1864)

Location:

Community Church / Universalist
Main St.
Stowe, VT 05672 US
Organ ID: 1435

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Status and Condition:

This instrument's location type is: Unitarian, Universalist, Unitarian-Universalist
The organ has been rebuilt or substantially revised.
The organ's condition is unknown.

We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.

Technical Details:

Chests: Slider
19 ranks. 3 divisions. 2 manuals. 18 stops. 17 registers.

Divisions

All:

Chest Type(s): Slider chests
Position: In a gallery-level case at the rear of the room.

We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.

Consoles

Main:

Manuals: 2
Divisions: 3
Stops: 18
Registers: 17
Position: Keydesk attached.
Manual Compass: 56
Key Action: Mechanical connection from key to chest (tracker, sticker or mix).
Stop Action: Mechanical connection between stop control and chest.
Console Style: Traditional style with a keyboard cover that can be lifted to form a music rack.
Stop Controls: Drawknobs in horizontal rows on terraced/stepped jambs.
Combination Action: Fixed mechanical system.
Swell Control Type: Trigger/hitch-down swell.
Pedalboard Type: Flat straight pedalboard.

We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.

Notes

Database Manager on October 19, 2007:

Updated through on-line information from James R. Stettner.  -- 3-sectional case with 19 pipes in Romanesque arches arranged: 5-9-5. Case painted white except for keydesk interior. Likely originally faux-grained.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

Database Manager on October 30, 2004:

Church was Universalist. Now [2003] merged congregation composed of Universalist, Congregationalist and Methodist. Rebuilt by Hill, Norman & Beard 1959, 2-20.