Pipe Organ Database

a project of the organ historical society

Owner (2010)

Originally Marr & Colton (1928)

Location:

Residence: Peter Haskell
South Freeport, ME 04078 US
Console in one room, pipes in adjoining room
Organ ID: 26018

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Private Residences
  • The organ is unaltered from its original state.
  • The organ's condition is good, used occasionally.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: EP unit
  • 5 ranks. 365 pipes. 1 divisions. 2 manuals. 44 stops.
All:
  • Chest Type(s): EP unit chests
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Main:
  • Manuals: 2
  • Divisions: 1
  • Stops: 44
  • Position: Console in fixed position, right.
  • Manual Compass: 61
  • Pedal Compass: 32
  • Key Action: Electrical connection from key to chest.
  • Stop Action: Electric connection between stop control and chest.
  • Console Style: Horseshoe style console.
  • Stop Controls: Stop keys in horseshoe curves.
  • Combination Action: Setterboard (remote or in console).
  • Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals, AGO standard placement.
  • Pedalboard Type: Concave radiating pedalboard meeting AGO Standards.
  • Has Combination Action Thumb Pistons
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Database Manager on January 13, 2011:

Updated through on-line information from Peter Haskell.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on May 10, 2007:

Updated through on-line information from Peter Haskell.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on May 09, 2007:

Identified through on-line information from Peter D. Haskell. -- The organ was built by the Marr & Colton company of Warsaw, New York, and was installed in the Thompson Square Theatre, Charlestown, Massachusetts, in 1928. I am now in the process of installing this organ in my home.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Source not recorded: Open In New Tab Stoplist taken from console Feb. 14, 2012
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

Instrument Images:

Console: Photograph by Pete Haskell. Taken approx. 2016

Main Chest, Toy Counter, Offset Chest: Photograph by Peter Haskell. Taken on 2009-08-09

Blower: Photograph by Peter Haskell. Taken on 2007-04-01