Residence: John Hays Hammond, Jr. (Castle)
80 Hesperus Ave
Gloucester,
MA
01930 US
Great Hall
Organ ID: 27156
The Great, Swell, Choir, Solo, and Reed Chorus divisions are located in the ceiling on either side of the great hall. The ceiling is made out of an acoustically transparent fabric. The Positive division is located in the gallery at one end of the great hall. The Baroque and Pedal divisons are located slightly recessed into the floor under the balcony behind the console.
There are two blowers: - Spencer Turbine 6" output with a 15hp Woods motor - Spencer Turbine 15" output with a 3hp Westinghouse motor
The Baroque division is the Aeolian instrument from Hammond's fathers home. The Fox Horn was named for Virgil Fox as a joke. The positiv was added later by G. Donard Harrison. 19 stop Solo division added by Ernest M. Skinner & Son in 1941.
First 2 consoles were built by Austin with a mechanical combination action. New 3rd console built in 1981 by Kim Boulton (then operating under the E.M. Skinner Company name) using a SSL relay.
Updated through online information from Peter Rudewicz. Original console specification: - 15 Generals and cancel - 8 Solo and cancel - 5 Baroque under Solo keys - 8 Swell and cancel -3 Baroque under Swell keys - 8 Great and cancel - 3 Baroque under Great keys - 8 Choir and cancel - 3 Baroque under Choir keys - 4 Pedal-toe studs - Also affect Pedal stops - Great to Pedal 8 reversible toe stud - Swell to Pedal 8 reversible toe stud - Sforzando reversible toe stud - Balanced Expression Pedals (Solo, Reed Chorus, Great, Choir, Master Swell, Crescendo) - 2 Spencer Turbine Orgoblo - 1- 15 H.P. Wind pressure 6" - 1-3 H.P. Wind pressure 20" - Electric Specialty generator (10 volts, 50 amperes)
Identified through information adapted from E. M. Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner Opus List, by Sand Lawn and Allen Kinzey (Organ Historical Society, 1997), and included here through the kind permission of Sand Lawn: Three mixtures and 8' Bourdon added to existing organ; in 1944 addition of Cornet VI.
Facade and Pipe Display: Photograph by Sam Cherubin. Taken on 2016-07-02
Console and Facade: Photograph by Sam Cherubin. Taken on 2016-07-02
Rose Window and Pipe Display: Photograph by Sam Cherubin. Taken on 2016-07-06
Console: Photograph by Sam Cherubin. Taken on 2016-07-02
Console - Right Stop Jamb: Photograph by Sam Cherubin. Taken on 2016-07-02
Console - Left Stop Jamb: Photograph by Sam Cherubin. Taken on 2016-07-02
Right stopjamb: Photograph by Sam Nelson, submitted by John Roper. Taken approx. July 2018
Left stopjamb: Photograph by Sam Nelson, submitted by John Roper. Taken approx. July 2018
Pedal pipework: Photograph by myorgan on the Organ forum, submitted by John Roper. Taken approx. 2014
Austin console: Photograph from an archival source: From "The Hammond Museum" Booklet, submitted by Solomon Wickline. Taken approx. 1-1-1976
John Hays Hammond, Jr. inspecting the pipes of the Great Division: Photograph from an archival source: From "The Hammond Museum" Booklet, submitted by Solomon Wickline. Taken on 1976-01-01
Building exterior: Photograph from an archival source: From "The Hammond Museum" Booklet, submitted by Solomon Wickline. Taken on 1976-01-01
Console: Photograph by John Roper. Taken on 2021-09-11
Pedalboard and swell pedals: Photograph by John Roper. Taken on 2021-09-11
Builder's nameplate: Photograph by John Roper. Taken on 2021-09-11
Wide shot of the great hall showing Virgil fox at the console: Photograph from an archival source: Virgil Fox Legacy, submitted by John Roper. Taken approx. 1975
Facade detail: Photograph by Facebook, submitted by John Roper. Taken approx. 2000s
