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Rostron Kershaw (1963)

Originally Geo. S. Hutchings (& Co.)

Location:

St. Michael's Catholic Parish
196 Main Street
North Andover, MA 01845 US
Parish Hall
Organ ID: 32687

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Roman Catholic Churches
  • The organ is extant in this location, possibly in original state.
  • The organ's condition is good, but not in use.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Jim Stettner on September 02, 2021.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Information unknown or not applicable
  • 24 ranks. 1,437 pipes. 3 divisions. 2 manuals. 26 stops. 19 registers.
All:
  • Position: Pipes exposed (in whole or in part) in a gallery at the rear of the room.
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Main:
  • Manuals: 2
  • Divisions: 3
  • Stops: 26
  • Registers: 19
  • Position: Console in fixed position, center.
  • 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: Traditional style with roll top.
  • Stop Controls: Stop keys above top manual.
  • Combination Action: Adjustable combination pistons.
  • Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals, AGO standard placement.
  • Pedalboard Type: Concave radiating pedalboard meeting AGO Standards.
  • Has Tutti Reversible Toe Pistons
  • Has Combination Action Thumb Pistons
  • Has Coupler Reversible Toe Pistons
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Andrew Scanlon on June 05, 2022:

Still there June 2022

We received the most recent update for this note from Andrew Scanlon on June 05, 2022.
Database Manager on January 15, 2014:

Updated through online information from Larry Kazsloka. -- St. Michael's built a new church sometime in the 1990s that is attached to the old church, where this organ is. The old church has been converted to the parish hall. The new church does not have a pipe organ. This organ has probably not been played for about fifteen years.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on January 09, 2008:

Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -- This organ was reportedly a rebuild of a Hutchings of undocumented provenance. It does contain a great deal of older pipework: 13 of the 19 independent registers are clearly older, recycled pipework. Documented May, 1988.

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

Instrument Images:

Organ in rear gallery : Photograph by Andrew Scanlon. Taken on 2022-06-05

Organ in rear gallery: Photograph by Andrew Scanlon . Taken on 2022-06-05

Pipework: Photograph by Andrew Scanlon . Taken on 2022-06-05

Pipework and rose window : Photograph by Andrew Scanlon. Taken on 2022-06-05

Church exterior (this is the original building, now a parish hall): Photograph by Andrew Scanlon . Taken on 2022-06-05

Church exterior with original church on the right, connecting structure, and new church on the left: Photograph by Andrew Scanlon . Taken on 2022-06-05

Nave from organ loft: Photograph by Andrew Scanlon . Taken on 2022-06-05

Console: Photograph by Andrew Scanlon . Taken on 2022-06-05

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