Andover Organ Co.
Opus R-128, 1969 onward

Originally Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co. (Opus 1103, 1946)

Methuen Memorial Music Hall

192 Broadway
Methuen, MA, US

116 Ranks - 5,982 Pipes

Instrument ID: 34627 ● Builder ID: 127 ● Location ID: 30721

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Plenum Organ Company

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Builder: Methuen Organ Co.

Position: Movable Console

Design: Traditional Without Cover

Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)

Features:

4 Manuals (61 Notes)30 Note Pedal5 Divisions85 StopsElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop Action✓ Crescendo✓ Sequencer✓ Combination Thumb Piston(s)✓ Combination Toe Piston(s)✓ Coupler Thumb Piston(s)✓ Coupler Toe Piston(s)

Stop Layout: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs

Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)

Combination Action: Computerized/Digital

Control System: Unknown or N/A

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This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location

Database Manager on May 27th, 2013: 
Updated through online information from Barbara Owen.  -- For a complete detailed stoplist, history and concert schedule, please go to website of Methuen Memorial Music Hall. -- [Details of several additional modifications by Andover, including replacing console actions and modifying the stoplist, are detailed on the website. - Editor]

Database Manager on May 18th, 2008: 
Addition of three great reeds to existing Aeolian-Skinner rebuild of relocated 1863 Walcker organ from Boston Music Hall.-- <br>Information adapted from <i>E. M. Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner Opus List</i>, by Sand Lawn and Allen Kinzey (Organ Historical Society, 1997), and included here through the kind permission of Sand Lawn.

Organ Media Foundation Tour Part 1 History and tonal demonstration

Organ Media Foundation Tour Part 2 History and tonal demonstration

Webpage Links: Methuen Memorial Music Hall [Historical Timeline]