Pipe Organ Database

Rostron Kershaw (1962)

Originally Hook & Hastings (Opus 1615, 1894)

Location:

First Congregational Church
12 Church Street
Rockland, MA 02370 US
Organ ID: 36655

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Status and Condition:

This instrument's location type is: Congregational Church
The organ has an unknown or unreported status.
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 with pneumatic pull-downs (externally, EP or TP)
16 ranks. 902 pipes. 3 divisions. 2 manuals. 16 stops. 23 registers.

Divisions

All:

Chest Type(s): Slider with pneumatic pull-downs (externally, EP or TP) chests
Position: In a case at the front 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: 16
Registers: 23
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.
Combination Action: Adjustable combination pistons.
Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals, AGO standard placement.
Pedalboard Type: Concave radiating pedalboard meeting AGO Standards.
Has Crescendo Pedal
Has Tutti Reversible Toe Pistons
Has Combination Action Thumb Pistons
Has Combination Action Toe Pistons
Has Coupler Reversible Thumb Pistons
Has Coupler Reversible Toe Pistons

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

Notes

Database Manager on June 22, 2019:

Updated by Doug Ulwick, who has heard or played the organ.

The instrument is still there as of 2017. The keydesk was removed from the face of the instrument and replaced by a freestanding console with the Rostron Kershaw rebuild. Initially the console was simply moved forward, just behind an altar screen. At some point it was rotated 90 degrees and moved to the right (as one faces the altar).

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on June 23, 2019.

Database Manager on September 17, 2008:

Identified through online information from James R. Stettner.  -- This was the electrification of the church's existing 1894 Hook & Hastings (Opus 1615). The original chests were retained and fitted with E-P pulldowns. The Great 8' Trumpet was removed in favor of a tenor c 8' Unda Maris - which was never added. The Swell 16' Bourdon was removed from the swellbox to make room for the chimes to hang inside, and also so it could be placed on a unit chest to be borrowed to the Pedal as well. The Swell tenor c 8' Voix Celeste may be the original 4' Violina. Source: extant organ documented April 21, 1989.

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

Stoplists

Taken from the console January 27, 2013: Open In New Tab Typed Stoplist
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Database Manager on June 21, 2019.