Pipe Organ Database

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Pelland Organ Co. (2004 ca.)

Originally Geo. S. Hutchings (& Co.) (Opus 347, 1894)

Location:

St. Anselm College
100 Saint Anselm Dr.
Manchester, NH 0310_ US
Dana Center
Organ ID: 477

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Colleges and Universities
  • The organ has been relocated.
  • The organ's condition is good, in regular use.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Richard Pelland on September 14, 2023.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Slider
  • 7 ranks. 381 pipes. 3 divisions. 2 manuals. 7 stops. 8 registers.
Great:
  • Chest Type(s): Slider chests
  • Built by Geo. S. Hutchings (& Co.)
We received the most recent update for this division from Jim Stettner on February 20, 2023.

Swell (Expressive):
  • Chest Type(s): Slider chests
  • Built by Geo. S. Hutchings (& Co.)
We received the most recent update for this division from Jim Stettner on February 20, 2023.

Pedal:
  • Chest Type(s): Slider chests
  • Built by Geo. S. Hutchings (& Co.)
We received the most recent update for this division from Jim Stettner on February 20, 2023.
Main:
  • Built by Geo. S. Hutchings (& Co.)
  • Manuals: 2
  • Divisions: 3
  • Stops: 7
  • Registers: 8
  • Position: Keydesk attached.
  • Manual Compass: 61
  • Pedal Compass: 27
  • Key Action: Mechanical connection from key to chest (tracker, sticker or mix).
  • Stop Action: Mechanical connection between stop control and chest.
  • Console Style: Traditional style with a keyboard cover that can be lifted to form a music rack.
  • Stop Controls: Drawknobs in horizontal rows on terraced/stepped jambs.
  • Combination Action: No combination action.
  • Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals.
  • Pedalboard Type: Flat straight pedalboard.
  • Has Hitchdown Couplers
We received the most recent update for this console from Jim Stettner on February 20, 2023.
Database Manager on October 30, 2004:

This entry represents the relocation and installation of an existing organ in a new home. The organ was originally built for the lower church of St. Mary's R.C. Church in Dedham, Massachusetts. Identified through online information from Andrew Scanlon.

We received the most recent update for this note from Jim Stettner on February 20, 2023.
Stoplist copied from the keydesk: Open In New Tab Originally published September 30, 1988
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Jim Stettner on February 20, 2023.

Instrument Images:

Completed in the Dana Center. : Photograph by Richard Pelland . Taken on 2023-08-14

In it's original location. St. Mary's Catholic Church, Dedham, MA. as of 2013 : Photograph by Richard Pelland . Taken approx. 2013