Pipe Organ Database

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W.B.D. Simmons & Co. (1874)

Location:

Second Baptist Church
Common St. (near Lawrence St.)
Lawrence, MA 0184_ US
Organ ID: 51293

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Baptist Churches
  • The organ has been altered from its original state.
  • 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
  • 20 ranks. 1,031 pipes. 3 divisions. 2 manuals. 19 stops. 19 registers.
All:
  • Chest Type(s): Slider chests
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Main:
  • Manuals: 2
  • Divisions: 3
  • Stops: 19
  • Registers: 19
  • Manual Compass: 58
  • Pedal Compass: 27
  • Key Action: Mechanical connection from key to chest (tracker, sticker or mix).
  • Stop Action: Mechanical connection between stop control and chest.
  • Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals.
  • Pedalboard Type: Flat straight pedalboard.
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Database Manager on May 11, 2013:

Updated through online information from James R. Stettner.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on May 10, 2013:

This entry describes an original installation of a new pipe organ. Identified by James R. Stettner, based on information from Personal research into the history of organs in Lawrence, Masachusetts. --

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Stoplist taken from Robert J. Reich files: Open In New Tab Originally published January 3, 2021
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Jim Stettner on January 03, 2021.

Instrument Images:

Church exterior: Photograph from an archival source: Lawrence Public Library Special Collections, submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken approx. ca. 1880's

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