Pipe Organ Database

a project of the organ historical society

David E. Wallace & Company LLC (1997)

Originally Hook & Hastings (Opus 1261, 1885)

Location:

St. John the Divine Episcopal Church
315 Main Street
Southwest Harbor, ME 04679 US
Organ ID: 53118

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Episcopal and Anglican Churches
  • The organ is unaltered from its original state.
  • The organ's condition is good, in regular use.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Database Manager on June 18, 2018.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Information unknown or not applicable
  • 7 ranks. 2 manuals.
All:
  • Position: In a floor-level case at the rear of the room.
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on June 18, 2018.
Main:
  • Manuals: 2
  • Position: Keydesk attached.
  • 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.
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on June 18, 2018.
Database Manager on August 28, 2014:

Updated through online information from Sarah Johnson.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on August 25, 2014:

Organ relocated without any change. Identified by Sarah Johnson, based on personal knowledge of the organ. -- This organ was originally built for Trinity Methodist Church in Lynn, Massachusetts in 1885. Either the organ was moved or the church changed hands but in 1997 at the time of its sale it was located at the Pentecostal church in Lynn. It was sold through Organ Clearing House to the Episcopal church of St. John the Divine in Southwest Harbor, ME. David Wallace restored the organ which mainly involved reversing previous unsatisfactory modifications to the wind system and swell shutters.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Source not recorded: Open In New Tab Stoplist taken from the console July 17, 2014
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

Instrument Images:

Organ Case: Photograph by Sarah Johnson. Taken on 2104-07-17

Pedalboard and Swell Shoe: Photograph by Sarah Johnson. Taken on 2014-07-17

Keydesk: Photograph by Sarah Johnson. Taken on 2014-07-17

Dedication Nameplate: Photograph by Sarah Johnson. Taken on 2014-07-17

Building Exterior: Photograph by Sarah Johnson. Taken on 2104-07-17

Organ Case at back of Sanctuary: Photograph by Jake Cihla. Taken on 2018-06-08

Organ Case: Photograph by Jake Cihla. Taken on 2018-06-08

Left Stop Jamb: Photograph by Jake Cihla. Taken on 2018-06-08

Right Stop Jamb: Photograph by Jake Cihla. Taken on 2018-06-08