Pipe Organ Database

Andover Organ Co. (Opus R-73, 1965)

Originally Hook & Hastings (Opus 1731, 1896)

Location:

First Universalist Church / Universalist-Unitarian Church
15 Kenoza Avenue
Haverhill, MA 01830 US
Organ ID: 5517

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Status and Condition:

This instrument's location type is: Unitarian, Universalist, Unitarian-Universalist
The organ is unaltered 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
16 ranks. 3 divisions. 2 manuals. 16 stops. 16 registers.

Divisions

All:

Chest Type(s): Slider chests
Position: In a gallery-level case at the rear 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: 16
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: Fixed mechanical system.
Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals.
Pedalboard Type: Flat straight pedalboard.
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 January 05, 2008:

Updated through online information from James R. Stettner.  -- As installed in its original home in Arlington, Massachusetts, the organ was recessed into an alcove and only had a case front that had been painted white at some point in its past. When relocated to Haverhill in 1965, the organ was installed "as is" without case sides or refinishing. Two tonal changes were made: the Swell 4' Violina was rescaled and revoiced as a 2' register, and the original II Cornet [12-15] was cut down, and revoiced as a II Mixture [19-22]. In 1988, a generous gift from church member Charlotte Ricker and her sister allowed for case sides to be built, and for the existing painted front to be stripped and refinished. This was done as R-73A.

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

Database Manager on October 30, 2004:

The original builder was  Hook & Hastings (1896, Opus1731).

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

Database Manager on October 30, 2004:

Status Note: There 1996.

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

Database Manager on October 30, 2004:

Relocated through OCH from Universalist, Arlington, MA.  Renovated Andover 1965, #R-73, 2-16.  New case in 1989.

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

Stoplists

Source not recorded: Open In New Tab Stoplist copied from the console May 25, 1989
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.