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C. B. Fisk, Inc. (1976)

Originally William Gray (1805)

Location:

Christ Church, Episcopal
Zero Garden St.reet
Cambridge, MA 02138 US
Organ ID: 62643

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Episcopal and Anglican Churches
  • The organ is extant in this location, possibly in original state.
  • The organ's condition is unknown.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Database Manager on December 18, 2018.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Slider
  • 10 ranks. 1 manuals. 9 stops.
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 December 18, 2018.
Main:
  • Manuals: 1
  • Stops: 9
  • Position: Keydesk attached, manuals set into case.
  • 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 vertical rows on flat jambs.
  • Combination Action: Fixed mechanical system.
  • Swell Control Type: Trigger/hitch-down swell.
  • Pedalboard Type: No pedalboard.
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on December 18, 2018.
Database Manager on June 07, 2018:

Identified through online information from Warren Steel. -- Updated by Warren Steel, who gave this as the source of the information: personal examination, supplemented by Barbara Owen, "Tracing an English Chamber Organ," The Tracker 22/2 (Winter 1978): 1-6.
divided keyboard
Restored by Charles B. Fisk, 1976

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on December 18, 2018.

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