James Cole (Opus 335, 1899)

Location:

St. Matthew's Episcopal Church
23 Center St.
Lisbon Falls, ME 04252 US
Organ ID: 6280

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Episcopal and Anglican Churches
  • The organ has been relocated.
  • 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
  • 8 ranks. 442 pipes. 3 divisions. 2 manuals. 8 stops. 8 registers.
All:
  • Chest Type(s): Slider chests
  • 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 May 13, 2018.
Main:
  • Manuals: 2
  • Divisions: 3
  • Stops: 8
  • 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.
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Database Manager on September 27, 2007:

Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- Couplers done as On/Off mechanical finger pistons. Swell to Pedals (and Tremulant) are in the name board over the Swell manual. Great to Pedals and Swell to Great in Swell key slip over Great keys. The Swell to Great Octave 4' is drawknob. There was once a hitch-down control for the former water motor.

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

Database Manager on October 30, 2004:

Church building razed in 1992. Acquired through OCH from Masonic temple, Augusta, ME via grocery store, Augusta, ME. Altered Andover 1977, 2-8. To Robert Temple residence, Spokane, WA, rebuilt by David Wallace in 1993.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Source not recorded: Open In New Tab Typed copy of original and revised stoplists.
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

Instrument Images:

Organ case at rear of sanctuary: Photograph by James R. Stettner. Taken on 1989-03-08

Lower case, keydesk, and pedalboard: Photograph by James R. Stettner. Taken on 1989-03-08

Keydesk: Photograph by James R. Stettner. Taken on 1989-03-08