Hutchings-Votey Organ Co.
Opus 1479, 1902

Little Harbor Chapel

335 Little Harbor Rd
Portsmouth, NH, US

10 Ranks - 591 Pipes
Instrument ID: 63429 ● Builder ID: 3043 ● Location ID: 55084
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Originally Written/Published: 7/26/2021

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Builder: Hutchings-Votey Organ Co.
Position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
Design: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
Pedalboard Type: Flat Straight
Features:
2 Manuals (61 Notes)30 Note Pedal3 Divisions10 Stops11 RegistersElectrical Key ActionTubular Pneumatic (Unknown) Stop Action✓ Crescendo✓ Combination Thumb Piston(s)✓ Sforzando Toe Piston(s)

Stop Layout: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Combination Action: Fixed Mechanical
Control System: Unknown or N/A

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This instrument is: Extant and Not Playable in this location

John Roper on July 26th, 2021:

Inspected the organ on 7/26/21: Blower (located in the basement) is a 3/4hp Spencer with a Century 104/208v motor. It outputs 4" of wind. The original water motor and generator is still extant. Windlines come down into either side of the basement from their respective divisions but they have been disconnected from the blower. The swell tremulant is extant in the basement, connected as it was originally. Pipework is in fair condition, some pipes crushed, but the majority are ok. The great and pedal have tubular pneumatic stop and note action. The swell has TP stop action, but electric note action. The 11 facade pipes speak and are part of the 8' open diapason. The swell and crencendo pedals had been covered up at some point in the past, but they have been put back in place and are still functioning. The swell expression pedal is mechanical. Someone painted over the pedal lever labels. The first from the left is a hitch-down sfortzando. The second from the left is a Great to Pedal coupler. Access to the chambers is difficult bordering on impossible.


Database Manager on November 28th, 2018:

Updated by Robert Faucher, who gave this as the source of the information: I personally inspected the organ..

Very limited accessibility to chambers due to Chancel renovations, many pipes damaged, windline removed between chambers, much mold and mildew throughout.


Database Manager on November 21st, 2018:

This entry describes an original installation of a new pipe organ.

Identified by Robert Faucher, who has heard or played the organ.
This building was originally built as the Chapel of the new Jerusalem (Swedenborgian). When the chapel was founded and built in 2901, it was on the property of founder Arthur A. Carey. According to the present chapel website, there were non-denominational services being held here as early as 1910.

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