Pipe Organ Database

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Hilborne L. Roosevelt (Opus 58, 1881)

Exhibited in the 1972 OHS convention(s)

Location:

Miller Memorial United Methodist
122 Main Street
Bethel, VT 05032 US
Organ ID: 6855

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Methodist Churches
  • The organ has been restored to a previous state.
  • The organ's condition is unknown.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Paul R. Marchesano on October 26, 2022.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Slider
  • 3 ranks. 129 pipes. 1 manuals. 2 stops.
All:
  • Chest Type(s): Slider chests
  • Position: Portable instrument, fully movable.
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Main:
  • Manuals: 1
  • Stops: 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 row above top manual.
  • Combination Action: No combination action.
  • Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals, not in standard AGO position.
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Paul R. Marchesano on October 26, 2022:

This organ is the smallest instrument in a Vermont church. It was bought in 1918 from the Methodist Church in Rochester, Vermont, which had purchased it second-hand in 1894.

The chestnut case displays three flats of 13 gilded Open Diapason Bass pipes of stopped metal. The projecting console has a single row of knobs above the keys; the Pedal keys are at the left of the Swell pedal. The Open Diapason Treble, which commences at C#0 and the Dulciana are enclosed, and the latter stop has 12 stopped metal basses. The Bourdon pipes are tubed off the one chest (which has four complete sliders), and the pipes can be played from the manual when the Bourdon knob is drawn. The Pedal Check permits the use of a permanent coupler and the Forte draws all speaking stops. --1972 OHS Handbook

We received the most recent update for this note from Paul R. Marchesano on October 26, 2022.
Database Manager on October 18, 2005:

On-line update from Marilyn J. Polson -- Recently played the organ as part of a concert.

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 1993.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on October 30, 2004:

Built for Church of the Holy Innocents, NYC. Via Methodist,Rochester, VT 1937. Repaired by Moore 1993.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Stoplist from the console.: Open In New Tab Original document from Marilyn Polson. Originally published 2017-02-01
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Paul R. Marchesano on October 26, 2022.

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