Pipe Organ Database

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Steer & Turner [J.W. Steer] (Opus 38, 1871)

Location:

First Universalist Church
Pleasant Street
Worcester, MA 01609 US
Organ ID: 70758

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Unitarian, Universalist, Unitarian-Universalist
  • The organ is no longer a complete instrument; dispersed/parted out.
  • The organ's condition is not playable.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Paul R. Marchesano on April 18, 2022.

Technical Details:

  • 3 divisions. 2 manuals.
Main:
  • Built by Steer & Turner [J.W. Steer]
  • Manuals: 2
  • Divisions: 3
  • Key Action: Mechanical connection from key to chest (tracker, sticker or mix).
  • Stop Action: Mechanical connection between stop control and chest.
  • Stop Controls: Drawknobs in horizontal rows on terraced/stepped jambs.
We received the most recent update for this console from Paul R. Marchesano on April 18, 2022.
Paul R. Marchesano on April 18, 2022:

Known from mention in the 1983 OHS Handbook, some of its pipework being incorporated into Hook & Hastings, Op. 1654 at St Peter's Roman Catholic Church in Worcester, Massachusetts: "...tonally revised by the Andover Organ Co ., utilizing some pipework from Steer & Turner Op. 38, 1871, a large two-manual tracker built for the First Universalist Church, Worcester, subsequently electrified, and dismantled in 1965."

We received the most recent update for this note from Paul R. Marchesano on April 18, 2022.

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