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Thomas Appleton (1840)

Location:

Perkins School for the Blind
Watertown, MA US
Organ ID: 71439

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: High Schools, Preparatory Schools, and Academies
  • The organ has been relocated.
  • The organ's condition is unknown.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Jim Stettner on July 25, 2022.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Slider
  • 20 ranks. 3 divisions. 2 manuals. 16 stops. 18 registers.
Great:
  • Chest Type(s): Slider chests
  • Position: In a case at the front of the room.
  • Built by Thomas Appleton
We received the most recent update for this division from Jim Stettner on July 25, 2022.

Swell (Expressive):
  • Chest Type(s): Slider chests
  • Built by Thomas Appleton
We received the most recent update for this division from Jim Stettner on July 26, 2022.

Pedal:
  • Chest Type(s): Slider chests
  • Built by Thomas Appleton
We received the most recent update for this division from Jim Stettner on July 26, 2022.
Main:
  • Built by Thomas Appleton
  • Manuals: 2
  • Divisions: 3
  • Stops: 16
  • Registers: 18
  • Position: Keydesk attached, manuals set into case.
  • Manual Compass: 59
  • Pedal Compass: 25
  • 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 hinged doors that enclose keyboards.
  • Stop Controls: Drawknobs in vertical rows on flat jambs.
  • Combination Action: Fixed mechanical system.
  • Swell Control Type: Trigger/hitch-down swell.
  • Pedalboard Type: Flat straight pedalboard.
  • Has Combination Action Foot Trundles
We received the most recent update for this console from Jim Stettner on July 26, 2022.
Jim Stettner on July 25, 2022:

This entry represents the first installation of a new organ. Identified by its documented history. The organ has subsequently been owned by:

-1840: Perkins School for the Blind in Watertown, Mass. Original installation. -1865: United Baptist Church in Biddeford, Maine; installed by R. & G.G. Hook -1979: Shortridge residence in Phippsburg, Maine; installed by Organ Clearing House -1996: St. Bartholomew's Episcopal in Yarmouth, Maine; installed by David E. Wallace -????: Donated to Holy Cross College in Worcester, Mass. [never actually installed] -20??: Relocated to Oberlin College Conservatory in Oberlin, Ohio [never actually installed] -20??: Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey [restored by Columbia Organ Works in 2020; but still being stored in 2022].

We received the most recent update for this note from Jim Stettner on July 28, 2022.
Stoplist copied from a related OHS Database entry (Stoplist: OH 1963:19): Open In New Tab Originally published 1963
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Jim Stettner on July 25, 2022.

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