Pipe Organ Database

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Andover Organ Co. (Opus 83, 1978)

Exhibited in the 2001 OHS convention(s)

Location:

Church of the Epiphany, Episcopal
781 Main St.
Danville, VA 24541 US
Nave, rear gallery
Organ ID: 7290

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Episcopal and Anglican Churches
  • The organ has been restored to a previous state.
  • The organ's condition is good, in regular use.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Paul R. Marchesano on April 01, 2022.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Slider
  • 45 ranks. 2,357 pipes. 4 divisions. 3 manuals. 39 stops. 39 registers.
All:
  • Chest Type(s): Slider chests
  • Position: In a gallery-level case at the rear of the room.
  • Built by Andover Organ Co.
We received the most recent update for this division from Jim Stettner on June 17, 2020.
Main:
  • Manuals: 3
  • Divisions: 4
  • Stops: 39
  • Registers: 39
  • Position: Detached keydesk (mechanical action).
  • Manual Compass: 56
  • Pedal Compass: 30
  • Key Action: Balanced tracker.
  • Stop Action: Mechanical connection between stop control and chest.
  • Console Style: Traditional style without cover.
  • Stop Controls: Drawknobs in horizontal rows on terraced/stepped jambs.
  • Combination Action: No combination action.
  • Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals, AGO standard placement.
  • Pedalboard Type: Flat straight pedalboard.
  • Has Hitchdown Couplers
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Database Manager on September 05, 2007:

Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- Information from the Andover shop files. Located in the rear gallery with the Choir on the gallery rail. Cases of stained red oak with gilded carved pipe shades. Console of cherry and walnut. Keys of bone and ebony. Drawknobs of rosewood, ebony, and boxwood with oblique faces of hand-engraved ivory. The Tremolo, Zimbelstern, and Birdola are all activated by hitch-down pedals, and the Zimbelstern and Birdola are wind-driven.

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

Gallery organ.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Taken from Andover Organ Co. literature: Open In New Tab Originally published ca. 1979
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Jim Stettner on June 17, 2020.

Instrument Images:

Nave, Balcony, and Organ Cases: Photograph by William T. Van Pelt. Taken on 2000-05-10

Ruckpositiv and Main Organ Case (1978): from Cover of Organ Dedication program; image courtesy of James R. Stettner.

Gallery and Organ Cases: Andover promotional photo; image courtesy of James R. Stettner.

Builder's Nameplate (1978): From the Dedicatory Recital program; image courtesy of James R. Stettner.