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George Warren Reed (& Son) (1910)

Location:

St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
Norwich, CT US
Organ ID: 73201

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Episcopal and Anglican Churches
  • The organ has been relocated.
  • The organ's condition is unknown.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Scot Huntington on April 16, 2023.

Technical Details:

  • 8 divisions. 8 stops.
Main:
  • Built by George Warren Reed (& Son)
  • Divisions: 8
  • Stops: 8
  • Stop Action: Mechanical connection between stop control and chest.
  • Stop Controls: Drawknobs in horizontal rows on terraced/stepped jambs.
  • Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals, not in standard AGO position.
We received the most recent update for this console from Scot Huntington on April 16, 2023.
Scot Huntington on April 16, 2023:

This church has been gone for many years, and no one around now remembers its location. The organ was sold through the Organ Clearing House when the church closed in 1972, and according to the Nelson list, it was moved to the Community Methodist Church in Osterville, Mass., on Cape Cod. There is today no church of this name in Osterville, but there is United Methodist in a new fake-colonial style building with pianos and the usual assortment of microphone stands, but no organ of any type, nor does it appear there would ever have been room in the present building for a pipe organ, even a small one like the Reed.

We received the most recent update for this note from Scot Huntington on April 16, 2023.

Instrument Images:

Church exterior: Photograph from an archival source: Vintage postcard, submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken approx. ca. 1907

Church exterior: Photograph from an archival source: Vintage postcard, submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken approx. ca. 1910

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