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Andover Organ Co. (Opus R-90, 1966)

Originally Wm. M. Goodrich (1825)

Location:

Trinity Episcopal Church
47 East Street
Wrentham, MA 02093 US
Sanctuary; front
Organ ID: 8132

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Episcopal and Anglican Churches
  • The organ is extant in this location, possibly in original state.
  • The organ's condition is good, in regular use.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Andrew Scanlon on March 27, 2023.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Slider
  • 20 ranks. 1,086 pipes. 3 divisions. 2 manuals. 22 stops. 18 registers.
All:
  • Chest Type(s): Slider chests
  • Position: In side chambers at the front of the room. Facade pipes or case front visible.
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Main:
  • Manuals: 2
  • Divisions: 3
  • Stops: 22
  • Registers: 18
  • Position: Keydesk attached.
  • Manual Compass: 58
  • Pedal Compass: 27
  • 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 rows on terraced/stepped jambs.
  • Combination Action: Fixed mechanical system.
  • Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals.
  • Pedalboard Type: Flat straight pedalboard.
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Database Manager on July 06, 2008:

Updated through on-line information from James R. Stettner. -- The organ is installed in a left side chamber in the chancel. The keydesk is in the chancel. Foot trundle combinations are Great Piano and Forte. The organ has a Great to Pedal reversible foot trundle. The Swell Tremolo is actuated by a hitch-down foot lever. Sources: History of the organ written by Robert C. Newton of the Andover Organ Co.; Andover opus list; extant organ documented March 1988.

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

The original builder was Goodrich/Simmons-Willcox/Hutchings. (c. 1865).

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 1968.

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

Moved in 1915 from Universalist church, North Attleboro, MA by Hutchings. [The Hutchings list as published by BOC show Hutchings Op. 1728, 3m, El action, in 1916 for the Universalist Church, North Attleboro, MA. Was this organ sold here when they installed that one?] Goodrich/Simmons-Willcox/Hutchings, Plaisted & Co. organ. Rebuilt by Andover 1968, #R-90, 2-20.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Source not recorded: Open In New Tab Typed stoplist from the OHS PC Database.
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

Instrument Images:

Instrument shown, front left of chancel.: Photograph by Andrew Scanlon. Taken on 2023-03-27

Organ from the east wall: Photograph by Andrew Scanlon. Taken on 2023-03-27

Brief history of the instrument by Lorna Russell, mounted to the left of the console. : Photograph by Andrew Scanlon. Taken on 2023-03-27

Church exterior: Photograph by Andrew Scanlon. Taken on 2023-03-27

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