Roche Organ Co.
1981

Originally Geo. Stevens (& Co.) (1852)

St. Andrew's Episcopal Church

169 Belleville Road
New Bedford, MA, US

14 Ranks - 631 Pipes

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	Great🛈 Notes: unenclosed, Man. I, GGG-f3
8'	Op. Diapason🛈 Notes: 59, 1-10 open wood, 1 1-24 zinc, in fa,ade, 25-59 common metal; slide-tuned
8'	St. Diapason Bass [GGG-F#]🛈 Notes: 24, 1-24 stopped wood, pine
8'	St. Diapason Treble [t.G]🛈 Notes: 35, 24-29 stopped wood, 30 -59 common metal chimney flutes, soldered tops, tuning ears
8'	Clarabella [t.G]🛈 Notes: 35, 25-59 open wood, mouths not inverted
8'	Dulciana [t.G]🛈 Notes: 35, 25-59 common metal, slide-tuned
4'	Principal🛈 Notes: 59, 1-4 zinc in fa,ade, 5-59 common metal; slide-tuned
4'	Flute [GG]🛈 Notes: 47, 13-17 stopped wood, 18-53 common metal chimney flutes, soldered canister, tuning ears; 54-59 open common metal, slide-tuned
2⅔'	Twelfth🛈 Notes: 59, Common metal, slide-tuned
2'	Fifteenth🛈 Notes: 59, Common metal, slide-tuned

	Swell🛈 Notes: Man. II, GGG-f3, enclosed from t.F
8'	Swell Base [sic] [GGG-t.E.]🛈 Notes: 22, Stopped wood, unenclosed
8'	Op. Diapason [t.F]🛈 Notes: 37, Common metal, 23-38 slotted, scroll-tuned; 39-59 cone-tuned
8'	St. Diapason [t.F]🛈 Notes: 37, Stopped wood
8'	Viol da Gamba [t.F]🛈 Notes: 37, Common metal, dulciana construction; 23-33 slotted, scroll-tuned; 34-59 cone-tuned
4'	Principal [t.F]🛈 Notes: 37, Common metal, cone-tuned
8'	Hautboy [t.F]🛈 Notes: 37, 23-53 zinc resonators with common metal bells; 54-59 open common metal flues

	Pedal🛈 Notes: GGG-C, 18 notes
10⅔'	Sub Bass🛈 Notes: 12, 1-12 open wood; notes 13-18 play notes 1-6

	Mechanical Stops
	Couple Sw and Gr
	Couple Pedals and Keys🛈 Notes: [notched draw stop: half-draw = Sw. to Ped.; full draw = Gr to Ped.]
	Tremolo🛈 Notes: [knob not original]

	Combination Pedals🛈 Notes: unlabeled, on left
	Great Chorus on🛈 Notes: [OD, Principal, 12th, 15th]
	Great Chorus off
	Hitch down swell pedal🛈 Notes: [on right]

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Builder: Unknown

Position: Keydesk Attached, Manuals Set Into Case

Design: Unknown

Pedalboard Type: Flat Straight

Features:

2 Manuals (59 Notes)18 Note Pedal3 DivisionsMechanical (Unknown) Key ActionMechanical Stop Action

Stop Layout: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Flat Jambs

Expression Type: Trigger/Hitch-Down Expression

Combination Action: Unknown

Control System: Unknown or N/A

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Exhibited in the 2005 OHS convention(s)

This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location

Database Manager on July 7th, 2013:

Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- The organ is freestanding and encased in the rear gallery. The facade is 5-sectional with 17 pipes arranged: 3-4-5-4-3. The recessed manuals are covered by sliding doors. Manuals and pedals are G-compass and include the bass GGG#.

Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:

The original builder was George Stevens (1852).

Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:

From Peirce Memorial Unitarian-Universalist, Dover, NH.

Related Instrument Entries: Geo. Stevens (& Co.) (1852)

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Roche Organ Co.1981