Pipe Organ Database

Andover Organ Co. (Opus R-84, 1965)

Originally Hook & Hastings (Opus 1355, 1887)

Location:

First Baptist Church
1400 John Fitch Highway
Fitchburg, MA 01420 US
Organ ID: 9362

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Status and Condition:

This instrument's location type is: Baptist Churches
The organ has an unknown or unreported status.
The organ's condition is unknown.

We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.

Technical Details:

Chests: Slider
22 ranks. 1,202 pipes. 3 divisions. 2 manuals. 21 stops. 19 registers.

Divisions

All:

Chest Type(s): Slider chests
Position: In a gallery-level case at the rear of the room.

We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.

Consoles

Main:

Manuals: 2
Divisions: 3
Stops: 21
Registers: 19
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.

Notes

Database Manager on September 07, 2008:

Updated through online information from James R. Stettner.  -- This was the removal from the old church, mechanical restoration, tonal changes, and reinstallation in the new edifice of the existing 1887 Hook & Hastings. The facade pipes we repainted one flat color - hiding the original stencilling. The Great had one tonal change, but the Swell was extensively revised tonally. The Pedal remained unaltered. Sources: Andover files; extant organ documented April 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 Hook & Hastings (1887, Opus1355).

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 1995

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

Database Manager on October 30, 2004:

Hook & Hastings moved to new building and rebuilt.

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

Stoplists

Source not recorded: Open In New Tab Stoplist copied from the keydesk April, 1988
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.