Angerstein & Associates
1985
Originally Geo. S. Hutchings (& Co.) (Opus 495, 1899)
Pleasant Street Congregational Church / Boston Church of Christ
Sancuary; front gallery
75 Pleasant St.
Arlington, MA, US
25 Ranks - 1,358 Pipes
Instrument ID: 9375 ● Builder ID: 145 ● Location ID: 8662
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STOPLISTS
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CONSOLES
Builder: Unknown
Position: Keydesk Attached
Design: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Not Meeting AGO Standards)
Features:
2 Manuals (61 Notes)30 Note Pedal3 Divisions22 Stops25 RegistersMechanical (Unknown) Key ActionMechanical Stop Action✓ Hitchdown Coupler(s)Stop Layout: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination Action: None
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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DETAILS
This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location
Updated through online information from Scot Huntington. -- After a 1955 electrfication and tonal enlargement of the original instrument by the Williams Organ Co. of Swampscott, Mass., the instrument had become mechanically unreliable by 1983. In 1985, the organ was rebuilt as an essentially new tracker-action instrument by Angerstein & Associates of Stoughton, Mass., reusing the original chamber, mahogany Hutchings casework, and gilded facade pipes. Almost all Hutchings pipework remaining after the Williams electrification was reused, but tonally modified by rescaling, repitching, and/or revoicing, with the addition of several new stops, including an enlargement of the pedal from 2 ranks to 5. The organ was dedicated on January 19, 1986, and formally "opened" in a recital by Rosalind Mohnsen on April 13, 1986. In 2011, the congregation merged with another congregational church in Arlington, and both the building and organ are for sale in 2012.
Database Manager on July 9th, 2007:
Updated through online information from Leonardo Ciampa. -- I played it on July 1, 2007. Condition is near perfect.
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
The original builder was George S. Hutchings (1899, Opus495).
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
Status Note: There 1986
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
Extensive tonal changes. Ded. 13 Apr 1986 by Rosalind Mohnsen.
Related Instrument Entries: Geo. S. Hutchings (& Co.) (Opus 495, 1899) , Williams Organ Co. (1955)
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