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Angerstein & Associates (1985)

Originally Geo. S. Hutchings (& Co.) (Opus 495, 1899)

Location:

Pleasant Street Congregational Church / Boston Church of Christ
75 Pleasant St.
Arlington, MA 02476 US
Sancuary; front gallery
Organ ID: 9386

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Church of Christ
  • The organ is unaltered from its original state.
  • The organ's condition is good, but not in use.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from James R. Stettner on August 02, 2021.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Slider
  • 25 ranks. 1,358 pipes. 3 divisions. 2 manuals. 22 stops. 25 registers.
All:
  • Chest Type(s): Slider chests
  • Position: In center chambers at the front of the room. Facade pipes or case front visible.
  • Slider Motors: Pneumatic (EP or TP) slider motors.
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Main:
  • Manuals: 2
  • Divisions: 3
  • Stops: 22
  • Registers: 25
  • Position: Keydesk attached.
  • Manual Compass: 61
  • Pedal Compass: 30
  • 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: No combination action.
  • Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals, AGO standard placement.
  • Pedalboard Type: Concave radiating pedalboard not meeting AGO standards.
  • Has Hitchdown Couplers
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Database Manager on April 18, 2012:

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.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on July 09, 2007:

Updated through online information from Leonardo Ciampa. -- I played it on July 1, 2007. Condition is near perfect.

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 George S. Hutchings (1899, Opus495).

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 1986

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

Extensive tonal changes. Ded. 13 Apr 1986 by Rosalind Mohnsen.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Source not recorded: Open In New Tab Examination of the organ, 2009
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

Instrument Images:

Front Choir Loft with Gallery and Nave Facades: Photo taken by James R. Stettner. Taken on 1989-03-15

Gallery Facade: Photo taken by James R. Stettner. Taken on 1989-03-15

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