Nantucket, Massachusetts
Centre Street Methodist Church

Thomas Appleton, 1831
E. & G.G. Hook, Opus 241, 1858 - Removal, Enlargement to 2-Manuals,
                                 Moving, Reinstallation on Nantucket.

GREAT (GGG, AAA-f3)
   [8]  Op. Diapason Treble     (tg)  35
   [8]  Op. Diapason Bass             19   1-4 from St. Diapason Bass.
   [8]  Viol d'Amour            (tg)  35
   [8]  Dulciana                (tg)  35
   [8]  St. Diapason Treble     (tg)  35
   [8]  St. Diapason Bass             23
   [4]  Principal                     58
   [4]  Flute                         58
   [3]  Twelfth                       58
   [2]  Fifteenth                     58

SWELL TREBLE (Expressive; Tenor F-f3)
   [8]  Open Diapason           (tf)  37
   [8]  St. Diapason            (tf)  37
   [8]  Viol di Gamba           (tf)  37
   [4]  Principal               (tf)  37
   [8]  Hautboy                 (tf)  37

SWELL BASS (Unexpressive; GGG, AAA-E)
   [8]  St. Diapason Bass             21

PEDAL (GGGG, AAAA-CC; 17 notes)
   [16] Sub Bass                      13   Open wood.

COUPLERS (Drawknob)
   Swell to Pedal                    [8]
   Great to Pedal                    [8]
   Swell to Great                    [8]

FOOT LEVERS (Unlabeled; l - r)
   Gr. Op. Diap. Bass              (rev)
   Gr. Upper Chorus Cancel         (s-a)  Removes Principal, Twelfth, and Fifteenth.

PEDAL MOVEMENTS
   Swell Expression                (h-d)

ACTION: Mech. key & stop
VOICES: 14
STOPS: 17
RANKS: 14
PIPES: 633

NOTES
The organ was originally a I-manual Appleton built for an unidentified
church believed to have been in Boston. The Hook brothers removed the
organ from its original home; removed the swell box from the organ;
added a short-compass Swell, moved the original Hautboy from the origi-
nal chest and put it on the new Swell; replaced the Hautboy with the
Viol d'Amour, built a swellbox for the new Swell, and installed the
organ in the rear gallery of the church.  In 1893, it was moved to the
front of the church behind the pulpit platform where it has remained.

The organ has been slowly and lovingly restored by Bob Newton of the
Andover Organ Co. over several decades.  One of the worst problems was
damage from powder post beetles - finally eradicated.  Poorly executed
tonal changes by others were reversed. In recent years, the facade pipes
were reguilded with new goldleaf.

 [Received on line from James R. Stettner June 29, 2009.]