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Shirley MA, USA (Massachusetts) - Shirley Center, First Parish Meeting House
Municipal: Shirley MA
Region:Middlesex County
Address: 41 Brown Road, 01464, Shirley, MA
Website: http://www.shirleymeetinghouse.org/
Description nr.: 2065524.
Built by: George Stevens & Co. (1848)
The organ in the First Parish Meeting House, Shirley Center has been built by George Stevens from Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1848. It was preserved in its original state. A restoration was carried out in 1962 by Douglas Brown.
Technical data
Specification
Great Organ (GG-AA-f'''): Open Diapason 8', Dulciana 8' (from g°), Stop Diapason 8' (from g°), Stop Diapason Bass 8' (GG-fis°), Principal 4', Flute 4' (from g°), Twelfth 2 2/3', Fifteenth 2'.
Swell Organ (GG-AA-f'''): Open Diapason 8' (from f°), Dulciana 8' (from f°), Stop Diapason 8' (from f°), Swell Bass 8' (GG-e°), Principal 4' (from f°), Hautboy 8' (from f°), Tremulant.
Pedal Organ (GG-AA-g°): Sub Bass 16'.
Couplers: Swell to Great, Great to Pedal.
Accessories: Great Piano, Great Forte, Hitch-down Swell Pedal.
Shirley MA, USA (Massachusetts) - Shirley Center, First Parish Meeting House
Municipal: Shirley MA
Region:Middlesex County
Address: 41 Brown Road, 01464, Shirley, MA
Website: http://www.shirleymeetinghouse.org/
Description nr.: 2065524.
Built by: George Stevens & Co. (1848)
| Year | Builder | Opus | Activity | 1848 | George Stevens & Co. | new organ | 1962 | Douglas Brown | restoration | George Bozeman Jr. & Co. | maintenance/reparations |
The organ in the First Parish Meeting House, Shirley Center has been built by George Stevens from Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1848. It was preserved in its original state. A restoration was carried out in 1962 by Douglas Brown.
Technical data
| Number of stops per division | |
| - Great Organ | 7 |
| - Swell Organ | 5 |
| - Pedal Organ | 1 |
| Total number of stops | 13 |
| Key action | Mechanical |
| Stop action | Mechanical |
| Windchest(s) | Slider chests |
| Temperament | Modified-meantone temperament |
Specification
Great Organ (GG-AA-f'''): Open Diapason 8', Dulciana 8' (from g°), Stop Diapason 8' (from g°), Stop Diapason Bass 8' (GG-fis°), Principal 4', Flute 4' (from g°), Twelfth 2 2/3', Fifteenth 2'.
Swell Organ (GG-AA-f'''): Open Diapason 8' (from f°), Dulciana 8' (from f°), Stop Diapason 8' (from f°), Swell Bass 8' (GG-e°), Principal 4' (from f°), Hautboy 8' (from f°), Tremulant.
Pedal Organ (GG-AA-g°): Sub Bass 16'.
Couplers: Swell to Great, Great to Pedal.
Accessories: Great Piano, Great Forte, Hitch-down Swell Pedal.
| Literature |
The Lowell Offering : Organ Historical Society Twenty-Third Annual National Convention : Middlesex County, Massachusetts : 27-29 June, 1978. |
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