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Lowell MA, USA (Massachusetts) - Fifth Street Baptist Church
Municipal: Lowell MA
Region:Middlesex County
Address: 28 West 5th Street, 01850, Lowell, MA
Website: https://fifthstreetbaptistchurch.business.site/
Description nr.: 2065855.
Built by: J.H. Willcox (1871) - opus 15 (20)
Destroyed by fire (1979)
Short list of all locations the organ has been
Technical data
Specification
Great Organ (C-c''''): Bourdon Treble 16' (from c°), Bourdon Bass 16' (C-B), Open Diapason 8', Dolcessimo 8', Flauto Traverso 8', Octave 4', Twelfth 2 2/3', Fifteenth 2', Euphone 16', Trumpet 8', Physharmonica 8'.
Swell Organ (C-c''''): Salicional 8' (from c°), Gedackt 8' (B/D), Quintadena 8' (B/D), Violin 4' (B/D), Flauto Traverso 4' (B/D), Oboe 8' (from c'), Bason 8' (C-b°), Tremulant.
Pedal Organ (C-d'): Bourdon 16', Violoncello 8', Flöte 8', Euphone 16' - from Great.
Couplers: 2nd Manual to 1st Manuals, 1st Manual to Pedals, 2nd Manual to Pedals, Octave Coupler (1st Manual to 1st Manual 4').
Accessories: Physharmonica Tremulant, Euphone Tremulant, 1st Manual Forte, 1st Manual Piano, 2nd Manual Forte, 2nd Manual Piano, 1st Manual to 2nd Manual Reversible, Bellows Signal.
Lowell MA, USA (Massachusetts) - Fifth Street Baptist Church
Municipal: Lowell MA
Region:Middlesex County
Address: 28 West 5th Street, 01850, Lowell, MA
Website: https://fifthstreetbaptistchurch.business.site/
Description nr.: 2065855.
Built by: J.H. Willcox (1871) - opus 15 (20)
Destroyed by fire (1979)
| Year | Builder | Opus | Activity | 1871 | J.H. Willcox | 15 (20) | new organ | 1886? | George S. Hutchings | transfer/relocate | 1978 | Andover Organ Company | restoration |
- The historic organ of the Fifth Street Baptist Church in Lowell, was originally built by J.H. Willcox & Co. from Boston as residence organ for Joseph H. Ely in Lowell. It has been transferred to the church in or around 1886. Because of the maximum height of the instrument, the largest bass pipes of Great were offset. The organ case has very rich wood carvings. A small front with bass pipes of the Open Diapason was added to the prospect by George S. Hutchings at the time he installed the instrument in the church.
- In 1977-1978 a restoration has been carried out by the Andover Organ Company. On January 26, 1979, a fire in the church destroyed the organ completely.
Short list of all locations the organ has been
| 1871 | Lowell MA | Joseph H. Ely Residence |
| 1886? | Lowell MA | Fifth Street Baptist Church |
Technical data
| Number of stops per division | |
| - Great Organ | 10 |
| - Swell Organ | 6 |
| - Pedal Organ | 4 (3) |
| Total number of stops | 20 (19) |
| Key action | Mechanical |
| Stop action | Mechanical |
| Windchest(s) | Slider chests |
Specification
Great Organ (C-c''''): Bourdon Treble 16' (from c°), Bourdon Bass 16' (C-B), Open Diapason 8', Dolcessimo 8', Flauto Traverso 8', Octave 4', Twelfth 2 2/3', Fifteenth 2', Euphone 16', Trumpet 8', Physharmonica 8'.
Swell Organ (C-c''''): Salicional 8' (from c°), Gedackt 8' (B/D), Quintadena 8' (B/D), Violin 4' (B/D), Flauto Traverso 4' (B/D), Oboe 8' (from c'), Bason 8' (C-b°), Tremulant.
Pedal Organ (C-d'): Bourdon 16', Violoncello 8', Flöte 8', Euphone 16' - from Great.
Couplers: 2nd Manual to 1st Manuals, 1st Manual to Pedals, 2nd Manual to Pedals, Octave Coupler (1st Manual to 1st Manual 4').
Accessories: Physharmonica Tremulant, Euphone Tremulant, 1st Manual Forte, 1st Manual Piano, 2nd Manual Forte, 2nd Manual Piano, 1st Manual to 2nd Manual Reversible, Bellows Signal.
| Literature |
The Lowell Offering : Organ Historical Society Twenty-Third Annual National Convention : Middlesex County, Massachusetts : 27-29 June, 1978. |
| Recordings |
Historic American Organs : Northwest of Boston: Acton, Lancaster, Lowell, Methuen, Shirley Center, Woburn. - The Organ Historical Society OHS-78 (LP). - 1979. |