S. L. Huntington & Co.
2013
Originally Wm. A. Johnson (Opus 16, 1850)
Heath Union Church
5 East Main Street
Heath, MA, US
12 Ranks - 3 Physical Divisions
Instrument ID: 5400 ● Builder ID: 3032 ● Location ID: 5128
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Builder: Unknown
Position: Keydesk Attached, Manuals Set Into Case
Design: Traditional With a Removable Panel in Front of Keyboards
Pedalboard Type: Flat Straight
Features:
2 Manuals (54 Notes)17 Note Pedal3 Divisions12 Stops16 RegistersMechanical (Unknown) Key ActionMechanical Stop ActionStop Layout: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Flat Jambs
Expression Type: Trigger/Hitch-Down Expression
Combination Action: None
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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Exhibited in the 2015 OHS convention(s)
This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location
Database Manager on April 25th, 2015:
Updated through online information from Scot Huntington. -- The organ was purchased for $100 in 1914, delivered up the steep two-mile mountain road to Heath by ox-cart, and installed by George Ryder of Boston. The Whately records do not indicate any allowance made on the old organ by Estey, and it was not their usual practice at this time to take organs in trade for resale. The available sources imply the Heath congregation purchased the organ directly from the Whately church. <br> In 2013, S.L. Huntington & Co. of Stonington, Conn. restored the instrument, reversing all previous alterations but retaining the Swell Bass installed at an unknown date but prior to 1874 by Johnson, and including a reconstruction of the original 1850 case and decoration.
Updated through online information from Scot Huntington. -- The organ was purchased for $100 in 1914, delivered up the steep two-mile mountain road to Heath by ox-cart, and installed by George Ryder of Boston. The Whately records do not indicate any allowance made on the old organ by Estey, and it was not their usual practice at this time to take organs in trade for resale. The available sources imply the Heath congregation purchased the organ directly from the Whately church. <br> In 2013, S.L. Huntington & Co. of Stonington, Conn. restored the instrument, reversing all previous alterations but retaining the Swell Bass installed at an unknown date but prior to 1874 by Johnson, and including a reconstruction of the original 1850 case and decoration.
Database Manager on April 17th, 2015:
Updated through online information from Scot Huntington.
Database Manager on November 13th, 2014:
Updated through online information from John Igoe. -- In March 2013 S. L. Huntington & Co. completed a thorough renovation of this notable instrument. The restoration has followed strictly the newly revised OHS Guidelines for Conservation, carefully analyzing details of the organ-s history and construction, recreating the original casework and faux-grain decoration, including the reinstatement of the 1850 gilded façade pipes (found still in use but well hidden inside the 1874 case), and replication of a missing rank of Stopped Diapason pipes.
Webpage Links: S. L. Huntington & Co.
Related Instrument Entries: Wm. A. Johnson (Opus 16, 1850) , Johnson Organ Co. (Opus 16, 1874) , Geo. H. Ryder (1914)
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