Thaddeus H. H. Outerbridge, III
1979 ca.

First Baptist Church

Sanctuary; rear gallery

221 Cabot Street
Beverly, MA, US

66 Ranks - 3,591 Pipes
Instrument ID: 9735 ● Builder ID: 4722 ● Location ID: 8966
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STOPLISTS

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  • Position: In a Floor-Level Case at the Rear of the Room
  • Stop Action: Electric
  • Notes: Unit chest. 1-17, offset.
  • Notes: 1-17 offset
  • Notes: 1-17 offset
  • Notes: G 20 - g 44
  • Notes: TC - c 61
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V293
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  • Position: In a Floor-Level Case at the Rear of the Room
  • Stop Action: Electric
  • Notes: 1-32 offset
  • Notes: Connected to a 61-note unit chest
8'61
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8'49
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IV244
16'61
8'61
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  • Position: In a Floor-Level Case at the Rear of the Room
  • Stop Action: Electric
8'61
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8'49
4'61
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2 2⁄3'61
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III183
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  • Position: In a Floor-Level Case at the Rear of the Room
  • Stop Action: Electric
  • Notes: 1-12 offset
  • Notes: 1-12 offset
  • Notes: Unit chest
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8'61
8'49
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2'61
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8'61
  • Position: In a Floor-Level Case at the Rear of the Room
  • Chest Action: Electro Pneumatic (Unit)
  • Stop Action: Electric
  • Notes: from the 16' Open Wood
  • Notes: from 16' Subbass
  • Notes: ext. 16' Subbass
  • Notes: ext. 8' Principal
  • Notes: from GT 16' Bourdon
  • Notes: ext. SW 16' Bassoon
  • Notes: ext. 8' Tromba
32'
16'32
16'32
16' GT
10 2⁄3'
8'32
8'12
4'12
4' GT
V160
V160
32'12 SW
16'32
16' SW
8'32
4'12
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FINGER PISTONS: Undocumented; TOE STUDS: Undocumented; PEDAL MOVEMENTS: Solo Expression (balanced), Choir Expression (balanced), Swell Expression (balanced), Crescendo (balanced)
Originally Written/Published: August 10, 1990

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CONSOLES

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Builder: William W. Laws
Position: Movable Console
Design: Traditional With Roll Top
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Details Unknown)
Features:
3 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal5 Divisions48 Stops60 RegistersElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop Action✓ Crescendo✓ Combination Thumb Piston(s)✓ Combination Toe Piston(s)✓ Coupler Thumb Piston(s)✓ Coupler Toe Piston(s)✓ Sforzando Thumb Piston(s)✓ Sforzando Toe Piston(s)
Stop Layout: Stop Keys Above Top Manual
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination Action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Control System: Unknown or N/A

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DETAILS

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This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location

Database Manager on October 11th, 2007:
Updated through online information from don belben. -- According to the dedication booklet, the organ then had 45 ranks, and 2322 pipes. Circa 1992 a Bourdon/Sub Bass 16' was added to the Great division with 61 pipes, and duplexed to the pedal. In the 1991-92 period a Choir division of 14 ranks was added to the instrument. This would then bring the total pipe count to ca. 3237, if all the choir ranks have 61 pipes. The former organ's Austin console (3m) was salvaged from the 1975 fire and rebuilt for the new organ. It should be noted the the Solo division's Tuba 8'(a 1 stop div.) came from the Christ Church, Episcopal organ in Needham, Massachusetts, when it was rebuilt some years ago. This organ was originally a ca. 1940 Aeolian-Skinner located in the Yankee Network studio in Boston, with 4 manuals. The new First Baptist Church in Beverly, Massachusetts has a very reverberant sanctuary, which just enhances this very impressive organ. (Some of the information is my report was kindly given to me by Thad Outerbridge, himself, who is a very notable organ builder/voicer in this area. )
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
Status Note: There 1979
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
Dedicated 5 Nov 1979. Contains some pipework from the previous, much rebuilt, 1869 2-27 Johnson, Op. 297 saved from a 1975 fire that ruined the former building.

Webpage Links: First Baptist Church in Beverly, YouTube Channel

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