Pipe Organ Database

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William Stevens (1867)

Location:

Belleville Congregational Church
300 High Street
Newburyport, MA US
Sanctuary; rear gallery
Organ ID: 6

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Congregational Church
  • The organ has been altered from its original state.
  • The organ's condition is unknown.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Jim Stettner on January 30, 2023.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Slider
  • 23 ranks. 614 pipes. 3 divisions. 2 manuals. 22 stops. 28 registers.
All:
  • Chest Type(s): Slider chests
  • Position: In a gallery-level case at the rear of the room.
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Main:
  • Built by William Stevens
  • Manuals: 2
  • Divisions: 3
  • Stops: 22
  • Registers: 28
  • Position: Keydesk attached, manuals set into case.
  • Manual Compass: 56
  • Pedal Compass: 25
  • Key Action: Mechanical connection from key to chest (tracker, sticker or mix).
  • Stop Action: Mechanical connection between stop control and chest.
  • Console Style: Traditional style with hinged doors that enclose keyboards.
  • Stop Controls: Drawknobs in vertical rows on flat jambs.
  • Combination Action: Fixed mechanical system.
  • Swell Control Type: Trigger/hitch-down swell.
  • Pedalboard Type: Flat straight pedalboard.
  • Has Combination Action Foot Trundles
We received the most recent update for this console from Jim Stettner on January 30, 2023.
Database Manager on September 15, 2008:

Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- 3-sectional Moorish case front with 16 pipes of the Great 16' Tenoroon en facade arranged: 5-6-5. The organ was dedicated December 18, 1867. Source: 1987 OHS Convention Handbook.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on October 30, 2004:

This entry represents the installation of a new organ. Identified from the extant, altered organ. Electrified in 1958 by Rostron Kershaw.

We received the most recent update for this note from Jim Stettner on January 30, 2023.
Stoplist from 1987 OHS Handbook: Open In New Tab
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Jim Stettner on January 30, 2023.

Instrument Images:

Church exterior: Photograph from an archival source: H.P. Macintosh, photographer, Newburyport, Mass.; via Digital Commonwealth [adjusted], submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken approx. ca. 1910's

Organ in rear musician's gallery: Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook page; Advertisement for 150th Anniv. Celebration of Organ, submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken approx. ca. 1890's

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