Pipe Organ Database

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Woodberry & Harris (1895)

Location:

Masonic Temple
Nashua, NH 03060 US
Organ ID: 641

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Lodges and Clubs
  • The organ is unaltered from its original state.
  • The organ's condition needs attention, but in usable condition.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Slider
  • 11 ranks. 637 pipes. 3 divisions. 2 manuals. 11 stops. 12 registers.
All:
  • Chest Type(s): Slider chests
  • Position: In a floor-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 Woodberry & Harris
  • Manuals: 2
  • Divisions: 3
  • Stops: 11
  • Registers: 12
  • Position: Keydesk attached.
  • Manual Compass: 61
  • Pedal Compass: 27
  • 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 a keyboard cover that can be lifted to form a music rack.
  • Stop Controls: Drawknobs in horizontal rows on terraced/stepped jambs.
  • Combination Action: Fixed mechanical system.
  • Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals, not in standard AGO position.
  • Pedalboard Type: Flat straight pedalboard.
  • Has Combination Action Foot Trundles
  • Has Hitchdown Couplers
We received the most recent update for this console from Jim Stettner on April 29, 2021.
Database Manager on September 19, 2011:

Updated through online information from Joseph R. Olefirowicz. -- I am the organist for Ancient York Lodge No. 89 - One of the two lodges that meet in this Temple in Nashua. Beautiful stenciled Victorian facade; colors still vibrant as large temple space has no natural light. - Tremulant on drawknob; Great Forte & Great Piano mechanical combinations, separated by small Swell to Great Octaves hitchdown. Swell shoe to the right; all other couplers on drawknobs. - Keydesk set in case, on far right.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on June 23, 2006:

Updated through online information from Charles Briggs. -- Organ was in good condition when I visited in 2005, and was working.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Source not recorded: Open In New Tab Stoplist taken from memory / Played regularly
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

Instrument Images:

Masonic temple interior and organ case: Photograph by Craig Michaud, submitted by Christopher Maynard. Taken on 2021-03-18

Organ case and keydesk: Photograph by Craig Michaud, submitted by Christopher Maynard. Taken on 2021-03-18