Biographical Dictionary of the Organ
Organ Biography > Places and Organs > USA > Massachusetts > Boston > Methuen Memorial Music Hall
| Organ History | |
|---|---|
| 1863 | Built by E. F. Walcker & Co. |
| Status | |
| Present | |
| Sources | |
| Hopkins & Rimbault - “The Organ: Its History and Construction - A Comprehensive Treatise on the Structure and Capabilities of the Organ” - Robert Cocks & Co., 1877, London | |
| Manuals | Stops | Ranks | Couplers | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 89 | 89 | - | - |
| I. Choir | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Gedackt | 16' | |
| 2. | Principal Flute | 8' | Pure English tin. |
| 3. | Spitzflote | 8' | Tin. |
| 4. | Bifra | II (8 4') | Tin. |
| 5. | Gedackt | 8' | Wood. |
| 6. | Clarin Bass | 4' | |
| 7. | Clarin Discant | 4' | Proof tin. |
| 8. | Viola | 8' | Proof tin. |
| 9. | Physharmonica | 8' | Purely metal. |
| 10. | Hohlpfeife | 4' | Lowest octaves of maple, the rest of metal.. |
| 11. | Principal Flute | 4' | Tin. |
| 12. | Dolce | 4' | Tin. |
| 13. | Flautino | 2' | |
| 14. | Sesquialtera | II [12-17] | |
| 15. | Super-octave | 1' | Tin. |
| II. Great | |||
| 16. | Principal | 16' | Pure English tin. |
| 17. | Tibia Major | 16' | Pine wood. |
| 18. | Viola Major | 16' | |
| 19. | Basson | 16' | |
| 20. | Ophicleid | 8' | Chiefly of wood, but bells of upper octaves tin. |
| 21. | Principal | 8' | |
| 22. | Flote | 8' | Wood. |
| 23. | Gemshorn | 8' | |
| 24. | Viola di Gamba | 8' | Pure tin. |
| 25. | Gedackt | 8' | |
| 26. | Trombone | 8' | |
| 27. | Trumpet | 8' | Proof tin. |
| 28. | Octave | 8' | Pure tin. |
| 29. | Fugara | 8' | Pure tin. |
| 30. | Hohlflote | 4' | Metal. |
| 31. | Flute d’Amour | 4' | Pine and pear-wood. |
| 32. | Clairon | 4' | Proof tin. |
| 33. | Waldflote | 2' | Proof tin. |
| 34. | Quint | 5 1/3' | Proof tin. |
| 35. | Terz | 3 1/5' | Proof tin. |
| 36. | Quintflote | 2 2/3' | Proof tin. |
| 37. | Terz Discant | 1 3/5' | Proof tin. |
| 38. | Cornet | V (5 1/3') | (G-A3 38 notes ) |
| 39. | Mixtur | VI (2 2/3') | Proof tin. |
| 40. | Scharff | IV (1 1/3') | Proof tin. |
| III. Swell | |||
| 41. | Bourdon | 16' | |
| 42. | Principal | 8' | Proof tin. |
| 43. | Salicional | 8' | Proof tin. |
| 44. | Dolce | 8' | Metal. |
| 45. | Quintaton | 8' | |
| 46. | Gedackt | 8' | Wood. |
| 47. | Trombone Bass | 8' | |
| 48. | Trombone Disct. | 8' | |
| 49. | Bassoon Bass | 8' | |
| 50. | Hautbois | 8' | |
| 51. | Principal Octave | 4' | Proof tin. |
| 52. | Rohrflote | 4' | |
| 53. | Traversflote | 4' | The lowest octave of fir and pear-wood. |
| 54. | Cornettino | 4' | Tin. |
| 55. | Quintflote | 5 1/3' | |
| 56. | Nasard | 2 2/3' | |
| 57. | Octave | 2' | Tin. |
| 58. | Mixtur | V' | |
| IV. Solo | |||
| 59. | Bourdon | 16' | Two lowest octaves of wood, the rest of metal.. |
| 60. | Gamben Principal | 8' | Pure tin. |
| 61. | Æoline | 8' | Proof tin. |
| 62. | Concert Flute | 8' | Finest pine-wood. |
| 63. | Corno Basetto | 8' | |
| 64. | Vox Humana | 8' | Metal. |
| 65. | Gemshorn | 4' | Proof tin. |
| 66. | Piffaro | II [8-15] | |
| 67. | Vox Angelica | 4' | |
| 68. | Quint | 2 2/3' | Metal. |
| 69. | Piccolo | 2' | Metal. |
| Pedal | |||
| Unenclosed | |||
| 70. | Principal Bass | 32' | Six of the largest pipes of pure English tin, the rest of wood.. |
| 71. | Grand Bourdon | V (32') | |
| 72. | Bombardon | 32' | |
| 73. | Octave Bass | 16' | Pure tin. |
| 74. | Sub-bass | 16' | Wood. |
| 75. | Trombone | 16' | Bells of zinc. |
| 76. | Contra Violon | 16' | Wood. |
| 77. | Octave Bass | 8' | Tin. |
| 78. | Hohlfloten Bass | 8' | |
| 79. | Violoncello | 8' | Tin. |
| 80. | Trumpet | 8' | |
| 81. | Corno-Basso | 4' | |
| 82. | Octave | 4' | Tin. |
| 83. | Cornettino | 2' | Tin. |
| Enclosed | |||
| 84. | Bourdon | 16' | |
| 85. | Viola | 8' | Tin. |
| 86. | Flute | 8' | Wood. |
| 87. | Flute | 4' | |
| 88. | Basson | 16' | |
| 89. | Waldflote | 2' | Metal. |