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The Organ at High Street Congregational Church was built by the E.M.Skinner Organ Company as their Op.583 in 1926 for a church in Malden, Massachusetts. Additional tonal alterations were made in 1972. In 1986 the organ was moved to a private home in Florida. It was moved to Maine to be installed in High Street's new sanctuary, rebuilt after a fire destroyed the original church in 1985. Within a few months of its installation at High Street, two new stops were added: A Nazard and a three rank Octave Chorus, with the work on the organ and its new case completed in 1992 by David Wallace, pipe-organ builder from Gorham, Maine. |
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Here are pictures of some of the pipes from the organ's "swell" division. These photos are taken from inside the swell box. |
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We visit the organ's "great" division. The 29 pipes you see from the sanctuary belong to the great division, but most of the great's 300+ pipes are just behind these on the other side of the organ case. |
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We have two features on this page: A picture of some of the pedal stops pipes, and a picture of the organ as first installed in the High Street sanctuary, before its new case was built. |
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On this page we visit the organ's console, with pictures showing the keyboards, stop knobs and other controls. |
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An assortment of pictures including the outside of the church, the "dedication plaque", the organ "nameplate", and the organ's stoplist are all on this page. |
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Here you can find a picture of me playing the organ, and a photo of the organ's rebuilder, David Wallace. |
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Down at City Hall in Portland, they have a somewhat bigger organ - the mighty Kotzschmar Memorial Organ. You'll see what I mean if you click here! |
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