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Andover Organ Company :: Pipe Organ Tuning and Maintenance Servicess

Tuning and Maintenance

With regular tuning and maintenance a pipe organ will sound its best and give reliable service for many decades. Each year we maintain over 300 organs throughout the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic and Southeast — from northern Maine to South Carolina, from western New York to the islands off eastern Massachusetts.

These instruments range in size from small one-manual organs in country churches to the world-famous 4 manual, 116 rank Great Organ in the Methuen Memorial Music Hall; and range in age from a few years to an historic 1762 Snetzler organ. Our technicians are skilled in servicing all types of organ mechanisms — from traditional tracker action to modern solid-state relays and combination actions.

Each spring and fall, we schedule extended maintenance tours to visit multiple instruments in a particular geographical area. This enables our customers to share travel expenses, at a considerable savings over the cost of an individual trip for a single instrument. We are usually also available on short notice for last-minute emergencies.

Additional Services
With many decades of collective experience, our staff is skilled in solving a wide variety of pipe organ issues. In addition to building, rebuilding and restoration — as well as expert tuning and maintenance — we offer the following services:

  • Emergency tuning and repairs.
  • Re-leathering of historic or modern reservoirs.
  • Repair and repacking of wood pipe stoppers.
  • Repair and replacement of metal pipe tuning scrolls and sleeves.
  • Repair and reinforcement of leaning or collapsing pipes.
  • Repair of dented, bent or crushed pipes.
  • Repainting and redecoration of pipe facades.
  • Re-regulating or re-voicing of existing ranks of pipes.
  • Electrical upgrades of console relays and combination actions.
  • Repair or replacement of organ blower motors.
  • Organ protection and wrapping for construction projects.
  • Organ appraisals for insurance coverage.
  • Organ examinations and condition reports for long-range planning or damage claims.
  • Consultations on organ projects done by others.

Please contact us for more information regarding your specific issues and needs.

Latest New Organ
Opus 117, Griffin Residence
Harpswell, Maine


Latest Restoration
Opus R474, St. Peter's Church
Haverstraw, New York


Announcements

John Weaver Recital
Stowe, VT, Community Church
Wednesday, May 15, at Noon
Organist John Weaver will present a public "preview" recital of the program he will play in June for the OHS 2013 Vermont Convention on the church's 1864 W.B.D Simmons/2002 Andover organ. The church is at 137 Main Street, Stowe, VT.
Organ Historical Society
National Convention
June 24-29, 2013
The OHS will hold its 58th National Convention in scenic Vermont. Robert Newton and Andrew Hagberg, of our staff, will prepare and tune at least 8 of the 26 instruments to be visited. Congratulations to Peter Rudewicz, our high school intern, who has been awarded an E. Power Biggs Fellowship to attend this convention!
Andover to Exhibit at
AGO Regions I & II Convention
We will be exhibiting at the AGO Regions I & II Convention in Hartford, CT, June 30 - July 3.  Stop by our booth and meet us!
Andover Op. 105 featured at
AGO Region IV Convention
Organist and composer Michael Burkhardt will lead a Hymn Festival featuring our Opus 105 at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Columbia, South Carolina, on Friday, July 5, at 4:30 p.m., This program is part of the AGO Region IV Convention, which takes place July 3-6 in Columbia, SC.
German Organist to play
Three historic Maine organs
Organist Matthias Schmelmer, of Berlin, Germany, will play recitals on three historic Maine tracker organs restored or rebuilt by Andover:

Sunday, July 7,  at 4:00 p.m., on the 1866 E. & G. G. Hook, Op. 389, at South Parish Congregational, 9 Church Street, Augusta, ME

Tuesday, July 9, at 12 Noon, on the 1883 Hutchings-Plaisted, Op. 112, at First Parish UCC, corner of Main Street & Bath Road, Brunswick, ME

Thursday, July 11,  at 7:30 p.m., on the 1860 E. & G. G. Hook, Op. 288, at St. John's Catholic Church, 207 York Street, Bangor, ME
Two Large Organs For Sale
Two large, very fine two-manual organs are now for sale: an 1859 E. & G. G. Hook, Opus 244, with 25 stops (30 ranks); and an 1874 Johnson & Son, Opus 440, with 23 stops (28 ranks).  Both instruments date from the golden age of their respective builders.  Further details are available in our Organs For Sale section.
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