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Wm. Johnson & Son Opus 472 (1876)

First Methodist Church
Westfield, MA

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)


Consoles

Main


Notes

2004-10-30 - Electrified c. 1955 by F. Brew. Later modifications by Berkshire Organ Co., Op. 4. Building razed 1967. A few pipes exist in a 1976 rebuild of Johnson Op. 367 at Park St. Congregational, W. Springfield, MA. -Database Manager

2021-05-17 - The congregation built a new sanctuary that received 2/16 Wicks Op. 4810 in 1968. -Jeff Scofield


Stoplist

Specification from <i>The Organ in New England</i> by Barbara Owen (Raleigh: The Sunbury Press, 1979) Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Westfield, Massachusetts
First Methodist Church

Wm. Johnson & Son   Opus 472   1876          3 manuals, 32 stops, 37 ranks
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Source: "The Vox Humana" (June 1876).

        GREAT ORGAN                            SWELL ORGAN
    16' Dbl. Open Diapason   58            16' Lieb. Gedacht Treble 46 tc
     8' Open Diapason        58            16' Lieb. Gedacht Bass   12
     8' Viola da Gamba       58             8' Open Diapason        58
     8' Doppel Floete        58             8' Dolcissimo           58
     4' Octave               58             8' Salicional           58
     4' Flauto Traverso      58             8' Stop'd Diapason      58
 2 2/3' Twelfth              58             8' Quintadena           58
     2' Fifteenth            58             4' Flute Harmonique     58
        Mixture IV          232             4' Violin               58
     8' Trumpet              58             2' Flautino             58
                                               Mixture III         174
        SOLO ORGAN                          8' Cornopean            58
     8' Geigen Principal     58             8' Oboe (treble)        46 tc
     8' Dulciana             58             8' Bassoon (bass)       12
     8' Melodia              58
     4' Fugara               58                PEDALE
     4' Flute d'Amour        58            16' Dbl. Open Diapason   27
     8' Clarionet            46 tc         16' Bourdon              27
                                            8' Violoncello          27
                                           16' Trombone             27
        
        COUPLERS                               MECHANICALS
        Swell to Great                         Swell Tremolo
        Swell to Solo                          Great to Pedal Reversible
        Solo to Great                          Great Manual Separation
        Solo to Pedale                         Blower's Signal
        Great to Pedale                        Pedale Check
        Swell to Pedale                        3 Great combinations
                                               2 Swell combinations


[Received from Steven E. Lawson  2015-01-01]


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