Unknown - Church exterior (Photograph by atlasobscura.com, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2005-03-01 - Identified from company publications as edited and expanded in <i>The Hook Opus List 1829-1935</i>, ed. William T. Van Pelt (Organ Historical Society, 1991). -Database Manager
2022-07-08 - The church was known as the church attended by "Uncle Sam," Samuel Wilson; he and his brothers served as trustees of the church and supplied the brick used in building the original church. The church has closed; the organ, Steinway grand and other equipment and fixtures were sold at auction in March 2013; the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute took possession of the facility in 2014. -Jeff Scofield
Source: From THE DIAPASON November 1920
First Baptist Church
Troy, New York
Hook & Hastings Op. 2430 1920 3/39
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GREAT SWELL
8' Open Diapason 16' Bourdon Bass
8' Doppel Flute 16' Bourdon Treble
8' Viola da Gamba 8' Open Diapason
8' Rohr Flute 8' Stopped Diapason
8' Dulciana 8' Viole d'Orchestre
4' Octave 8' Salicional
4' Wald Flute 8' Vox Celeste
2 2/3' Twelfth 8' Aeoline
2' Fifteenth 4' Flute Traverso
III Mixture 4' Violin
8' Trumpet III Solo Dolce Cornet
8' Cornopean
CHOIR 8' Oboe
8' English Open Diapason 8' Vox Humana
8' Melodia
8' Quintadena PEDAL
8' Muted Viole 16' Open Diapason
4' Flute d'Amour 16' Bourdon
2' Concert Piccolo 16' Dulciana
8' Orchestral Clarinet 8' Violoncello
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