First Baptist Church: Sanctuary; front
North Adams, MA
Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
Images
After 1880 - Sanctuary interior with organ facade. Console visible lower left. (Photograph from an archival source: The Johnson Organs, page 14, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
ca. 1910 - Church exterior (Photograph from an archival source: Vintage postcard, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
- Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
- 2 manuals
- 25 stops
- 3 divisions
- Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
- Stop action Type: Mechanical
- Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
- Pedal Type: Flat Straight
- Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Notes
2005-09-20 - Identified through online information from Lawrence Bishop. -- A copy of the stoplist was found in the American Organ Archives. A picture appears on page 14 of "The Johson Organs" by J.V.V. Elsworth. The console was detached, and some 20 feet in front of the organ. This probably led to its replacement in 1908 by an Estey organ, as, although the organ had fine tone, there were complaints about its action. The trackers had to run under the pulpit and baptistry to get to the organ, making for a rather stiff action. -Database Manager
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