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Wm. Johnson & Son Opus 819 (1895)

Church of Christ
Valparaiso, IN

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


Consoles

Main


Notes

2006-10-28 - Installed here in 1895 after being exhibited at the Columbian Exhibition. Electrified by Toledo Pipe Organ Co. in 1956; removed in 1990. -Database Manager

2015-08-19 - Updated through online information from John Igoe. -- Corrected Opus and classification.<br><br> Source: Johnson Organs, 1844-1898: Wm. A Johnson, Johnson Organ Co., Johnson & Son: a documentary issued in honor the two hundredth anniversary of his birth, 1816-2016 / by Scot L. Huntington, Len Levasseur, Barbara Owen, Stephen L. Pinel, and Martin R. Walsh. Cranbury, New Jersey: The Princeton Academy of the Arts, Culture, and Society, 2015. -Database Manager


Stoplist

Typed stoplist (Source: The Stopt Diapason, December 1980) Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

      First Christian Church
      Valparaiso, Indiana
      Johnson & Son, Opus 229, 1895
      OHS ID: 24441
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      GREAT             SWELL                        PEDAL
   16 Bourdon        16 Lieblich Gedeckt, Treble  16 Open Diapason
    8 Open Diapason  16 Lieblich Gedeckt, Bass    16 Bourdon
    8 Viola d'Gamba   8 Open Diapason              8 Violincello
    8 Dulciana        8 Salicional                 8 Cathedral Chimes
    8 Melodia         8 Stopped Diapason
    4 Octave          8 Dolcissimo                   COUPLERS
    4 Hohl Flute      8 Quint                      8 Great to Pedal
2-2/3 Twelfth         4 Flute Harmonique           8 Swell to Pedal
    2 Fifteenth       4 Fugara                     4 Swell to Pedal
      Mixture III       Dolce Cornet II            4 Pedal to Pedal
    8 Trumpet         8 Oboe                      16 Swell to Swell 
      Tremolo         8 Cornopean                  4 Swell to Swell
                      8 Cathedral Chimes             Swell Unison Off
      ACCESSORIES       Tremolo                   16 Swell to Great
      Chimes by Deagan                             8 Swell to Great
    4 General Pistons                              4 Swell to Great
    4 Great Pistons                                4 Great to Great
    4 Swell Pistons                                  Great Unison Off
      Great to Pedal Reversible 
      Sforzando Toe Stud with Light               26 Stops
      Crescendo Pedal with Light                  27 Ranks
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[Received online from T. Daniel Hancock, 2012-09-14]

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