Better Pipe Organ Database

Berkshire Organ Co., Inc. (1969)

South Congregational Church: Sanctuary
1052 Main St
St. Johnsbury, VT

Images

ca. 1960's - Exposed pipes and console (Photograph from an archival source: Builder's promotional brochure, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

Unknown - Church Exterior (Vintage Postcard, courtesy of T. Bradford Willis, DDS (1968)/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
2 manuals
14 stops
17 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Tilting/Rocking Tablets Above Top Manual
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons

Notes

2007-05-05 - Identified through on-line information from James Hale. -- This a modern electro-pneumatic replacement for an old Jardine tracker; it was built in the 1960s. It has two manuals, 8 foots through mixtures and pedal. It is voiced along classical lines. The voicing job is poorly executed. -Database Manager

2021-10-11 - The church merged with North Congregational Church in 2016 to become the United Community Church; the South Congregational building was sold. -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

Source: From THE DIAPASON September 1967

       St. Johnsbury, Vermont
       South Congregational Church

       Berkshire   1969   2/18
       ________________________________________

       GREAT                   SWELL b
    8' Principal   61       8' Bourdon       61
    8' Rohrflöte   61       8' Dulciane      61
    4' Oktav       61       4' Flute Conique 61
    2' Flachflöte  61       2' Doublette     61
   IV  Mixture a  244   1 1/3' Larigot       61
                           II  Scharf  1'   122
       PEDAL                8' Trompette     61
   16' Subbass     32          Tremulant
    8' Principal   32
    8' Holzflöte   12       a  1 1/3'
5 1/3' Quint        7       b  "acoustically
    4' Choralbass  12           expressive"
   16' Fagott      12 SW

 [Received from Jeff Scofield October 10, 2021]