Better Pipe Organ Database

Owner (1982)

Residence: Geoffrey S. Johnson: Family Room
68 Julian Drive
Hamden, CT

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
2 manuals
17 stops
20 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Stop Keys 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: Computerized/Digital
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2009-05-18 - This entry represents the installation of a used organ. Identified through on-line information from Geoffrey S. Johnson. -- The organ was originally installed in 1931 in the First Methodist Church of West Haven, Connecticut. The organ was relocated by its current owner in 1982 and reinstalled in his residence. -Database Manager

2012-02-20 - Updated through online information from Geoff Johnson. -- MIDI control system installed October, 2011. -Database Manager

2017-02-11 - Updated by Geoffrey Johnson, the builder. <br> -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: Stoplist taken from console Date not recorded

Hamden, Connecticut
Residence: Geoffrey S. Johnso

Hall Organ Company   Op. 605   1931   2/17


       GREAT
8’     Open Diapason             73
8’     Melodia                   73
8’     Dulciana                  73
8’     Erzahler                  73
4’     Octave                    73
4’     Flute d’Amour             73
8’     Cornopean                 73
       Chimes
       Blank
   
Great to Great 16'
Unison Release
Great to Great 4'


       SWELL (Expressive)
8’     Violin Diapason           73
8’     Stopped Diapason          73
8’     Viole d’Orchestre         73
8’     Vox Celeste         (tc)  61
8’     Aeoline                   73
4’     Flute Harmonic            73
2 2/3’ Nasard                    61
8’     Oboe                      73
       Blank
       Tremolo

Swell to Swell 16'
Unison Release
Swell to Swell 4'
       

       PEDAL
16’    Open Diapason             32 #
16’    Bourdon                   32
16’    Lieblich Gedeckt (Ped/Sw) --  **
8’     Flute                     12 #
8’     Cello    (Sw. Vio. Diap.) --

** Lowest 12 notes from Bourdon 
   rank (separate action), highest
   20 notes from Sw. Stopped Diapason


       INTER-DIVISIONAL COUPLERS
Swell to Pedal                   8’ 
Great to Pedal                   8’ 
    
Swell to Great                  16’
Swell to Great                   8’ 
Swell to Great                   4’ 
    

[Received from Geoff Johnson 2012-02-20.]

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#40874†* - Hall Organ Co. Opus 605 (1931)