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Johnston Organ & Piano Manufacturing Co. (1914)

First Methodist Church
1st and Monroe
Phoenix, AZ

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

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
2 manuals
15 stops
15 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Details Unknown)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Fixed Mechanical
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons

Notes

2010-08-22 - Identified through on-line information from John Green. -- Moved from original location in the early 1950s to 1st Methodist's new location at Central and Missouri, and installed in the church's social hall, to be used until a new sanctuary was built. When the new sanctuary was erected in 1958, a Casavant was installed. Relocated 1962 to First Methodist Church of Winslow, AZ. Sold in the 70s to a private party in Flagstaff. Reportedly it was acquired by Central UMC in Phoenix in early 2000. Subsequently, it was sold via eBay to another private party. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Typed stoplist. On-line update from John Green. Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

GT    
8' Open Diapason    
8' Melodia    
8' Gamba    
8' Dulciana    
4' Flute d'Amour        

SW    
16' Lieblich Gedeckt    
8' Violin Diapason    
8' Stopped Diapason    
8' Salicional    
8' Aeoline    
4' Harmonic Flute    
8' Oboe        

PD    
16' Bourdon    
16' Lieblich Gedeckt (SW)    
8' Bourdon (ext.)

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