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W.B.D. Simmons & Co. (1855ca.)

First Congregational Church ("Old Brick Church")
Montpelier, VT

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


Consoles

Main


Notes

2012-11-12 - An original installation. Identified by T. Daniel Hancock, using information found in Ochse, 1975. -- Relocated to Northfield, Vermont United Methodist Church by A. David Moore in 1975. -Database Manager


Stoplist

Typed specification Source: from Boston Organ Club Newsletter (December 1968) Date not recorded

Montpelier, Vermont
First Congregational Church

Wm. B. D. Simmons & Co.  ca. 1855   2 manuals, 33 registers, 27 stops, 27 ranks
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          GREAT ORGAN                           SWELL ORGAN *
      16' Eolina (TC)            44         16' Bourdon (TC)           44
       8' 1st Open Diapason      56          8' Open Diapason (TC)     44
       8' 2nd Open Diapason      56          8' Open Diapason Bass     12
       8' Viol de Gamba (TC)     44          8' Dulciana (TC)          44
       8' Dulciana               56          8' Dulciana Sw. Bass      12
       8' Clarabell Treble (MC)  32          8' St. Diapason (TC)      44
       8' St. Diap. Bass         24          8' St. Diapason Sw. Bass  12
       4' Principal              56          4' Principal (TC)         44
       4' Celestina              56          4' Principal Sw. Bass     12
       4' Wald Flute             56          4' Night Horn (TC)        44
   2 2/3' Twelfth                56      2 2/3' Nassard [sic]          44
       2' Fifteenth              56          2' Fifteenth (TC)         44
   1 3/5' Teirce [sic]           56          8' Trumpet (TC)           44
   1 1/3' Larigot                56          8' Hautboy (TC)           44
       1' Twenty Second          56             Tremblant
       8' Trumpet Treble (TF     39          *  enclosed from Tenor C
       8' Trumpet Bass           17

          PEDAL ORGAN
      16' Double Open Diapason   25
      16' Double Dulciana        25

          COUPLERS                              MECHANICALS
          Couple Great & Swell Unison           2 Great combination pedals
          Couple Great & Swell Super Octave     Pedal Check
          Couple Pedals to Great                Bellows Signal
          Couple Pedals to Swell Bass           Swell Pedal (hitch-down)


[Received from Steven E. Lawson  2017-11-30]


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