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Wm. A. Johnson Opus 34 (1854)

First Baptist Church
82 3rd Street
Troy, NY

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


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2015-07-28 - An original installation. Identified by John Igoe, using information found in Johnson Organs, 1844-1898: Sm. 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

2015-09-04 - Updated through online information from John Igoe. -- Updated Opus and Status as per: "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

2023-04-19 - This organ was reported to have been installed in **1850** in the *Troy Daily Times* in 1865: The organ at Rev. Dr. Baldwin's church, although not as modern as some in the city, is a very good one-built by Johnson, of Westfield, in 1850, two-banked, with thirty-seven stops. J.H. Huntington is organist, and there is a chorus choir. --"Church Music," *Troy Daily Times*, 13:219 (Mar. 11, 1865), 3. [reprinted in the *2006 OHS Organ Atlas*] -Paul R. Marchesano


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