2015-08-19 - An original installation. Identified by John Igoe, using information found in 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
American Organ Archives Source: Viner ledger notebook. 1892
Wm. Johnson & Son (Opus 780, 1892)
First Presbyterian Church
Watertown, New York
Compasses: 58/30
GREAT
16' Contra Viola Scale 48, largest basses in facade
8' Open Diapason sc. 43, basses in facade
8' Viola da Gamba sc. 55
8' Doppel Flote
4' Octave sc. 56
4' Flute Traverso
2 2/3' Twelfth sc. 63
2' Fifteenth sc. 68
III Mixture sc. 68
8' Trumpet
SWELL
16' Lieblich Gedackt #2, t.c.
16' Lieblich Gedackt Bass #2, 1-12
8' Open Diapason sc. 45, 7 cap'd
8' Stopped Diapason
8' Dolcissimo sc. 56, 7 cap'd
8' Vox Celestis sc. 56, 12 borrowed
8' Quintadena
4' Flute Harmonique
4' Violin sc. 69
2' Flautino sc. 68
III Cornet Dolce sc. 78
16' Contra Fagotto t.c., 46 pipes
8' Cornopean
8' Oboe
SOLO
8' Geigen Principal sc. 50
8' Keraulophon sc. 53
8' Melodia
8' Dulciana sc. 56
4' Fugara sc. 65
4' Flute d'Amour
2' Piccolo sc. 68
8' Clarinet
PEDAL
16' Do Open Diapason [sic] 15"
16' Bourdon 8"
16' Violone
8' Violincello sc. 53
Couplers and Accessories not listed, but Johnson typically provided
the following during this era and of this size:
Great Organ Separation [Barker Machine]
Swell to Great
Solo to Great
Swell to Solo
Great to Pedal
Swell to Pedal
Solo to Pedal
Swell Tremolo
Solo Tremolo
Pedal Check
Bellows Signal or Motor valve
Great Combinations Pedal: Piano, [Mezzo], Forte
Swell Combination Pedals: Piano, [Mezzo], Forte
Cost: $6330 + $25 [illegible, looks like JOrgla] Push Button
Great to Pedal Reversible
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