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Wm. A. Johnson Opus 323 (1870)

Second Congregational Church
16 Court Street
Greenfield, MA

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


Consoles

Main


Notes

2016-01-24 - This entry describes an original installation of a new pipe organ. Identified by Scot Huntington, using information found in Johnson opus list, typed stoplist in old Moller files.<br><br>This organ cost $4,600, and was exhibited June 13, 1870, by J.H. Willcox. Replaced by M.P. Moller Op. 3924, in 1925. The fate of the organ is unknown, but a typed stoplist for the Johnson exists in the Moller files for Op. 3924, but no mention is made whether or not the organ was taken in trade. The Annotated Johnson opus list published in conjunction with the 2015 O.H.S. convention, stated the long-held theory the organ had been been moved to Ludlow, Vermont was incorrect, and its ultimate fate remains unknown.<br><br>The presence of the 8' Vox Humana in the Swell instead of a Cornopean is atypical for Johnson. This organ was replaced by a new M.P. Moller in 1925, Op. 3925, a 3-manual, 65-register instrument. -Database Manager


Stoplist

Stoplist from typed document in M.P. Moller file for Op. 3925 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Greenfield, Massachusetts
Second Congregational Church

Wm. A. Johnson, Op. 323, 1870

 This stoplist is copied as recorded in the typed archives in the Moller file, 
 without pitch designations or additional annotations. There are two large pencil
 check-marks next to the Great Salicional and Swell Open Diapason.

58 note manuals, 27 note Pedal.

GREAT                       SWELL                   PEDAL

Bourdon                     Open Diapason           Open Diapason
Open Diapason               Stopped Diapason        Bourdon
Melodia                     Keraulophone            'Cello
Salicional                  Quintadena                      
Dulciana                    Fugara                                 
Octave                      Flute Harmonique                                    
Flute d'Amour               Piccolo                             
Twelfth                     Mixture                              
Fifteenth                   Oboe                                
Mixture                     Vox Humana                 
Trumpet 
Clarinet

COUPLERS                    ACCESSORIES

Swell to Great              Tremolo
Great to Pedal              Pedal Check
Swell to Pedal              Bellows Signal                 

 [Received from Scot Huntington 2016-01-27.]

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