2006 - Organ facade with original stenciling intact (Photograph by Scot Huntington/Scot Huntington)
Postmarked 1913 - Church exterior (Historic postcard, courtesy of Scot Huntington/Scot Huntington)
2004-10-30 - Builder's Nameplate: Beeman -Database Manager
2004-10-30 - Should this be Frank Beman? -Database Manager
2014-09-22 - Updated through online information from Scot Huntington. -- The organ was electrified and tonally rebuilt by the Chase Organ Co. of Worcester, New York, reusing most of the original pipework in altered form plus a number of ranks of new pipework. The original Beman ranks were signed by Frank Beman on low-C of each rank. -Database Manager
2019-10-24 - Updated by Scot Huntington, naming this as the source of information: The Freeman\'s Journal Aug. 26, 1897, p.3. <br>The church was heavily damaged in a fire in February 1897. The insurance company allowed $325 on the old organ, and Beman allowed a similar amount taking it in trade. The organ was dedicated on Friday evening, August 20, 1897. The builder Frank Beman played the opening piece, the remainder being played by by one F.W. Reisburg assisted by several soloists. The cost of the new instrument was $2,500.00 -Database Manager
2021-10-23 - In 1898, Silas Derrick (of Derrick & Felgemaker fame) and wife transferred their membership to this church, from the nearby Middlefield Baptist church where they were members since moving there and establishing a farm and organ building workshop ca. 1875. -Scot Huntington
Conversation with organbuilder Sidney Chase Source: Organbuilder notes May, 2006
Beman Organ Co. (1897) Baptist Church Cooperstown, New York Compasses: 61/30 GREAT 16' Bourdon 8' Open Diapason 8' Melodia 8' Dulciana 4' Octave 4' Flute d'Amour 2 2/3' Twelfth 2' Fifteenth 8' Trumpet SWELL 8' Open Diapason 8' Stopped Diapason 8' Salicional 8' Aeoline 4' Flute Harmonique 8' Oboe & Bassoon Tremolo PEDAL 16' Open Diapason 16' Bourdon Swell to Great Great to Pedal Swell to Pedal
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