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Johnson Organ Co. Opus 409 (1873)

Congregational UCC
347 Thompson Rd.
Thompson, CT

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
Console position: Keydesk Attached
2 manuals
24 stops
23 registers
Key action Type: Mechanical (Balanced Tracker)
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
Manual compass: 58 notes
Pedal compass: 27 notes
Pedal Type: Flat Straight
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Combination action: Fixed Mechanical
Has coupler toe pistons

Notes

2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1994. -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - Built for State St. (later Wesley) Methodist, Springfield, MA. Moved here in 1901 by W. H. Crandell of the Geo. Hutchings factory, unaltered. Restored(rebuilt?) Andover 1984/1988. Historic Organs Citation. -Database Manager

2010-06-03 - Updated through on-line information from Don Olson. -- Andover restored the organ in 1984. A 1987 fire in the steeple caused much water damage to the organ. It was restored, again, by Andover in 1988-1990. A Vox Humana had been installed at some point replacing the Swell Cornopean. The Vox was removed during restoration in favor of a Johnson Cornopean from his Opus 826 but funding was never approved by the Church and the spot remains open on the chest. With the pipes still at the Andover shop. -Database Manager

2011-10-03 - Updated through online information from Susan Markham. -- This organ is a "Johnson & Co." not a "Johnson & Son" organ. It was built in 1873 before the son became part of the company, -Database Manager

2012-03-28 - Updated through online information from Susan H. Markham. -- This Wm. A. Johnson Organ, Opus 409, was finally completed in November, 2011, with the addition of the 8' Cornopean from another Johnson Organ. The installation was done by the Andover Organ Co. A rededicatory concert was given on Nov. 20, 2011 by Stuart Forster. -Database Manager

Stoplist

From memory and Northeastern CT AGO website Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Great: 

Bourdon 16
Open Diapason 8
Viola di Gamba 8
Melodia 8
Dulciana 8
Octave 4
Flute Traverse 4
Twelfth 2 2/3
Fifteenth 2
Mixture III
Trumpet 8
Clarinet 8 (T.C.)

Swell: 

Open Diapason 8
Salicional 8
Stopped Diapason 8
Quintadena 8
Fugara 4
Flute Harmonique 4
Flautino 2
Cornopean 8
Oboe 8 (T.C.)

Pedal: 

Open Diapason 16
Bourdon 16
Violoncello 8

Tremulant. 

Full Organ Pedal (Brings on full Great minus Trumpet). 

Piano Pedal (Removes all but Dulciana 8, Melodia 8, and Flute Traverse 4).

Reversible Swell to Great coupler Pedal, in addition to the hand coupler.

Swell Pedal is awkwardly placed way to the right rather than in the middle. 



http://www.northeasternctago.org/local_organs/thompsonputnam



 [Received from Damian M. Schloming 2015-09-12.]

 [Received from Damian M. Schloming 2016-03-04.]

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