2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1963 -Database Manager
2004-10-30 - Bldg. was Congregational [aka White Church]. Slightly altered by Martin Becker in 1953. [According to T 7:4:6 the organ is on the Johnson list as Op. 46, but the nameplate says Op. 47.] -Database Manager
2024-09-23 - Updated through online information from Bryant Miller (September 20, 2024): I recently visited this organ and have some minor details. It's now owned by a recording studio, Ghost Hit Recording in what the town refers to as The White Church. It's extant, but I wouldn't really call it playable, as there are air leaks and broken pallets/connections that need to be fixed. I'm hoping to be able to do a little work on it in the near future. I will add some photos. The studio is really nice but the organ has obviously sat mostly undisturbed for almost 20 years. -Jim Stettner
Typed stoplist from the OHS PC Database. Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Masonic (originally Congregational), West Springfield, MA 1855 Johnson, Op. 47 [on nameplate; 46 on list] (Stoplist: Schnute 1997, alt.) GREAT (56 notes) 8' Open Diapason 8' Stopped Diapason Treble (38 pipes) 8' Stopped Diapason Bass (18 pipes) 8' Clarabella (38 pipes) 8' Dulciana (38 pipes) 4' Principal (56 pipes) 4' Waldfloete (44 pipes) 2-2/3' Twelfth (56 pipes) 2' Fifteenth (56 pipes) SWELL (56 notes) 8' Open Diapason (38 pipes) 8' Stopped Diapason Treble (38 pipes) 8' Stopped Diapason Bass (18 pipes) 8' Gamba (38 pipes) 8' Viola (38 pipes) 4' Principal (38 pipes) 8' Oboe (38 pipes) PEDAL (12 notes) 16' Stopped Diapason (12 pipes) COUPLERS: GP, WP, SG /ds/
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