2024 - Facade (Bryan Sprague/Bryan Sprague)
2021-10-23 - This work is essentially a new organ from some old parts. The original Beman organ utilized tubular-pneumatic slider chests, and typical for 19th-century first generation tubulars, the action was slow with poor repetition. When electrified in 1971, the pipes were placed on new supply-house windchests, reworked, and completely respecified. Many of the Beman ranks were recycled, and the original ranks were all signed by Beman on low C. -Scot Huntington
2024-07-18 - Updated through online information from Bryan Sprague (July 17, 2024): 32 ranks, pitman chests -Jim Stettner
Source: Examination of organ with the organbuilder May, 2006
Chase Organ Co. (Sidney Chase) (1971)
rb. Frank Beman & Sons, 1897 [labeled 'old']
First Baptist Church
Cooperstown, New York
Compasses: 61/32
Divisions placed side by side within the wide case, pedal behind
GREAT
16' Quintade old Bourdon, lowered cut-ups
8' Principal old, scale 44
8' Gedackt old Swell
8' Dulciana old, sc. 56
4' Octave old, sc. 58
4' Rohr Flote old, wood with bored stoppers
2 2'3 Octave Quint old, sc. 67
2' Super Octave old, sc. 71
III Mixture new, 1 1/3, 1, 2/3, 1/2; breaks on c25, 37, 49
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Great to Great 4'
Swell to Great 16', 8', 4'
SWELL [enclosed]
8' Rohr Flote 1-12 old, rest new
8' Viola Pomposa new, tapered
8' Viola Celeste old Salicional, sc. 57
4' Principal old Sw. Open, sc. 45
4' Wald Flote old Fl Harm, harmonic portion cut off
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2' Block Flote spurious, sc. 70
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1 1/3' Larigot spurious
III Scharff new; 1, 2/3, 1/2; breaks on g20, 32, 44, 56
8' Trompet new
8' Hautbois old
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Tremulant
Swell to Swell 16', 4'
PEDAL
32' Contra Bourdon resultant fr. Subbass
16' Contre Bass 1-11 old open wood, remainder borrow Gr. facade
16' Subbass old
16' Quintade Great
8' Principal ext. 16'
8' Bordun old, Melodia trebles
4' Choral Bass spurious
4' Nachthorn spurious
2' Nachthorn ext. 4'
III Mixture spurious
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8' Trompet Swell
4' Clarion Swell 1-20; old Great 21-32
Great to Pedal 8'
Swell to Pedal 8'
Balanced Swell and Crescendo pedals
Sforzando
Divisionals 1-5: Great, Swell
Generals 1-7
Cancel
Gr. to Ped. Reversible
Two original reservoirs and extant Spencer Orgo-Blo reused.
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