First Congregational Church
4 North Street
Montague, MA
OHS convention: 2015
Images
1901 - Organ at front of sanctuary (Photograph by Photo taken from church archives/Stephen St. Denis)
2023-05-21 - Manual keyboard, pedal board, and hitch down swell expression (Photograph by Stephen St. Denis/Stephen St. Denis)
2023-05-21 - Stops to the left of the keyboard (Photograph by Stephen St. Denis/Stephen St. Denis)
2023-05-21 - Stops to the right of the keyboard (Photograph by Stephen St. Denis/Stephen St. Denis)
2023-05-21 - Keyboard and stops “en fenêtre” (Photograph by Stephen St. Denis/Stephen St. Denis)
Unknown - Organ case and keyboard (Photograph by Stephen St. Denis/Stephen St. Denis)
2023-05-21 - Organ at front of sanctuary (Photograph by Stephen St. Denis/Stephen St. Denis)
2023-05-21 - Organ at the front of the sanctuary (Photograph by Stephen St. Denis/Stephen St. Denis)
2019-03-27 - Church exterior (Photograph by Stephen St. Denis/Stephen St. Denis)
2015-06-30 - Keydesk (Photograph by Jim Cook/Database Manager)
2015-06-30 - Builder's Nameplate (Photograph by Jim Cook/Database Manager)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With Hinged Doors That Enclose Keyboards
- Console position: Keydesk Attached, Manuals Set Into Case
- 1 manuals
- 9 stops
- 8 registers
- 2 divisions
- Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
- Stop action Type: Mechanical
- Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Flat Jambs
- Manual compass: 56 notes
- Pedal compass: 12 notes
- Pedal Type: Flat Straight
- Expression Type: Trigger/Hitch-Down Expression
- Combination action: None
Notes
2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1986 -Database Manager
2004-10-30 - Oldest existing unaltered Johnson. Restored c. 1984 by Czelusniak et Dugal. Ded. 11 Nov 1984 by Mr. And Mrs. Grant Moss. -Database Manager
2008-10-06 - Updated through information posted to PIPORG-L October 6, by David King: "There's an 1857 Johnson in Montague, MA, a few miles from here with a centered 13-note board." -Database Manager
2015-02-19 - Updated through online information from Scot Huntington. -- The 1850 William A. Johnson Op. 16 in the Union Church of Heath, Massachusetts is the oldest known extant Johnson. -Database Manager
2015-07-18 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -Database Manager
Stoplist
Source: Specification from OHS Convention Handbook, 2015 2015
Montague, Massachusetts
First Congregational Church
Wm. A. Johnson Opus 54 1856
1 manual, 8 stops, 8 ranks
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MANUAL (Expressive)
[8'] Open Diapason 44 *
[8'] Viol Di Amour (TF) 39
[8'] St. Dia. Treble (TF) 39
[8'] St. Dia. Base [sic] 17
[4'] Principal 56
[4'] Flute (TF) 39
[3'] Twelfth 56
[2'] Fifteenth 56
PEDAL
[16'] Sub Base [sic] 12
COUPLERS (Drawknob)
Pedal Coupling
PEDAL MOVEMENTS
Swell Pedal (hitch-down)
NOTES:
The pitch numbers are not on the draw knobs; the
existing spellings are shown here. (*) 1-12 from
Stopped Diapason Base. Wind pressure is 2-3/4"
[Received from Steven E. Lawson 2015-06-05]
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