Better Pipe Organ Database

Wm. Johnson & Son Opus 760 (1891)

Mount Ida Community Baptist Church
560 Congress Street
Troy, NY

Images

2012-01-01 - Chancel and Organ Façade (Photograph by Doug Gibson/Database Manager)

2012-01-01 - Organ Façade (Photograph by Doug Gibson/Database Manager)

2012-01-01 - Keydesk (Photograph by Doug Gibson/Database Manager)

2012-01-01 - Keydesk -Left Stop Jamb (Photograph by Doug Gibson/Database Manager)

2012-01-01 - Keydesk - Details (Photograph by Doug Gibson/Database Manager)

2012-01-01 - Keydesk - Right Stop Jamb (Photograph by Doug Gibson/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Hinged Doors That Enclose Keyboards
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
2 manuals
15 stops
Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Mechanical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
Pedal Type: Flat Straight
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Combination action: Fixed Mechanical
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2004-10-30 - Bldg was Second Baptist. Renovated and tonally altered Andover in 1972. -Database Manager

2009-11-17 - Updated through online information from Doug. -- Still in working order, not played or activated since early 2006 for maintenance. -Database Manager

2010-04-15 - Updated through online information from Doug. -Database Manager

2012-01-25 - Updated through online information from Doug. -- 1 known Swell tonal change: original Fugara 4' originally Hohlflute 4'. Unknown/unlabeled second change in Swell. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist from Doug. On-line update from Doug. Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Stops on terraces next on both sides of manuals.    
Left:
Swell    Tremolo    Stopped Diapiason 8'    Fuyora 4'    Oboe 8'    
Violin 8'    Principle 8'    Stopped Dia Bass 8'    Bourdan 16'    Pedale Lock        
Right:
Great    Super Octave 2'    Twelfth 2-2/3'    Flute d'Ammur 4'    
Octave 4'    Melodia 8'    Unison Bass 8'    Dulciana 8'    Open Dia 8'        
Couplers: 
mounted center on top of Swell manual    
Great to Pedale    Swell to Pedale    Swell to Great        1 
Swell Pedal    
combination pedal for swell, great, and reset. (3)    
58 Manual Keys, 27 Pedal.