Better Pipe Organ Database

Wm. Johnson & Son Opus 782 (1892)

First Baptist Church: Sanctuary; front
9 Church St.
Bellows Falls, VT

Images

ca. 1910 - Organ case (Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook page, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

ca. 1910 - Sanctuary interior showing organ front, left (Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook page, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

1909-02-07 - Organ on Lincoln Memorial Day, February 7, 1909 (Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook page, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

1904-05-08 - Sanctuary interior with organ front, left. (Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook page, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

1880's - Church exterior (Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook page, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
Console position: Keydesk Attached
2 manuals
9 stops
15 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Mechanical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
Manual compass: 58 notes
Pedal compass: 27 notes
Pedal Type: Flat Radiating
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Not Meeting AGO Standards)

Notes

2004-10-30 - Slightly altered. -Database Manager

2013-05-26 - Updated through information in the 2013 OHS Atlas: -- "cost $1,450; paid for by the ladies; arrived in Apr. and installed by J.A. Brown of Westfield, Mass.; opened in recital by William C. Churchill, May 12; one altered stop replaced by Russell & Co.; extant" -Database Manager

2021-05-15 - The church was built in 1860, but was heavily remodeled with a new entry vestibule in 1899. The central belfry and spire was removed that year and replaced with a low, squat side tower. The organ received a new electric blower in 1912, and has received several minor alterations over the course of time. -Scot Huntington

2021-05-15 - Various photos on the church Facebook page confirm the extant organ has two combination pedals and the original stencil decoration in shades of brown, beige and gold survives in excellent condition. -Scot Huntington

Stoplist

Source: Viner ledger notebook. 1892

Wm. Johnson & Son (Opus 782, 1892)
First Baptist Church
Bellows Falls, Vermont

Compasses: 58/27

GREAT
8' Open Diapason          Scale 46
8' Melodia                [t.c.]
8' Dulciana               [t.c.] sc. 46
8' Unison Bass            [1-12] Bdn. #1
4' Octave                 sc. 60

SWELL [enclosed]
8' Violin Diapason        [t.c.] sc. 53
8' Stopped Diapason       [t.c.] Bdn. #1
8' Stopped Diapason Bass  [1-12] Bdn. #1
4' Flute Harmonique
8' Oboe                   [t.c.]

PEDAL
16' Sub Bass              sc. 10"

No couplers or accessories are listed, but in this era Johnson typically 
 specified the following:

Swell to Great
Great to Pedal
Swell to Pedal
Tremulant [Sw.]
Bellows Signal
Pedal Check

Johnson may or not provide forte/piano combination pedals to the Great in an organ
  this small, perhaps being a cost option for the customer.