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Charles C. Aitken Organbuilders (1976)

Congregational Church
Kent, CT

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)


Consoles

Main


Notes

2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1976 -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - Slight alterations by Charles Aitken in 1976. -Database Manager

2012-02-26 - Updated through information from Will Carter -- relocated to Armenia, New York in 2008 -Database Manager

2012-02-26 - Updated through online information from Will Carter. -Database Manager

2015-04-18 - Updated through online information from Scot Huntington. -- In 1976, Charles Aitken of Granby, Ct. added or replaced an original rank of pipes with a 2' Fifteenth, and replaced the original 27-note flat pedalboard with a 32-note A.G.O. pedalboard. In 2008 after the church replaced the instrument with an electronic imitation, they donated the instrument to the historic Smithfield Church in nearby Amenia, N.Y. The Johnson case and façade pipes remained in Kent to camouflage the electronic speakers. -Database Manager


Stoplist

from an old document and the console, Oct. 2010 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Kent, Connecticut
Congregational Church

Johnson & Son, Op. 796, 1893
Altered Charles Aitken, 1976
Electric blower added earlier at an unknown date

Entire instrument enclosed in single swell box, except Open Diapason 8'
The metal pipework is spotted metal.

Great                                               Swell 
8' Open Diapason (t.c.)                             8' Viola Diapason (t.c.)
8' Open Diapason Bass (1-12, façade)                8' St. Diap. Treble (t.c., wood)
4' Octave                                           8' St. Diap. Bass (1-12, wood)
4' Flute d'Amour (t.c., wood w/ bored stoppers)     4' Fugara
2' Fifteenth (1976)

Pedal
16' Sub Bass (unenclosed, wood)

Mechanicals                                        Compasses:
Swell to Great                                     Manuals: C-a3, 58 notes
Great to Pedal                                     Pedals:  C-d1, 27 notes
Swell to Pedal                                     32-note A.G.O. pedal board added 1976
Blower's Signal
Pedal Check (locks pedal board)
Balanced Swell Pedal                         

 [Received from Scot Huntington 2015-04-11.]

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