First Methodist Episcopal Church / First United Methodist Church of London: Sanctuary
52 North Main Street
London, OH
Images
Unknown - Organ during removal, 1959 (Photograph from the slide collection of church member Bill Holton/Database Manager)
Unknown - Swell division during removal, 1959 (Photograph from the slide collection of church member Bill Holton/Database Manager)
Unknown - Church exterior, ca. 1910 (Church Archives, courtesy of Tim Wilson/Database Manager)
Unknown - Church exterior ca. 1912 (Vintage postcard, courtesy of Tim Wilson/Database Manager)
Unknown - Church exterior, 1894 (Church Archives, courtesy of Tim Wilson/Database Manager)
Unknown - Chancel and stenciled facade, ca. 1894 (Archival photograph, courtesy of Tim Wilson/Database Manager)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With Hinged Doors That Enclose Keyboards
- Console position: Keydesk Attached
- 2 manuals
- 19 stops
- 3 divisions
- Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
- Stop action Type: Mechanical
- Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Flat Jambs
- Manual compass: 58 notes
- Pedal compass: 30 notes
- Pedal Type: Flat Straight
- Expression Type: Trigger/Hitch-Down Expression
- Combination action: Fixed Mechanical
Notes
2004-10-30 - Original installation of a new pipe organ. -Database Manager
2007-10-04 - Updated through online information from Michael Schreffler. -- Replaced by a mechanically new Henry Durthaler organ in 1959 re-using the Johnson & Son pipework. -Database Manager
2014-01-15 - Updated through online information from Tim Wilson. -- Further modifications and additions from 1980 through 2010. -Database Manager
2014-01-16 - Updated through online information from Tim Wilson. -- This is the original installation of Johnson & Son Opus 814. -Database Manager
Stoplist
Stoplist copied from the factory specifications Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
London, Ohio
First United Methodist Church
52 North Main Street
London, Ohio 43140
Listed in the National Register of Historic Places
**ORIGINAL SPECIFICATION**
Johnson & Son Organ Company, Westfield, Massachusetts
Opus 814 - 1894
GREAT
Open Diapason 8
Melodia 8
Dulciana 8
Octave 4
Flute d’amour 4
Twelfth 2⅔
Fifteenth 2
Trumpet 8
SWELL (expressive)
Open Diapason 8
Stopped Diapason 8
Viola 8
Flute Harmonique 4
Fugara 4'
Flautina 2
Bassoon-Oboe 8
Tremolo
PEDAL
Bourdon 16
Open Diapason 16
COUPLERS
Swell to Great
Great to Pedal
Swell to Pedal
ADDITIONAL STOPS
Bellows Signal
Tremolo
In 1894, the bellows of the organ was powered by a Spencer Water Motor from the City of London water system, or could be pumped by hand. Once electricity was made available, (of which the builders of First Church planned for in advance) the water motor was replaced with an electric Spencer Orgoblo.
[Received from Tim Wilson, Chairperson, Board of Trustees 2014-01-18.]
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