2004-10-30 - From Phil Stimmel: The organ was given to the church in memory of General Julius Jacob Estey by his sons, Jacob Gray Estey and Julius Harry Estey. -Database Manager
2004-10-30 - Electrified 1958, Elroy E. Hewitt. -Database Manager
2007-06-18 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- According to the Estey Opus List as published in the Boston Organ Club newsletter (1973-79) and the Estey Organ website (www.esteyorgan.com) the organ was originally fitted with a player. Large, three-sectional facade containing 59 pipes arranged: 19-21-19. The organ was dedicated in a rather grand program by S. Archer Gibson, organist of Brick Presbyterian on Fifth Ave. In New York City, on February 22, 1906. -Database Manager
2007-08-27 - Updated through online information from Philip Stimmel. -Database Manager
Typed specification Source: from Boston Organ Club Newsletter (July 1967) Date not recorded
Brattleboro, Vermont
First Baptist Church
Estey Organ Co. Opus 300 1906 3 manuals, 27 stops, 29 ranks
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GREAT ORGAN SWELL ORGAN
8' Open Diapason 61 16' Bourdon 61
8' Second Open Diapason 61 8' Open Diapason 61
8' Viol di Gamba 61 8' Salicional 61
8' Dulciana 61 8' Voix Celeste (TC) 49
8' Gross Flute 61 8' Stopped Diapason 61
4' Octave 61 8' Quintadena 61
8' Tuba (Reeds) 61 4' Flute Traverso 61
Dolce Cornet III 183
CHOIR ORGAN 8' Cornopean (Reeds) 61
8' Violin Diapason 61 8' Oboe 61
8' Aeoline 61
8' Concert Flute 61 PEDAL ORGAN
4' Hohl Flute 61 16' Open Diapason 30
2' Piccolo Harmonic 61 16' Dulciana 30
8' Saxophone 61 16' Bourdon 30
8' Violoncello 30
COMBINATION PISTONS COUPLERS
Great Organ 4 Great to Pedal
Swell Organ 4 Swell to Pedal
Choir Organ 4 Choir to Pedal
Swell to Great
PEDAL MOVEMENTS Swell to Great, Super Octave
Pedal Organ Fote Choir to Great
Pedal Organ Mezzo Swell to Choir
Pedal Organ Piano
Balanced Crescendo Pedal ACCESSORIES
Balanced Choir Pedal Automatic player mechanism
Balanced Swell Pedal Haskell stop action
Great to Pedal (Reversible)
[Received from Steven E. Lawson 2017-11-29]
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