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Manchester VT, USA (Vermont) - First Baptist Church (Manchester Center)
Municipal: Manchester VT
Region:Bennington County
Address: 4895 Main Street, 05255, Manchester Center, VT
Website: http://www.fbcmanvt.org/
Description nr.: 2056485.
Built by: Johnson & Son (1896) - opus 843
Het orgel in First Baptist Church in Manchester Center, Vermont, is in 1896 gebouwd door de firma Johnson & Son uit Westfield. Het werd oorspronkelijk gebouwd voor de Proctor Family Chapel in Proctor, Vermont. In 1926 is het door C.W. Sykes overgeplaatst naar Manchester Center, waar het op 20 juni 1926 in gebruik kon worden genomen. In 1974 voerde de firma Andover een restauratie uit.
Technical data
Specification
Great Organ (C-c''''): Open Diapason 8', Melodia 8', Dulciana 8', Octave 4', Flute d'Amour 4', Twelfth 2 2/3', Fifteenth 2'.
Swell Organ (C-c''''): Violin Diapason 8', Salicional 8', Stopped Diapason 8', Aeoline 8', Fugara 4', Oboe & Bassoon 8', Tremolo.
Pedale Organ (C-f'): Sub Bass 16'.
Couplers: Swell to Great, Great to Pedale, Swell to Pedale.
Accessories: Forte Great, Piano Great, Pedale Check, Blowers Signal.
Manchester VT, USA (Vermont) - First Baptist Church (Manchester Center)
Municipal: Manchester VT
Region:Bennington County
Address: 4895 Main Street, 05255, Manchester Center, VT
Website: http://www.fbcmanvt.org/
Description nr.: 2056485.
Built by: Johnson & Son (1896) - opus 843
| Year | Builder | Opus | Activity | 1896 | Johnson & Son | 843 | new organ | 1926 | C.W. Sykes | transfer/relocate | 1974 | Andover Organ Company | R-163 | restoration |
Het orgel in First Baptist Church in Manchester Center, Vermont, is in 1896 gebouwd door de firma Johnson & Son uit Westfield. Het werd oorspronkelijk gebouwd voor de Proctor Family Chapel in Proctor, Vermont. In 1926 is het door C.W. Sykes overgeplaatst naar Manchester Center, waar het op 20 juni 1926 in gebruik kon worden genomen. In 1974 voerde de firma Andover een restauratie uit.
Technical data
| Number of stops per division | |
| - Great Organ | 7 |
| - Swell Organ | 6 |
| - Pedale Organ | 1 |
| Total number of stops | 14 |
| Key action | Mechanical |
| Stop action | Mechanical |
| Windchest(s) | Slider chests |
| Pitch | a' = 434 Hz |
| Temperament | Equal temperament |
| Wind pressure | 66 mm |
Specification
Great Organ (C-c''''): Open Diapason 8', Melodia 8', Dulciana 8', Octave 4', Flute d'Amour 4', Twelfth 2 2/3', Fifteenth 2'.
Swell Organ (C-c''''): Violin Diapason 8', Salicional 8', Stopped Diapason 8', Aeoline 8', Fugara 4', Oboe & Bassoon 8', Tremolo.
Pedale Organ (C-f'): Sub Bass 16'.
Couplers: Swell to Great, Great to Pedale, Swell to Pedale.
Accessories: Forte Great, Piano Great, Pedale Check, Blowers Signal.
| Literature |
An organ Atlas of the Capital District Region of New York State : Published for the fiftieth anniversary of the Organ Historical Society 1956-2006 / Jonathan Ambrosino, Alfred V. Fedak, Scot L. Huntington, Len Levasseur, Stephen L. Pinel. - Richmond, Virginia : OHS Press, 2006. |
| Links |
http://www.fbcmanvt.org/the-johnson-tracker-organ.htm |