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Brattleboro VT, USA (Vermont) - Epsilon Spires (former First Baptist Church)
Municipal: Brattleboro VT
Region:Windham County
Address: 190 South Main Street, 05301, Brattleboro, VT
Website: https://www.epsilonspires.org/
Description nr.: 2078775.
Built by: Estey Organ Company (1906)
The First Baptist Church in Brattleboro, Vermont, was dedicated on February 2nd, 1868. The church is designed in the Gothic Revival style. It is a large church building, where the Estey company installed an organ in 1906. The instrument was overhauled in 1958 by Elroy E. Hewitt. The church was sold after a last service on November 24, 2019, after the First Baptist Church and the First Methodist Church jointly opened a new church in West Brattleboro. The church has since housed the Epsilon Spiers cultural center. The organ is still present.
Technical data
Specification
Great Organ (C-c''''): Open Diapason 8', Grosse Flute 8', Dulciana 8', Octave 4', Twelfth 2 2/3', Fifteenth 2', Tuba 8', Chimes (c'-e''').
Choir Organ (C-c''''): Concert Flute 8', Aeoline 8', Vox Angelica 8' (c°-c''''), Hohl Flöte 4', Piccolo 2', Cor Glorieux 8', Tremolo.
Swell Organ (C-c''''): Bourdon 16', Stopped Diapason 8', Quintadena 8', Salicional 8', Voix Celeste 8' (c°-c''''), Principal 4', Flute Traverso 4', Cornet 3 ranks, Cornopean 8', Oboe 8', Vox Humana 8', Tremolo.
Pedal Organ (C-g'): Open Diapason 16', Bourdon 16' - from Swell, Dulciana 16', Gedeckt 8'.
Couplers: Choir to Great, Choir to Great 16', Choir to Great 4', Swell to Great, Swell to Great 16', Swell to Great 4', Swell to Choir, Swell to Choir 16', Swell to Choir 4', Great to Pedal, Choir to Pedal, Swell to Pedal, Swell to Pedal 4', Great to Great 4', Choir to Choir 16', Choir to Choir 4', Swell to Swell 16', Swell to Swell 4'.
Accessories: 7 General Pistons, 6 Swell Divisional Pistons 6', 5 Great Divisional Pistons, 5 Choir Divisional Pistons, 4 Pedal Divisional Toe Studs 4', Sforzando, Crescendo Pedal.
Brattleboro VT, USA (Vermont) - Epsilon Spires (former First Baptist Church)
Municipal: Brattleboro VT
Region:Windham County
Address: 190 South Main Street, 05301, Brattleboro, VT
Website: https://www.epsilonspires.org/
Description nr.: 2078775.
Built by: Estey Organ Company (1906)
| Year | Builder | Opus | Activity | 1906 | Estey Organ Company | new organ | 1958 | Elroy E. Hewitt | restoration |
The First Baptist Church in Brattleboro, Vermont, was dedicated on February 2nd, 1868. The church is designed in the Gothic Revival style. It is a large church building, where the Estey company installed an organ in 1906. The instrument was overhauled in 1958 by Elroy E. Hewitt. The church was sold after a last service on November 24, 2019, after the First Baptist Church and the First Methodist Church jointly opened a new church in West Brattleboro. The church has since housed the Epsilon Spiers cultural center. The organ is still present.
Technical data
| Number of stops per division | |
| - Great Organ | 8 |
| - Choir Organ | 6 |
| - Swell Organ | 11 |
| - Pedal Organ | 4 (3) |
| Total number of stops | 29 (28) |
| Key action | Pneumatic |
| Stop action | Pneumatic |
| Windchest(s) | Roosevelt chests |
Specification
Great Organ (C-c''''): Open Diapason 8', Grosse Flute 8', Dulciana 8', Octave 4', Twelfth 2 2/3', Fifteenth 2', Tuba 8', Chimes (c'-e''').
Choir Organ (C-c''''): Concert Flute 8', Aeoline 8', Vox Angelica 8' (c°-c''''), Hohl Flöte 4', Piccolo 2', Cor Glorieux 8', Tremolo.
Swell Organ (C-c''''): Bourdon 16', Stopped Diapason 8', Quintadena 8', Salicional 8', Voix Celeste 8' (c°-c''''), Principal 4', Flute Traverso 4', Cornet 3 ranks, Cornopean 8', Oboe 8', Vox Humana 8', Tremolo.
Pedal Organ (C-g'): Open Diapason 16', Bourdon 16' - from Swell, Dulciana 16', Gedeckt 8'.
Couplers: Choir to Great, Choir to Great 16', Choir to Great 4', Swell to Great, Swell to Great 16', Swell to Great 4', Swell to Choir, Swell to Choir 16', Swell to Choir 4', Great to Pedal, Choir to Pedal, Swell to Pedal, Swell to Pedal 4', Great to Great 4', Choir to Choir 16', Choir to Choir 4', Swell to Swell 16', Swell to Swell 4'.
Accessories: 7 General Pistons, 6 Swell Divisional Pistons 6', 5 Great Divisional Pistons, 5 Choir Divisional Pistons, 4 Pedal Divisional Toe Studs 4', Sforzando, Crescendo Pedal.
| Literature |
Brattleboro, Vermont / Mark Jameson. - In: The Berkshire Organist, No. 48, 1995. |
| Links |
https://www.epsilonspires.org/pipe-organ |