Wm. King (& Son)
1898

First Baptist Church

213 5th Street
Watkins Glen, NY, US

5 Ranks - 266 Pipes
Instrument ID: 1949 ● Builder ID: 3373 ● Location ID: 1884
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Builder: Wm. King (& Son)
Position: Keydesk Attached
Design: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
Pedalboard Type: Flat Straight
Features:
1 Manuals (58 Notes)27 Note Pedal1 Divisions5 Stops6 RegistersMechanical (Unknown) Key ActionMechanical Stop Action

Stop Layout: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Combination Action: None
Control System: Unknown or N/A

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Exhibited in the 1980 OHS convention(s)
This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location

Jim Stettner on June 16th, 2025:
Pastor Jeff Miller has updated the organ status and condition. It is extant and unaltered, but no longer playable.

Scot Huntington on April 22nd, 2022:
This is believed to the only playable and completely unaltered King still extant.

Paul R. Marchesano on August 26th, 2021:
"An order has been placed with King & Co. of Rochester, [sic] for a single manual pipe organ for the Baptist Church of this village. It is to be specially built to fit the organ alcove, and will be completed, as is hoped, by the middle of next month. King & Co. are a well-known firm of organ builders, having furnished all the organs to Watkins churches and placed their instruments in many of the principal churches of the land." -- *Watkins Express*, Jan 26, 1899, p. 3

Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
Compass 58/27. Status Note: There 1980.

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