Knowlton Organ Co.
1999

Originally Wm. Johnson & Son (Opus 756, 1891)

Westminster Presbyterian Church United

1521 Northwest 34th Street
Gainesville, FL, US

12 Ranks - 629 Pipes

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	GREAT (I)🛈 Position: In a Case at the Front of the Room Chest Action: Slider With Mechanical Pull-Downs Stop Action: Mechanical (Slider)
8'	Open Diapason🛈 Notes: metal	58
8'	Dulciana🛈 Notes: (TC) metal	46
8'	Melodia🛈 Notes: (TC) wood	46
8'	Unison Bass🛈 Notes: wood	12
4'	Octave🛈 Notes: metal	58
2'	Super Octave🛈 Notes: double draw with Mixture, metal	58
III	Mixture🛈 Notes: double draw with Super Octave, metal	116

8'	SWELL to GREAT

	SWELL (II - Expressive)🛈 Position: In a Case at the Front of the Room Chest Action: Slider With Mechanical Pull-Downs Stop Action: Mechanical (Slider)
8'	Viola Diapason🛈 Notes: (TC) metal	46
8'	Stopped Diapason🛈 Notes: (TC) wood	46
8'	Stopped Diapason Bass🛈 Notes: wood	12
4'	Flute Harmonique🛈 Notes: metal	58
8'	Oboe🛈 Notes: (TC)	46

	PEDAL🛈 Position: In a Case at the Front of the Room Chest Action: Ventil (Details Unknown) Stop Action: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
16'	Sub-Bass	27

8'	GREAT to PEDAL
8'	SWELL to PEDAL

All mechanical key and stop action; electrical blower (Laukhuff) and wind reservoir (restored from another period instrument, builder unknown) added, both by Mann and Trupiano in 1980-81.

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Builder: Wm. Johnson & Son

Position: Keydesk Attached, Manuals Set Into Case

Design: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack

Pedalboard Type: Flat Straight

Features:

2 Manuals (58 Notes)27 Note Pedal3 Divisions12 Stops14 RegistersMechanical (Unknown) Key ActionMechanical Stop Action✓ Hitchdown Coupler(s)

Stop Layout: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs

Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Not Meeting AGO Standards)

Combination Action: None

Control System: Unknown or N/A

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This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location

Paul R. Marchesano on May 11th, 2026:

email from Sam Trickey, 2026-05-10:
"Mann and Trupiano recovered the instrument from disuse, found (or had on hand?) a period reservoir of unknown provenance and added a blower. The Roman Catholic parish in Greenwood SC where M&T installed the instrument was one of the acoustically deadest rooms I've ever encountered. Apparently to get some brilliance, M&T added a Mixture-V in a jump-chest off the back of the main chest. Our consultant (Prof. Willis Bodine, who at the time was Organ Professor at Univ. Florida) recognized that Westminster's building didn't need that (acoustic design by Bert Kinzey) and recommended changing to a 2-foot plus Mixture-III double draw. That's what Ben Williams of Knowlton Organ did."

Paul R. Marchesano on May 11th, 2026:

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Database Manager on June 27th, 2009:

Identified through on-line information from Stephen Hall. -- Built by Johnson and Sons, Op. 756, in 1891 for Congregational church in Concecticut. Restored by Mann and Trupiano in 1981 with new blower and addition of mixture and re-installed in Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in Greenwood SC. Organ in regular use for services (June 2009)

Webpage Links: Westminster Presbyterian Church [D. Darmanin's Univ. of Florida web pages]

Related Instrument Entries: Mann & Trupiano (1981) , Wm. Johnson & Son (Opus 756, 1891)