Wm. A. Johnson
Opus 150, 1863
Congregational Church
Sanctuary; rear gallery
Spencer, MA, US
30 Ranks
Instrument ID: 55622 ● Builder ID: 3208 ● Location ID: 48602
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Jim Stettner on July 13th, 2025:
Updated through online information from Adam Cormier (July 11, 2025): The tragically church burned down June 2, 2023. Church was total loss.
Updated through online information from Adam Cormier (July 11, 2025): The tragically church burned down June 2, 2023. Church was total loss.
Jim Stettner on June 3rd, 2023:
According to the book *JOHNSON ORGANS: 1844-1898*, The Johnson was moved from the rear gallery to the front of the church and rebuilt by Geo. H. Ryder as his Opus 135 in 1888 when the sanctuary was enlarged.
Database Manager on July 30th, 2015:
An original installation. Identified by John Igoe, using information found in Johnson Organs, 1844-1898: Sm. A Johnson, Johnson Organ Co., Johnson & Son: a documentary issued in honor the two hundredth anniversary of his birth, 1816-2016 / by Scot L. Huntington, Len Levasseur, Barbara Owen, Stephen L. Pinel, and Martin R. Walsh. Cranbury, New Jersey: The Princeton Academy of the Arts, Culture, and Society, 2015.
Related Instrument Entries: Geo. H. Ryder (Opus 135, 1888 )
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