Geo. H. Ryder
1914
Originally Wm. A. Johnson (Opus 16, 1850)
Heath Union Church
5 East Main Street
Heath, MA, US
3 Physical Divisions
Instrument ID: 71360 ● Builder ID: 5474 ● Location ID: 5128
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Builder: Wm. A. Johnson
Position: Keydesk Attached, Manuals Set Into Case
Design: Traditional With Sliding Doors That Enclose Keyboards
Pedalboard Type: Flat Straight
Features:
2 Manuals (54 Notes)17 Note Pedal3 Divisions12 StopsMechanical (Unknown) Key ActionMechanical Stop ActionStop Layout: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Flat Jambs
Expression Type: Trigger/Hitch-Down Expression
Combination Action: None
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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This instrument is: Not Extant and Not Playable in this location
Jim Stettner on March 17th, 2024:
Transferred note from a related Database entry: Database Manager on December 19th, 2008: According to the Citation application received from the Johnson Organ Restoration Committee in December 2008, the organ was taken in trade by Estey in 1912 and subsequently installed here by an unidentified person or firm in 1914.
Transferred note from a related Database entry: Database Manager on December 19th, 2008: According to the Citation application received from the Johnson Organ Restoration Committee in December 2008, the organ was taken in trade by Estey in 1912 and subsequently installed here by an unidentified person or firm in 1914.
Jim Stettner on March 17th, 2024:
Transferred note from a related Database entry: Database Manager on October 29th, 2004: Built for Congregational Church, Haydenville, MA. Sold to First Congregational, Whately in 1874. Moved here in 1914 [by Ryder?]. Case now gone. Historic Organs Recital 3 Jun 1990. There 1994.
Jim Stettner on March 17th, 2024:
This entry represents the installation of a used organ. Identified from a related OHS Database account.
Related Instrument Entries: S. L. Huntington & Co. (2013) , Wm. A. Johnson (Opus 16, 1850) , Johnson Organ Co. (Opus 16, 1874)
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