Pipe Organ Database

a project of the organ historical society

Unknown Builder (1886)

Originally W.B.D. Simmons & Co. (1865)
Exhibited in the 2013 OHS convention(s)

Location:

St. John's Roman Catholic Church
Northfield, VT 05663 US
Organ ID: 2411

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Roman Catholic Churches
  • The organ has been altered from its original state.
  • The organ's condition is good, but not in use.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Slider
  • 20 ranks. 3 divisions. 2 manuals. 19 stops.
All:
  • Chest Type(s): Slider chests
  • Position: In a gallery-level case at the rear of the room.
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Main:
  • Manuals: 2
  • Divisions: 3
  • Stops: 19
  • Position: Keydesk attached.
  • Key Action: Mechanical connection from key to chest (tracker, sticker or mix).
  • Stop Action: Mechanical connection between stop control and chest.
  • Console Style: Traditional style with a keyboard cover that can be lifted to form a music rack.
  • Stop Controls: Drawknobs in horizontal rows on terraced/stepped jambs.
  • Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals, not in standard AGO position.
  • Pedalboard Type: Flat straight pedalboard.
We received the most recent update for this console from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Database Manager on May 07, 2010:

Updated through online information from Marilyn Polson.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on September 04, 2005:

Online update from Michael Loris -- New reservoir and blower, Michael Loris, 1977.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on October 30, 2004:

Altered. From College Street Congregational, Burlington, VT.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Source not recorded: Open In New Tab Stoplist from 2013 OHS Convention research
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.

Instrument Images:

Left stop jamb (Swell stops, pedal stop, tremolo): Photograph by Jim Cook. Taken on 2012-09-21

Right stop jamb (Great stops): Photograph by Jim Cook. Taken on 2012-09-21

Organ façade and keydesk: Photograph by Jim Cook. Taken on 2012-09-21

Great pipework - Trumpet - behind Swell trackers: Photograph by Jim Cook. Taken on 2012-09-21

Organ case, facade, and keydesk: Photograph by Jim Cook. Taken on 2012-09-21

Church interior: Chancel: Photograph by Jim Cook. Taken on 2012-09-21