Wm. Johnson & Son
Opus 836, 1896
First Presbyterian Church [1895]
19 North Main Street
Portville, NY, US
Instrument ID: 7294 ● Builder ID: 3181 ● Location ID: 6908
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CONSOLES
Builder: Wm. Johnson & Son
Position: Keydesk Attached
Design: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
Pedalboard Type: Flat Straight
Features:
2 Manuals 3 DivisionsMechanical (Unknown) Key ActionMechanical Stop ActionStop Layout: Unknown
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Combination Action: Unknown
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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DETAILS
This instrument is: Not Extant and Not Playable in this location
This entry represents the first installation of a new organ in a newly-built building. Identified using information found in Johnson Organs, 1844-1898: Wm. 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.
The website: https://www.paintedhills.org/CATTARAUGUS/Portville_NY/PTVLPRESBCHURCH.htm states, "The new Presbyterian church in the Victorian Shingle Style with Gothic influence on the spire was built in 1895 on the ruins of the earlier church building."
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
Altered by Delaware c. 1956. After extensive damage by Hurrican Agnes in 1972, it was replaced by a Delaware unit organ in 1974 which contains many old pipes.
Related Instrument Entries: Wm. Johnson & Son (Opus 612, 1883) , Delaware Organ Co. (1957) , Delaware Organ Co. (1974)
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