Database Manager on April 25th, 2015:
Updated through online information from Scot Huntington. -- The organ was removed from Haydenville in February, 1874, and installed in Whately by men from the Johnson Organ Co., the altered organ being exhibited in April, 1874. For its installation in Whately, the upper part of the original case and speaking facade pipes were replaced with a pipe fence of zinc dummies, the case was redecorated, the interior was re-ordered to accommodate the 8' Open Diapason basses, and the Great Stop'd Diapason was replaced with a Melodia. An historic photo exists taken shortly after the installation in Whately. <br>In 1914, the Johnson was replaced by the Estey Organ Co., and Wm. A. Johnson Op. 16 was sold for $100 to the Unity Community Church of Heath, Mass. and installed there without alteration by George Ryder of Boston.

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Database Manager on December 20th, 2008:
Identified from an entry in the OHS PC Database and confirmed through a Citation application received from the Johnson Organ Restoration Committee in December, 2008. The organ was moved from its original location in Haydenville and installed here by an unidentified person or firm in 1874. Some changes to the original instrument had been made prior to the move or as a part of its installation here. The organ was taken in trade by Estey in 1912 and subsequently installed in Heath, Massachusetts in 1914.